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Valerie Anna Benaim (French pronunciation: [valeʁi benaim]; Arabic: فاليري بنعيم) is a Moroccan-born French journalist, columnist, writer, TV Presenter and radio host. She was born on August 30, 1969, in Casablanca in Morocco.

In 2015, Benaim was elected 2nd Favourite columnist with 37% of the way in a TV poll, behind Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine.

In 2016, she became the godmother of the association Juste Humain.

Personal life

Valerie Benaim is the daughter of insurance professionals, she moved with her family to France at the age of four, settling in the Paris region. She spent her childhood in Le Chesnay, in the Yvelines department, with her younger brother, Laurent.

In 1999, Valerie Benaim married producer Olivier Hallé, with whom she had a son called Tom. Laurent Fontaine, a French TV producer, served as a witness at the wedding before they finally separated. Since 2012, she has been in a relationship with Patrice, an executive at a communication company.

On January 14, 2026, on the set of the TV show Le Prime des Vérités broadcast on W9, she announced that she has a neurodegenerative condition affecting her ear, which has caused partial hearing loss.