“New Star”, American football, tree houses, beautician… five things you don’t know about Virginie Efira!

After music victoriesit’s the turn of the Caesar ceremony to put Belgium in the spotlight! With Bouli Lanners first, rewarded for his “supporting role” in the thriller Therenight of 12big winner of the evening of this Friday, February 24, 2023. An actor who, on the Olympia stage, has certainly not forgotten to talk about his origins: “Damn I justCork anyway!” he said, very proud to have received this prestigious statuette. And then, with Virginie Efira who will have had to wait for her sixth nomination to finally win the prestigious trophy for best actress. Sublime, in a black velvet dress studded with rhinestones all in bare back, and which was reminiscent of that of Mireille Darc in The Big Blondethe actress was rewarded for her role as Alice Winocour, in See Paris again, a survivor of an attack. His speech of thanks, full of humor and tinged with a certain perspective, was imbued with this Belgian spirit: “At the same time, I made 63 films this year, so arithmetically, I had given myself a bit of a chance.“, she launched before specifying: “This film (is) fair, beautiful, comforting, cathartic, thank you for paying tribute to the victims“, she said, dedicating the award to the director of the film and to all “the others” who accompanied her.

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An amazing family and background!

At 45, she has become one of the essential faces of French cinema. But the former host of New star has more than one string to its bow and a most amazing course! Born May 5, 1977 in Schaerbeek, near Brussels, Virginie Efira is the fruit of love between a professor of hematology of Turkish origin and an artist, beautician and then restorer in the Luberon. The actress has a sister who is an American football player and two brothers. One is a painter, the other a builder of treehouses in South America! A motley family that surely gave young Virginie artistic desires… but it was on television that the beautiful blonde took her first steps, as a host on M6, Canal+ And W9but also an actress in fictions like Kaamelott from 2004 to 2008. With her ease in front of the camera and her mischievous smile, Virginie Efira quickly made a place for herself in the hearts of the French. His participation in 2010 in the program of Frédéric Lopez Meeting in unknown land where she ended up in Mongolia made a record audience, with some 8.1 million viewers! Elected woman of the year in 2013 by the magazine QG, the actress is gradually climbing the ladder of success and the esteem of her profession. First in popular comedies like A family for rent alongside Benoit Poelvoorde or The taste of wondersthe actress turned to more dramatic films where her talent exploded. Victoria, Elle or An impossible love And Sibyl. Today described as “bankable”, Virginie Efira has the luxury of choosing her roles as she pleases. And this César rewarding her immense work and her perfect trajectory definitely opens her a royal path to the pantheon of artists… like Brad Pitt with whom she shared the stage during this 48th Cesar Ceremony!

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