Public: Soon the end of Plus belle la vie… Any regrets?
Lola: I will miss them, that’s for sure! It’s a shock to think that you’re not going to see your friends anymore. This show isn’t even work, it’s family. But I love putting myself in danger and renewing myself. I hate routine… It will allow me to devote myself to my other passions.
Which are ?
I’m about to release my third single from my future EP, Lola, which I’m writing and composing with Jim Bauer of The Voice. And here I am writing my third book, which should be out next year. A romance that will be called Un beau salop, and which will speak, like the first, of a tormented love…
How do you organize your life as a mom?
I am lucky to have two nannies, and my mother is very present. I was 30 when Jules and Bella were born, ten years ago, and I made the choice to combine my career and my life as a mother. It’s very hard, guilt-inducing too. We miss moments… But I try to be there for the important events and, the advantage of being intermittent, is that during the months of break, I devote all my time to them.
Does the dad, comedian Jean-Marie Bigard, take care of them?
Enormously. Over the past six months, I’ve been filming like crazy because I had Plus belle la vie and a film with Ahmed Sylla. I slept four hours a night. Suddenly, Jean-Marie put aside his shows to take over. He’s a great dad, and it’s really important to me that a parent is always with them.
Because you weren’t so lucky…
Yes, my parents divorced when I was 1 year old. I first lived a bohemian life with my mother, tossed about from studio to studio, chased away by bailiffs… Then, in college, I found myself at my father’s house, in his sublime apartment in the 6th arrondissement. In the meantime, I lived in Spain for two years, with my maternal grandparents. And in high school, I was boarding in the suburbs… There are a lot of people in me!
How does it translate?
I have a “little princess from the 6th” side, like my dad who is a Parisian dandy, owner of the Baths. But by my mother and what we lived, I also have this thing a little nervous, “get into it”. I’ve known the galley and I don’t feel very comfortable in too polished universes.
At 24, you met Jean-Marie, who was 52 at the time. What made you fall in love?
We met after one of his shows, he couldn’t take his eyes off me! And he invited me to dinner one evening, with friends. That’s where we fell in love. There were maybe fifteen people around us but we were alone in the world. We were connected, he made me laugh and me too. I found him handsome, athletic, but above all very clever. I didn’t think it was old at all!
“On the Covid, I asked Jean-Marie to shut up!”
How did those around you react?
My father, quite badly. Jean-Marie is older than him! It took a while to get him to admit. But my mother, very baba cool, adopted it right away. Ditto for my grandmother, who is a Sephardic Jew. She just had one regret… That he wasn’t from “home”!
Do you support his very clear-cut positions, especially on the Covid?
Not always, I’ve already asked him to shut up! I fully understand that he expresses himself with his own words, even if it is rude. That’s also what I like about him. But I find it hard to understand how anyone can be so positive on such a complicated subject. Me, I am someone who doubts by nature.
You admitted that you were in a free relationship…
No way ! My words have been twisted! I am free by nature but I am totally monogamous. There is no question of going elsewhere, I prefer to leave than to deceive. I just said that if there was something on his side, I’d rather not know.
How do you educate your children?
We are straddling politeness and empathy. I am often told that they are very well behaved, and they like to be of service. I also push them to school and to the piano, I want them to have what I didn’t have. Afterwards, I’m pretty cool with screens and I even let them eat in front of the TV from time to time.
Do they look like mom or dad?
A little of both, poor people! Between my boyfriend and me, it’s not an easy mix (laughs). Jules is turbulent, he loves to make his friends laugh. Stop taking punishment! All his father. Bella is cooler, but more mischievous. In any case, both are artists.
“I did a few injections of Botox”
You will be 40 this year. Are you afraid of aging?
Not at all, I’m happier than when I was 25! I love myself more and more, especially thanks to Jean-Marie, who looks at me with the admiration I missed as a child. I think I transfer the little recognition from my father. Otherwise, I just had a few injections of Botox on my frown line a few years ago, because I often get angry! And, recently, permanent makeup on the lips. For the rest, I am 100% natural!
Key dates
1. November 5, 1982
Birth in Paris of a model mother, of Arab origin by her father and Jewish by her mother, and a photographer father.
2. May 27, 2011
Marriage to Jean-Marie Bigard, who is 28 years older than her. They have together Bella and Jules, twins born in 2012.
3. 2017
She gets the role of Lieutenant Ariane Hersant in the famous series Plus belle la vie, a role she still plays today.
4. 2021
Release of the second single from his future EP, Guerillero. Three other titles will be released in the coming months.
See also: Lola Marois: the companion of Jean-Marie Bigard ready to slam the door of “Plus Belle la vie” for a project that will make people talk!
Anabelle Gentez