She is far from Virginie Efira to whom the small screen entrusted her television shows. At 45, Niels Schneider’s companion officially made it to the big screen, becoming one of the greatest actresses of her generation. After roles landed in romantic comedies, the actress has made a turn in the dramatic universe that everyone applauds. The directors snap up Virginie Efira. As proof, she is on the poster of See Paris againa drama about the November 13 attacks and will headline Other people’s childrenin theaters September 21.
In this drama by Rebecca Zlotowski, Virginie Efira plays Rachel, the mother-in-law of a 4-year-old girl. The opportunity for Version Femina to learn a little more about the role that the actress herself took on when she was only in her twenties: “I recognized in Rachel a strength of vitality coupled with a great lack of confidence. I was a mother-in-law at 22 and the relationship to the child, I know it.“
She does not hide that this status is not always easy to manage: “We no longer know if we count, if our opinion is valid, if we should step aside. In short, we are looking for our place. For what is that granted to you by the father? The mother ? The child also who, sometimes, is tired of seeing you in his circleshe says. So what can we weave with it? Should we participate in his education? It’s a different relationship, precious, but the limits of which are not well defined..”
This situation, Virginie Efira experienced it by starting a relationship in the early 2000s with actor Patrick Ridremont, father of three children. It was almost 10 years later that she became a mother for the first time. Her daughter Ali was born on May 24, 2013. The father is none other than director Mabrouk El Mechri, from whom she has been separated for several years.
Virginie Efira is not a heart to take for as much. Since 2018, the pungent blonde has been in a relationship with Niels Schneider, whom she met on the set of the film An impossible love. Quite the opposite of their own story which, four years after its debut, continues with as much enthusiasm and passion. Last February, Virginie even qualified as “the greatest lover in the worldThe couple once again worked together for a short film directed by Niels Schneider and in which he entrusted a role to his darling. A film that we are already looking forward to discovering!