Sophie Grégoire
| Sophie Grégoire Trudeau | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada | |
|
Assumed office November 4, 2015 |
|
| Preceded by | Laureen Harper |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sophie Grégoire April 24, 1975 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Justin Trudeau (m. 2005) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Rideau Cottage |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
| Profession | Media personality |
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (French pronunciation: [sɔfi gʁegwaʁ]; born April 24, 1975), also known as Sophie Grégoire, is the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. She was a Canadian television host and is involved in charity work and public speaking, focusing mainly on women's issues.
Grégoire was born on April 24, 1975, in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Jean Grégoire, a stockbroker, and Estelle Blais, a Franco-Ontarian nurse. Her family lived north of the city, in Sainte-Adèle, eventually relocating to Montreal when she was four years old. She was raised thereafter in Montreal's Mount Royal suburb, where she was a classmate and childhood friend of Michel Trudeau, the youngest son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and brother of Grégoire's future husband, Justin Trudeau.
Grégoire has stated that her "childhood was a happy one", noting that she was a good student who made friends easily and loved sports and the outdoors. However, beginning around the age of 17, she struggled with bulimia nervosa. The problem lasted into her early 20s, when she revealed the illness to her parents and subsequently began a two-year period of recovery; she credits therapy, the support of her loved ones, and yoga with her recovery from the disease.
Grégoire attended high school at the private Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie in Outremont. She subsequently attended the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf before studying commerce at McGill University, intending to follow her father's career path, but soon switched to communications, and ultimately graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in communications from the Université de Montréal.
...
Wikipedia