This Wednesday, March 9, France 2 presents to the public its new mini-series What Pauline does not tell youfeaturing Ophelia Kolb (Ten percent) as a wife accused of killing her husband after a difficult separation. A critically acclaimed fiction, which will allow Sylvie Testud, popular French actress, to further expand her filmography after numerous auteur films and several comedies.
Perfect in the role of a police captain, the actress never hesitates to give of herself for her roles. However, she knows how to skillfully protect her personal life and very rarely speaks about it in the media, in particular to protect her longtime companion, Fabien, who is not always comfortable with his job. “My companion resents the fact that I earn more than him. It’s often me who signs the checks“, she had all the same confided in 2011 in Current wife.
Very discreet about their relationship, which began when they were young, the actress rarely speaks of him, simply explaining that he is “searcher” and that they are very complementary for the education of their two children, Ruben, 17 years old and Esther, 10 years old. Two teenagers on whom she is full of praise.
“I have a 17 year old son and a 10 year old daughter. And I’m really lucky because they’re super funny. With their dad we tried not to damage them, but frankly they were born cool! They are two little rays of sunshine“, she had explained to Telestar when leaving Runawayanother miniseries in which she played the mother of a rebellious teenager.
An upcoming biopic
In any case, her two children, who sometimes play small roles in her films, are always protected from her life as an actress and her media coverage. However, she knows, she would be capable of many things for them. “To save my children, my lover and my life with them, I would go further“, she had explained in promotion ofCloser to the suna film released in 2015 in which she played a judge with a very difficult family situation.
In 2022, in addition to this mini-series for France 2, she will be on the bill in October for Olivier Dahan’s biopic on Simone Veil, in which she will play the filmmaker Marceline Loridan-Ivens, who had been deported at the same time as the political woman.