Olivia Blanc (born 1 January 1980), known as Olivia Ruiz, is a female French pop singer of partial Spanish descent belonging to the nouvelle chanson genre. She gained fame after reaching the semi-finals of the French Star Academy series in 2001.
Ruiz was born the 1st of January 1980 at Carcassonne,(France) daughter of musician Didier Blanc though later taking her grandmother's maiden name Ruiz. Her family from her mother’s side is Spanish and fled Nationalist Spain to go to Marseillette, in the village’s concert hall (subject of her second album). She has a brother, Anthony, born in 1985. He is a rap compositor known by the nickname Toan. She studied in Carcassonne but went to college in Montpellier, where she studied performing arts, before changing to a BTS in communication.