At 33, Pierre Niney is one of the most gifted actors of his generation. Resident of the Comédie-Française in 2010 at only 21 years old until 2015, the actor has already won many honors as the Golden Swan of Male Revelation during the Cabourg Festival in 2012, the Golden Swan for Best Actor during the Cabourg Festival in 2013, the Cesar for best actor For the movie Yves Saint Laurent in 2015 or the Crystal Globe for best actor for this same film the same year.
This meteoric rise is the reason for the portrait devoted to him in the new issue of seven to eight, broadcast this Sunday, October 23 on TF1. Facing journalist Audrey Crespo-Mara, Pierre Niney looks back on his career, both cinematographic and personal. “When I started this job, it seemed so crucial and so important to me, and marked forever in the film that I had a sacredness of this thing, such as it is true that it happened to me in my room and redo the scene for me…”he confides.
A quiet life far from Paris for Pierre Niney and his family
Before experiencing success in the cinema, Pierre Niney met the Australian actress and photographer in 2008 Natasha Andrews with whom he had two daughters: Lola, born in 2017 and Billie, born in 2019. From now on, the actor and his family have opted for a life in the countryside, far from the tumult of the capital. “It matches very wellhe says. The fact, for a moment, of being in a living space closer to nature. And then, to choose when you want to be in the crowd and to choose when you want to be quiet at home, at night with the sound of owls and fire, it’s cool.