Singer / Songwriter / Actress



Born in Chicago ofHaitian parents, raised in New York, Malou is a unique combination of hermulti-cultural influences and experiences. Raised among musicians; her brother,Jean Beauvoir, is the renowned hard rock phenomenon -performer/singer/songwriter/producer (The Ramones, Kiss, The Plasmatics.

At age 15 shemoved to Paris to attend the American University while pursuing her artisticpassions; acting and singing. Her debut single “Waste my Time” was released afew years later.

After college sheobtained an MBA in the US, and worked her way up the corporate ladder,ultimately becoming Director of Business Development for Southern Europe andAfrica for a US-based high-tech company. At the same time, Malou kept her passions going by recording and actingfrom time to time.



By the end of the90’s Malou had decided to give up the world of business to concentrate whollyon her singing and acting. She quickly secured engagements in leading venues around the world,including in Dubai, Rio, Beirut, London, and in Paris where she performed fortwo years as the lead singer at the renowned Paradis Latin.



Then, morerecording; a featured artist for Universal (Datafolk); M-Tracks; co-writing andrecording with artists in diverse styles -- Hip Hop, Dance, House -- co-signingmany of her tracks with DJ’s and lending her versatile voice to differentproductions while continuing to compose on her own.

A chance encounter in a London venuewith a jazz drummer led her to sign up for a Jazz course. It was there that she discovered thebeauty and freedom of singing jazz. One evening, after one of several dates at the Petit JournalMontparnasse, performing with her R&B band, she wandered into The Swan, asmall club to see a friend perform. Fate struck in the person of Jean Chaudron,who immediately upon hearing her sing, proposed to produce a jazz album builtaround her vocal style.



AN EVENING AT THESWAN with the Jean Chaudron Trio is the fruit of that collaboration. A subtlecocktail of diverse styles, cultures and musical influences tempered by thewarm sensuality of Malou’s voice, the unique musical phrasing of Jean Chaudronon the bass aided by Bernard Désormières’ proficiency on the piano and AlainBouchaux’s subtle and pervasive style on drums … applied to the great jazzclassics.



LIVE at The LIONELHAMPTON with the Jean Chaudron Quintet is the vibrant memento of a week’sresidence at the famed Lionel Hampton Jazz club in Paris. Jeff Hoffman (guitar)and Bobby Rangell (Sax and flute) are added to the explosive cocktail and theresult is a soulful, eclectic mix of recordings which retrace the evening’sevents.



During her move toBrussels in 2011, paths cross with Yvan Paduart (reknown Belgian pianist) withwhom she will début at the « Music Village ». Enamoured of Brussels,the jazz scène at Music Village and the inspiration they offer her, she records« LIVE at the MUSIC VILLAGE » and in 2014, launches her concept “Malou Invites”, a monthly encounter featuringdiverse styles of music and a new guest star every month. Linda Lee Hopkins(vocals), Olivier Ker Ourio (harmonicist), Ron Baker (trumpet and vocals),Danny Doriz (Vibrophonist) are amongst her guests in 2014.



Back in NY forperformances at MINTONS PLAYHOUSEand with Benny Wallace (sax), for « Backcountry Jazz » throughout 2014, she performs withDonald Vega, Danny Mixon, Terrell Stafford and other outstanding musicians inNY. That summer she records her new album IS THIS LOVE at Avatar studios in NewYork, . It features Andy Ezrin (piano & arrangements), David Finck (Bass),Bobby Mann (Guitars) and Ben Whitman (drums and percussion), Donny Mc Claslin(Saxophone) and Brian Pareschi (Trumpet). The title track « Is this love » was written and composed by Malou. The album will be released inWinter 2015.







Additionalrecordings and co-writes include:

“VOODOO BOUNCE”with DJ Claude Monnet; “GOT TO BELIEVE”, “KEY TO PEACE”, “HOPE FOR BETTERDAYS”, “MY MOJITO” ; with DJ BIBI (NRJ) “I NEED MUSIC” for M tracks; “PEACE OFMIND” & “THE RIGHT PLACE” (featuring for Datafolk) Universal Records ;“YOU’RE THE REAL THING” (co-writing) for Edel, Jingles for NRJ radio.



Her acting workincludes roles in Stephen Frears’ Oscar-winner THE QUEEN and ElizabethRappeneau’s PAUL ET SES FEMMES, L’AFFAIR FAREWELL, and in 2014, in Season 3 ofTNT’s hit series “PERCEPTION”.

For her actingwork, she is represented by the Cindy Brace Agency.



“A velvet voice fromacross the ocean ” - CastingMagazine

“Malou is a highlyprofessional performer, multi-faceted and decisive who defends her musicalinterpretations with talent and spunk. Her vitality and unique connection withher public is amazing!” AminaMagazine