Valérie Damidot was born on 18 January 1965 in France. She is the daughter of a jeweler and an accountant and she spent her childhood in Paris. After her secondary school, she studied Arts at the University. Then, she worked as a seller in the country and then in Paris. In the 1980s, she worked as a freelance reporter in local press. At the end of the 1990s, she worked as a journalist on different French channels and took part in several TV shows, such as Loft Story, Exclusif, Star Academy, Plein les yeux or Vie privée, vie publique. But now she does not work as a journalist anymore, because she is totally involved in her TV shows in which she is more seen as an interior decorator than as a TV host. Valérie Damidot is also known for her role in a sitcom called Victoire Bonnot. It was broadcast on M6 in 2010 and it was her first steps as an actress.