Occupation Film producer Name Virginie Silla Nephews Pablo Perez | Years active 2001–present Role Film producer Siblings Karine Silla | |
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Children Talia Besson, Mao Besson, Satine Besson Movies Lucy, The Lady, The Boy With The Cuckoo, The Family, From Paris with Love Similar People Luc Besson, Karine Silla, Juliette Besson, Maiwenn, Anne Parillaud | ||
Virginie Besson-Silla (born in 1972) is a Canadian film producer who has made a variety of different films including action films, romantic films, a comic adaptation, a biographical film, and an animation. She is married to French writer-producer-director Luc Besson.
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Life and career
Virginie Silla was born in Ottawa, Canada as a daughter of a Senegalese diplomat and a British physiotherapist. She is the sister-in-law of Vincent Perez by her sister Karine Silla, who is an actress and was one-time partner of Gerard Depardieu.
Since her marriage in 2004 to Luc Besson, Virginie has been known as Virginie Silla-Besson or Virginie Besson-Silla. The couple has three children: Thalia; Satine; and Mao Besson.
In 2010, Time quoted Luc saying she was a more perfect producer than he was and that she hereby enabled him to focus on directing his artistically most demanding, sumptuous film The Lady (2011).
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