Candice Renoir

Candice Renoir is a mother of four children. She has taken a ten-year leave of absence from her job as a police detective in Paris and has spent this time as a stay-at-home mom, traveling with the family for her husband's jobs in, among others, the United States, Mexico and Singapore. After her marriage fails due to her husband's infidelity, Candice resumes her job as an investigator. She has called in favors and has landed the job of chief of the small BSU (Urban Security Brigade (Brigade de Sûreté Urbaine), criminal investigations division) of the Police Commissariat in Sète (Hérault), a Mediterranean seaside resort suburb of Montpellier. From the moment she arrives at the Police in Sète she is at odds with the local chief of police Commissary Yasmine Attia, as Candice's appointment was forced from the Police HQ in Paris, but also with Police Captain Dumas. Attia had promised Dumas the position of chief of the BSU and he acted in this assignment for a month, before Major Renoir's arrival sidelined him, relegating Dumas back to deputy, much to the frustration of the rest of the team. Renoir's ten-year career gap has left some gaps in her knowledge of more recent police procedures, which initially lands her in trouble. In addition her bubbly personality and soft, at times motherly behavior, unconventional for a criminal police detective, makes her subordinates call her 'Barbie doll' behind her back, but her unique approach brings results and quickly earns her their respect.

Note that some officer ranks of the French National Police are styled after the French Army, but are unrelated as the employees are civil servants. To underline the difference these are sometimes translated into English as Police Major, Police Captain, Police Lieutenant (or alternatively Major of Police, Captain of Police, Lieutenant of Police) etc.

• Cécile Bois: Police Major (Commandant de Police) Candice Renoir (season 1–; 58 Episodes)
• Raphaël Lenglet: Police Captain (Capitaine de Police), from Season 6 Police Commissary (Commissaire de Police) Antoine Dumas (season 1–; 58 Episodes)
• Gaya Verneuil: Police Lieutenant (Lieutenant de Police) Chrystelle Da Silva (seasons 1–5; 41 Episodes)
• Delphine Rich: forensic technician Aline Jego (seasons 2–5; 34 Episodes)
• Ali Marhyar: Police Sergeant Major (Brigadier-Chef de Police) Mehdi Badhou (season 3–; 33 Episodes)
• Clara Antoons: Emma Renoir (season 1–; 28 Episodes)
• Etienne Martinelli: Jules Renoir (season 1–; 28 Episodes)
• Alexandre Ruscher: Léo Renoir (season 1–; 28 Episodes)
• Paul Ruscher: Martin Renoir (season 1–; 28 Episodes)
• Samira Lachhab: Police Commissary Yasmine Attia (seasons 1–3; 28 Episodes)
• Nathalie Boutefeu: Police Major, from mid-season 4 Police Commissary Sylvie Leclerc (season 4–; 26 Episodes)
• Stéphane Blancafort: Police Major (BRI) David Canovas (seasons 2–4; guest: season 5; 25 Episodes)
• Mhamed Arezki: Police Sergeant Major Jean-Baptiste Medjaoui (seasons 1–2; guest: season 3; 20 Episodes)
• Yeelem Jappain: Police Lieutenant Valentine Atger (season 5–; 17 Episodes)
• Arnaud Giovaninetti: Laurent Renoir (recurring: seasons 1–2; guest: season 6; 13 Episodes)
• Alexandre Varga: Hervé Mazzani (seasons 1–2; guest: season 5; 12 Episodes)
• Alix Poisson: forensic technician Pascale Ibarruri (seasons 1–2; 10 Episodes)
• Olivier Cabassut: Police Lieutenant, from Season 6 Police Captain Armand Marquez (8 Episodes)
• Aude Forget: Laurette (8 Episodes)
• Benjamin Baroche: Max Francazal (6 Episodes)
• François-Dominique Blin: Franck Davenne (season 6; 5 Episodes)
• Caroline Puyet: Attorney Maurel (5 Episodes)
• Yoann Denaive: Thomas Hérédia (4 Episodes)
• Nicolas Vallet: Benoît (4 Episodes)
• Raphaëlle Boitel: Audrey Medjaoui (4 Episodes)
• Guillaume Faure: Phil (3 Episodes)
• Philippe Duquesne: Albert Maruval (3 Episodes)

In 2020 Polish commercial television channel Polsat started production of their own version of "Candice Renoir" called "Komisarz Mama".[1]

• List of French television series

• Official website (in French)
• Candice Renoir at IMDb