1. Virginie Efira was born on 5 May 1977 and is a Belgian and French actress.
24 Facts About Virginie Efira
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Virginie Efira had her first leading role in It Boy.
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Virginie Efira then appeared in Paul Verhoeven's psychological thriller Elle, the drama An Impossible Love, the comedy drama Sibyl and the black comedy Bye Bye Morons.
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Virginie Efira was born on 5 May 1977 in the Brugmann district of Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of Professor Andre Virginie Efira, an hemato-oncologist, and Carine Verelst.
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Virginie Efira's parents divorced when she was 18 years old.
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Virginie Efira studied Latin, math, psychology and social sciences in Brussels.
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Virginie Efira was first hired by Club RTL to present a children's show called Megamix.
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Virginie Efira went on to present other programmes in Belgium, including A la recherche de la nouvelle Star.
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Virginie Efira was the host of Classe Confidentiel for one year, before replacing Benjamin Castaldi as the host of the popular musical reality show Nouvelle Star for the end of the show's fourth series.
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Virginie Efira voiced the characters of Kitty Softpaws in Puss in Boots and Mavis in Hotel Transylvania and Hotel Transylvania 2.
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Virginie Efira guest-starred in two episodes of the highly successful French show Kaamelott.
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Virginie Efira next had a supporting role as a social worker in the comedy drama My Worst Nightmare directed by Anne Fontaine, opposite Isabelle Huppert, Benoit Poelvoorde and Andre Dussollier.
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In 2013, Virginie Efira starred alongside Pierre Niney in the romantic comedy It Boy, about a 38-year-old woman and her relationship with a teenage boy.
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In 2016, Virginie Efira starred in the romantic comedy-drama In Bed with Victoria, about a single mother and criminal lawyer who goes through a midlife crisis.
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Virginie Efira's performance was described by The Hollywood Reporter as both "vibrant" and "well-tuned", and earned her a Magritte Award for Best Actress as well as a Cesar Award for Best Actress nomination.
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That same year, Virginie Efira had a small but crucial role opposite Isabelle Huppert in Paul Verhoeven's psychological thriller Elle.
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Virginie Efira received Cesar Award, Globe de Cristal Award and Lumieres Award nominations in the Best Actress category for her performance in the film.
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That same year, Virginie Efira was part of the ensemble cast in the comedy Sink or Swim directed by Gilles Lellouche, which was screened out of competition at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and earned her a Cesar Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress.
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That same year, Virginie Efira played a terminally-ill hairdresser on a mission to reunite with her long-lost child, with the help of a suicidal bureaucrat and a blind archivist, in the comedy drama Bye Bye Morons directed by Albert Dupontel.
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In 2021, Virginie Efira reunited with Paul Verhoeven to appear as Benedetta Carlini, a 17th-century nun who suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions, in the historical drama Benedetta.
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In 2023, Virginie Efira won her first Cesar Award for Best Actress, for her performance in the film Paris Memories, in which she played a woman who is struggling with the lingering mental health effects of having survived a terrorist attack in Paris, a role originally intended for Nicole Kidman.
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From 2012 to 2017, Virginie Efira dated director and actor Mabrouk El Mechri, with whom she has a daughter, born in 2013.
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In 2016, Virginie Efira obtained French citizenship, becoming a dual citizen, for which she later cited her desire to vote in France as the reason.
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Since 2017, Virginie Efira has been in a relationship with actor Niels Schneider, her co-star in the films An Impossible Love and Sibyl, with whom she has a son, born in 2023.