We saw her grow up, on screen, alongside Roger Hanin in the series Navarro, on TF1. Today, Emmanuelle Boidron is an accomplished actress, featured in the play The Switch, at the Edgar Theater, in which she gives the reply to Capucine Anav and Alexandre Pesle. Far from the boards, she is also a happy woman and a fulfilled mother. For more than two decades, she has been growing up and working with the same man: Antoine Jacoutot, whom she met in 1998 during the rehearsals of Molière’s Tartuffe – she played Marianne, he Valère. But what is the secret of such longevity?
“I don’t have enough merit because Antoine and I like the same things, she explains in the columns of the magazine Gala. We share the taste of travel, outings. We are both greedy, we have the same friends … And then, my job does not create any routine. Finally, we are neither fickle nor jealous. Antoine was an actor before switching to IT, so he understands what I’m going through and we trust each other. He has all the qualities – and only one flaw: he snores. He’ll kill me when he reads this, but too bad!“
Antoine and I have been together for twenty-four years
They knew how to preserve their love in spite of the routine which settled down and the difficulties which arose at the birth of their two children. Today, the lovers, married, have a 20-year-old daughter, Leïa, and a big 12-year-old guy, Arthur. One is going to fly to New York to take courses at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, the other, younger, is passionate about screens. “When Leïa was little, her father and I took her everywhere, except to the cinemaremembers Emmanuelle Boidron. Arthur, I got him when I was 30, it wasn’t very old either. Since there is a fairly large gap between my children, I am often asked if they are from the same father. Well yes ! Antoine and I have been together for twenty-four years.“Ha, love …
Find the full interview with Emmanuelle Boidron in the magazine Gala, n ° 1485 of November 25, 2021.