Eva Joly

Known for

Acting

Born

December 5, 1943 (age 82)

Birthplace

Oslo, Norway

Biography

Eva Joly, born Gro Eva Farseth on December 5, 1943, in Oslo, Norway, is a Franco-Norwegian magistrate and politician. She is known for her commitment to the fight against corruption and her remarkable career in the judicial and political spheres.

Eva Joly grew up in a modest family in Oslo. At the age of 20, she left Norway to settle in France, where she worked as an au pair while pursuing her law studies. She earned a law degree and a postgraduate diploma in political science from Panthéon-Assas University.

In 1981, she passed an exceptional entrance exam for the National School for the Judiciary, explaining: "There was no general knowledge test, and that suited me." That same year, at th...