A famous figure on the small screen, who has been able to settle there over time, Sophie Duez has been able to chain roles in several successful series, like Josephine, Guardian Angel, Commissioner Magellan, Camping Paradise or Judged without justice, to name but a few. This Thursday, October 6, the popular actress celebrates her 60th birthday. Mother of two daughters, Lucile (born in 1989) and Rose (born in 1992), she had them with a music star from whom she is now divorced. It is indeed Manu Katché.
Their love lasted about ten years. As a couple from 1980 to 1990, Sophie Duez and the composer and former juror of New star gave birth to two daughters. Lucile, the eldest, has created her own company which gives advice in public relations and communication while the youngest, Rose, seems to be following in her mother’s footsteps since she is an extra but also describes herself as a “screenwriter and director“. The actress and the drummer were married and finally decided to put an end to their union after this decade of love.
Manu Katché has rebuilt his life since this painful divorce
This does not prevent the ex-spouses from remaining on good terms, since the actress only has good memories of him, as evidenced by the confidences of Sophie Duez, on this divorce. A particularly difficult decision to make for the actress, as revealed in 2014 in the columns of Gala. “This second divorce, I lived it like a sorrow. Manu is a man I admire, he made me hear the world differently“, she poured out. Since then, Manu Katché has rebuilt his life. He now shares his daily life with a certain Laurence, former make-up artist for the jury of the New star but unknown to the general public. This only until she took her first steps into the world of television in 2008 as a journalist in charge of interviews on the show. Five dates, one life, broadcast on the I-Télé channel (the former name of NEWS).
The couple gave birth in 1999 to a little girl, Tess, half-sister of Lucile and Rose Katché, perfect mixtures of their famous parents. Laurence had already tasted the joys of motherhood, being the mother of a certain Benjamin (born in 1991) before meeting the drummer. A blended family that thrives away from the spotlight.