After graduating at the École Supérieure de Journalisme of Lille in 2000, Anne-Claire Coudray then worked for the Internep agency of Lille, on reports in France and foreign countries for TF1 and Arte Info. She also presented a few programs on France 3. In May 2000, she joined the news service of TF1, arriving in Paris in 2004. She reported the 2008 Summer Olympics, the visit of Pope Benedict XVI in France in September 2008, the United States presidential election of 2008, and even the French military parade on 14 July 2009.