After having been more discreet in the spotlight in recent months to enjoy her pregnancy and the first moments with her son Hiro, Virginie Efira makes a highly noticed return to the media. It must be said that the actress is starring in two artistic projects: Everything is fine on Disney +, available on the platform since November 15, 2023 and Nothing to losea film by Delphine Deloget, which will be released in theaters on November 22, 2023. To promote the mini-series, in which she plays the role of Claire, an aunt overly invested in her niece’s leukemia, Virginie Efira has answered questions from our colleagues at Tele-Leisure, on November 18, 2023. She took the opportunity to share some confidences about her relationship with the disease. Daughter of an oncologist and hematologist, Niels Schneider’s partner claimed to know the medical world well. “I remember times doing my homework in my dad’s office. When he came home in the evening, I asked him if there had been any deaths during the day. It was the first thing I asked him when he arrived.”she remembered surprisingly.
Virginie Efira had to face illness when she was five years old
When the actress was five years old, she had to face illness and death within her family. “I have a dad who is a hematologist-oncologist, who works specifically on leukemia, and I have my aunt who died from it”she also recalled for Ciné-Télé-Revue, on November 16, 2023. In fact, her aunt was 23 years old when she was struck by acute leukemia. Despite her thirst for life, she lost her battle. “The death of my aunt marked my family history. Since I was little, I have been immersed in its history”, she declared again. Her parents decided to continue the fight against this terrible disease by launching the Ariane fund which collects donations for research. Virginie Efira never misses an opportunity to recall the importance of this fund in which she is particularly invested. According to her, it is important to use a tragedy to try to turn it into something positive that could help other people.