Popular with the public and so loved in the world of Culture, Line Renaud presented this November 15, 2021, the prize that bears her name and that of her great love, the composer Loulou Gasté, who died in 1995, for medical research 2021. A On this occasion, the 93-year-old French star also made travel many political figures including the first lady Brigitte Macron, the daughter Jacques and Bernadette Chirac, Claude, and the former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. During this edition, two awards were given, for the year 2021 but also for the previous year, delayed because of the health crisis. The winners are Hélène Eltchaninoff, head of the Cardiology department in Rouen, and Morgane Bomsel, from the Cochin Institute, a virologist specializing in mucosal immunology.
The endowment fund of which Line Renaud is the president aims to award the Line Renaud-Loulou Gasté Prize for Medical Research every year, in partnership with the Foundation for Medical Research. The purpose of this distinction is to recognize a major scientific breakthrough, in all fields combined with, in particular, a financial endowment to the appointed researcher and his team. Throughout the year, the Line Renaud – Loulou Gasté endowment fund works for the realization, support and financing of any action of general interest contributing to medical research, particularly in the field of immunology, the fight against AIDS and against cancer, but also to help people with disabilities, especially visually impaired or in difficulty.
Beautiful and important missions for the foundation of Line Renaud, already very involved in Sidaction. For this beautiful event which took place at the Maison de la Recherche in Paris, in the heart of the left bank in the 7th arrondissement, the artist with a thousand lives Line Renaud was able to count on the presence of his great friend the actor and director Dany Boon, his accomplice Muriel Robin and his beloved Anne Le Nen, the historical agent of the stars Dominique Besnehard, the producer Orlando and the singers Vincent Niclo and Michèle Torr. But that’s not all, the former mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë, the producer of shows Jean-Claude Camus, the television figures Marina Carrère d’Encausse, also a doctor, and Emmanuel Chain, the businessman. Xavier Niel, Bethy Lagardère, wife of Jean-Luc, Alain Némarq (Managing Director of Mauboussin) and the ace of the cooks Guy Savoy were also in the game.
Very active for noble causes, Line Renaud is also active for the camera. We will find her on November 20 on France 3 in Murders in the three valleys, a new TV movie in which she plays alongside Samuel Labarthe.