It’s hard to take your first steps in the shadows when you have Anna Biolay’s name and family tree! The 18-year-old girl, daughter of singer and actor Benjamin Biolay and actress Chiara Mastroianni, has however perfectly succeeded in her bet. Starring in her first role in the TV movie Buckshotwith Elodie Bouchez and broadcast on Friday February 11 on Arte, she played her role perfectly.
It must be said that she has something to hold on to, with such a family! Only daughter of the singer and actress Love songs, she is also the granddaughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni as well as the niece of Christian Vadim. A whole family in the cinema therefore, for the one who lived a childhood far from the media, between her father and her mother, always very close.
His debut on the sets are rather unexpected: in one of the rare interviews where he mentioned his daughter, Benjamin Biolay had explained that she much preferred music. He even called her “born singer“while being questioned about The Voice. “She is a big fan of these shows. Honestly, I would prefer that she succeed via telecrochet rather than me making her album and signing her contract.“.
No piston at the Biolay, therefore, and a young girl who manages alone to develop her career. And it’s not over: it will also be showing another TV movie in a few weeks. Shot in 2021 for M6, Love, life, right now will likely arrive in the fall. In the meantime, she will have time to go to other castings to try to land more important roles.
Benjamin Biolay, who had explained that she hated that her fans spoke to her in the street, had made a magnificent statement to her with the song Your Legacy released in 2011.”There is not an evening where I sang it without being connected with my daughter, he still affirmed. There were even nights when it was painful to sing this song. As soon as I know my daughter is on the road and I’m on stage singing, I don’t have any news, I’m able to go backstage to get news because I’m with her when I sing that.. .“One thing is certain, his legacy is assured with Anna Biolay!