A journey in the spotlight. Virginie Efira is now one of the essential actresses of the seventh art In France. The actress of Belgian origin began her career on television in entertainment shows. A successful presenter, she is revealed to the general public in France through the show The New Star. There she met Julien Doré, who has since become a faithful friend. In February 2023, the singer confided in the columns of World how much they had been able to count on each other all these years. “She arrived from Belgium, I arrived from Nîmes, we saw each other again very quickly. We found ourselves in certain absurd situations among humans who come together and share nothing, don’t listen to each other, don’t look at each other… We protected each other!” Words which echo the actress’s declaration of friendship, in June 2022, on the set ofAs an aside : “He is someone who has a deep sense of humor and kindness. I am attached to him.“
Finally, Virginie Efira gave herself the chance to realize her cinema dreams by leaving the comfort she had on television. “But I wondered how I could evolve. I was ready to move towards lower notorietyto lose comfort of life to put myself in danger”she explained in 2010 in the columns of Paris Match. A successful bet. From, Virginie Efira goes on film shoots as 20 years apart, Goodbye idiots, Benedetta, Victoria, Other people’s childrenor Love and forests. Consecration: she won her first César in 2023 for her role in the film See Paris again.
A revenge on life
As the Cannes Film Festival prepares to kick off its 77th edition, Virginie Efira spoke, Friday May 10, 2024, in the columns of the magazine Madame Figaro about his first climb of the stairs. At the time, she did not have the success that the public knows her now. The actress could therefore not afford to stay in Cannes where the stars set down their suitcases. “I arrived from Brussels, I was staying at a nearby campsite, I wasn’t invited to any partiesbut I was very resistant to humiliation”, she remembered. While she was mistress of ceremonies two years ago, Virginie Efira finally obtained her revenge on life: “I thought back to those moments just before taking the stage two years ago to launch the 75th edition of the festival as mistress of ceremonies.”