It’s a love story like you only see in the movies! Revealed in 2006 by the film Sheitan where she plays alongside Vincent Cassel, Leila Bekhti joins, two years later, the cast of AProphet by Jacques Audiard. It is there that she meets Tahar Rahim, chosen to play the character of Malik El Djebena, the main role. A film that will not only shake up their careers but also their personal lives: the two actors fall madly in love with each other. When the young woman received the César 2011 for Best Female Hope, she declared in her thanks: “I will end up thanking my prince charming. Before you, there was nothing my heart. I like you”. Tahar Rahim, for his part, will not only receive the César for Best Male Hope, but also that of Best Actor. A first !
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“I knew in the second that she would be my wife and the mother of my children”
Married since 2010, the actors make it a point of honor to preserve their privacy and never share photos with two or their three children. This does not prevent them from declaring their love in the media… In March 2021, Tahar Rahim thus confided in Paris Match: “The first time I saw Leïla, I knew the second she would be my wife and the mother of my children. Our meeting was not love at first sight, it was written. It was our destiny.” Ditto on the side of Leila Bekhti who, on February 23, 2023, declared in As an aside on Canal + : “I have a lot of admiration for him, he knows it, and even more since I know him. He taught me a lot Tahar, about many things, especially about cinema.” In 2017, the couple welcomed their first child, a little boy called Souleymane. In November 2019, the actress announced in the columns of Madame Figaro wait for a second happy event, it will be a little girl born prematurely in 2020. Finally, in June 2022, the actress who wanted to have three children like her own parents had a third baby after a surprise pregnancy.
This Friday, February 24, this glamorous couple from French cinema was present for the 48e edition of the Césars held at the Olympia. He as the president of the ceremony, and she, by presenting the prestigious César for best actor. And they had plenty of stars in their eyes! The love between them has never been so strong… as proof, this statement that the actress published in a story from her Instagram account.
We see the photo of his darling in his blue wool president’s suit made to measure by Louis Vuitton, consisting of a double-breasted jacket, matching cigarette cut pants, an off-white silk shirt and a pair of ankle boots. in black leather. The legend ? “Even more beautiful than Brad Pitt… Tahar Rahim”. A beautiful statement from the one who will soon be starring in the film I will always see your faces to the attention of her lover who will play Charles Aznavour in a biopic planned for 2024.
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