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Virginie Efira

Virginie Efira
Virginie Efira 2016.jpg
Efira in 2016
Born (1977-05-05) 5 May 1977 (age 39)
Schaerbeek,(Region of Brussels-Capital) Belgium
Nationality  France
Occupation Actress, news anchor
Years active 2005 - present
Spouse(s) Patrick Ridremont (m. 2002; div. 2005)
Partner(s) Mabrouk El Mechri (present)
Children 1

Virginie Efira (born 5 May 1977) is a Belgian and French actress, and anchor on French television.

She is the daughter of Professor André Efira, hemato-oncologist, and Carine Verelst. Efira is of partial Greek-Jewish descent. She was first hired by Club RTL (A Belgian TV channel in the RTL Group) to present a children's show called Mégamix. She went on to present other programmes in Belgium, including A la recherche de la nouvelle Star. In September 2002 she was offered the job of the presenter of Belgian's version of Star Academy. After casting to be a weather girl on France's M6 channel, she was soon pushed into the limelight as one of M6's main public faces, presenting shows such as Le Grand Zap, La saga des ..., Follement Gay, Absolument 80/90, Le Grand Piège and Drôles d'équipes. She was the host of Classé 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. She also presents various shows on RTL-TVi (a spin-off channel in the RTL Group). Efira was a guest star on the highly successful French show Kaamelott.

Efira's film career took off in 2004, appearing as Dr. Liz Wilson in the French-language version of Garfield: The Movie, as well as playing Piper in the French version of the 2005 film Robots. In 2012, she won the Audience Award at the 2nd Magritte Awards.

In 2010, she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.


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