Solenn Heussaff

Solenn Marie Heussaff^[1] (born on July 20, 1985) is a Filipino-French VJ,^[2] actress, TV Host, model,^[3] singer,^[4] fashion designer,^[5] painter,^[6], and professional make-up artist.^[7]
Heussaff was one of the official castaways of Survivor Philippines: Celebrity Showdown which aired from August 30 to December 3, 2010 on GMA Network. She made it to the Final Three. In December 2010, she signed a recording contract with MCA Universal Philippines, a movie contract with Regal Entertainment,^[8] and a television contract with GMA Network and GMA Artist Center.^[9]


Solenn Heussaff is the second child of Cynthia Adea, a Filipina, and Louis Paul Heussaff, a former French Marine of Breton/Celtic descent,^[10] who is now the head of a service company for the petroleum industry.^[11] She has an older sister named Vanessa and a younger brother named Erwan.^[12]

After graduating from Eurocampus (European International School of Manila), Solenn went on to study fashion design in Studio Berçot, Paris for three years. She also took a 6-month course in basic beauty/fashion make-up, body painting, and prosthetics at Ecole Fleurimont, Paris. She then proceeded further studies at the Make Up Forever Academy.

Before she entered showbiz, she was an endorser of several products in and outside the country.

 

Solenn became one of the fan favorites in the reality show. She was also one of the most controversial castaways and even became one of the trending topics on Facebook and other social networking sites during the airing of the show. She ended up being one of the top three finalists alongside Ervic Vijandre and Akihiro Sato. The latter was declared the winner.

Right after the Survivor Philippines, GMA Network already had many projects lined-up for her. She became one of Richard Guitierrez's leading lady in the movie My Valentine Girls alongside Lovi Poe. In the movie, she played the role of Richard's bestfriend who later became his girlfriend.
She was also chosen as one of the leading ladies of Richard Gutierrez in the telefantasya Captain Barbell, which started airing on March 2011. She currently has a makeover show on GMA News TV which also started airing on the same month and year. Her role was that of a reporter named "Janna". She had a limited airing time in the show because of other projects such as Temptation Island which she starred alongside Marian Rivera, Heart Evangelista, Lovi Poe and Rufa Mae Quinto.

She released her first self-titled album on July 17, 2011 on Party Pilipinas. She then had her first autograph signing at SM Mall and Astroplus The Block on the same day. She held her first major concert on August 19-26, 2011 at Teatrino Promenade, Greenhills.