By embodying Madame Verneuil in the saga What the hell have we done?, Chantal Lauby, already very popular, spreads since the immense success of the first film the image of a particularly touching and funny matriarch. Once the cameras are off, the ex-Nulle finds her true identity and in particular her role as a mother. She is indeed the mother of the singer-songwriter Jennifer Ayache, leader of the Superbus group of which she is very close. But who is the father of this talented young woman?
If Chantal Lauby has never been afraid to put herself in all her states in the sketches of Dummies alongside her companions Alain Chabat, Dominique Farrugia and the late Bruno Carette, or in her films, the 74-year-old actress is very discreet about his love life. A man’s name has surfaced because he is the father of his only daughter Jennifer, Jean-Pierre Ayache. A very discreet man but of whom we learn a little through an interview with the singer in Closer in 2016: “I’m starting to get closer to him. He wasn’t very present during my childhood. I think that at a certain age, you get closer to the absent parent. I never closed the door to him.“
In an interview for the magazine chat the same year, her mother had discussed her mother-daughter relationship, suggesting that the dad had not been very present: “We are at the limit of fusion, her and me. I raised her alone. We are both artists. When one falls, the other shoulders her.“She admits that it was not easy to take care of her child alone, especially when she worked with Les Nuls on the evening segment:”When I didn’t see her enough, they brought her to work.”
During this same exchange, the actress had also spoken modestly of her love life: “I have no husband, no official in any case. I am an independent single person with a need for total freedom.” She then added that she had been living alone for some time: “But I need this. In life, I am extremely modest. Showing off, I hate that. I am very introverted. I love hanging out, meditating, looking at the sky and walking my dog. (…) But of course, I love to fall in love.”