Originally from Roubaix, Marianne Garcia had very noticed roles in several successful films. Homeless person nicknamed Lady Di in The invisible where she gave the reply to the inimitable Corinne Masiero, the actress had helped attract more than 1.34 million fans, amused by her fresh and spicy banter. Discovered late in 2013 by the director Louis-Julien Petit when she was approaching her sixties, Marianne Garcia had started on the big screen by playing a simple grocery customer in a Discount store. Quickly, she began to play with the older ones. Thus, she gave the reply to Arnaud Ducret and Philippe Rebbot in the film Casually (2019), to Audrey Lamy, Noémie Lvovsky and Louis-Julien Petit in The Invisibles (2019) but also to Kev Adams and Gérard Depardieu in comedy Retirement home (2022).
Interviewed by France 3, the Roubaisienne had revealed the secrets of her love with her companion, whom she had long called by her surname. “I didn’t know his first name when we got married. Well that wasn’t mad love. I got married a bit out of obligation… We mustn’t be afraid of words. But over the years, this man gave me life. It pisses me off to say that because he hears me!… But, the day when one or the other leaves, I think that the other will not stay long” she confided. It was he who pushed him into the 7th art.