This Sunday, May 8, Marie de Villepin celebrated her 36th birthday. Dominique de Villepin’s daughter had been talked about when she decided to pose topless on the cover of the magazine Him, in July 2015. An ultra-sexy shoot that had caused a lot of ink to flow, because of the political status of his father. Today, when she is now 36, que becomes the daughter of the former prime minister of Jacques Chirac?
Marie de Villepin chose an artistic career that did not really please her parents. As revealed to the magazine She, in 2013, the young woman had to face criticism from her father about her desire to break into modeling. “We are a family that loves each other, but from afar“, she confided. Then to continue: “One evening, my father came to my room. He sat on my bed and said to me: ‘Marie, the years are passing, and the chances are not coming back. Know that you are ruining your future, also know that we love you and that our door will always be open. But if you leave, we won’t help you.‘“Hard bits that testify to Dominique de Villepin’s concern for the future of his daughter Marie.
But the sister of Arthur de Villepin – former companion of Ana Girardot – was not let down. “For them, the world of fashion was associated with a depraved world, drugs, abuse of all kinds…“, she said, before continuing in this environment and proving the opposite to her parents. Marie de Villepin took her first steps as a model in New York, in 2005, under the pseudonym of Marie Steiss. She is quickly became the face of Givenchy, and offered her first apartment, then only aged 19. She then distinguished herself in a career as a singer and finally as an actress, by trying her hand at to the comedy in front of the camera of Jalil Lespert, in Yves Saint Laurent. Marie de Villepin then embodied the muse Betty Catroux.
Complicated relationship with his father
If Marie de Villepin and her father have always had a complicated relationship, the latter seems to have taken a new turn when the 68-year-old politician had to deal with justice in 2011 with the Clearstream affair. He was then able to count on the support of his daughter. “I knew very well that he was going to pull through. I just had to be there with him, by his side“, she told She. She had at that time returned to live in France. On its website, mariedevillepin.com, that who seems to have taken up painting now unveils his works. His Instagram account, however, is not open to the public.
Is she in a relationship?
Marie de Villepin has always been very discreet about her love life. Only one of his connections had caused a lot of talk. Indeed, in 2016, the tabloids were passionate about the duo she formed with Amber Heard. The American actress had been seen very close to Cara Delevingne but also Marie de Villepin, at Giacomo in Milan. “They kissed each other on the neck. They kept laughing together“, had told a witness to Closer. Six days later, Johnny Depp would have assaulted, according to his words, (once again) his wife and would have thrown a smart phone in the face. Today, the ex-couple finds themselves at the heart of a tumultuous media trial when Marie de Villepin, she continues to opt for discretion. In July 2015, she had nevertheless set fire to the powder on her sexuality by declaring to the magazine Him : “I fuck in French but I fuck American.“