Virginie Silla
French film producer
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| Intro | French film producer | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Virginie Besson-Silla Virginie Silla-Besson | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Virginie Besson-Silla Virginie Silla-Besson | ||||||
| Places | France | ||||||
| is | Film producer | ||||||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||||
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| Birth | 26 January 1972, Ottawa, Canada | ||||||
| Age | 52 years | ||||||
| Star sign | Aquarius | ||||||
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Biography
Virginie Besson-Silla (born 1972) is a Canadian-French film producer. She has made a variety of different films including action films, romantic films, comic adaptations, biographical films and an animation.
Life and career
Silla was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the daughter of a Senegalese diplomat and a French physiotherapist. She is the sister-in-law of actor Vincent Perez by her sister, Karine Silla, who is an actress.
Since her marriage in 2004 to Luc Besson, Virginie has been known as Virginie Silla-Besson or Virginie Besson-Silla. The couple have 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).