Josian Balasko - personal life and career of a talented actress

French cinema includesmany talented actors, directors, screenwriters, whose names are on everyone's lips. But there are people like Josian Balasco, whose contribution to French cinema is great, but many have not heard of it outside of France.

Biography

The actress was born on April 15, 1950 in Paris.Her mother was French, and her father was a Bosnian Croat. The real surname of the actress is Balaskovich, but for the stage she shortened her a bit to the usual French style.

As a child, Balasco was creative anddiversified. She studied at the school of graphic art, hoping that she would connect her life with art. A little later, she wrote her first fantastic stories. As a teenager, she became interested in theater and entered the Tanya Balashova mastery courses.

Career

Josian Balasco, whose filmography includesa huge variety of films, in the past, decided that she would follow in the footsteps of the screenwriter and director. The reason for this was non-standard for the time appearance. Although Josian herself said that it was precisely soberly assessing their chances in the actor’s environment, she could now be where she is.

Improving herself as a screenwriter was fruitful, and soon she co-wrote the script with famous Jean-Marie Poiret and Jean-Loup Hubert.

One she, despite the fact that the actress, with her wordsthe anti-sex symbol fits into the Splendid acting group and plays the role of a simple girl with ordinary everyday problems. The comedy “Tanned” with the continuation of “Tanned on the skis”, as well as “Grandfather Frost - Thug”, became for the actress a breakthrough in her career. Her heroines were usually comic or ironic.

But Josian Balasco did not want to become just an actress, so at the same time with the shootings she puts on plays, writes scripts.

Having tried herself as a director, Balasko tastedand started making films. Comedy with social overtones teach and show human errors. “French Twist”, “Damned Lawn”, “Zavarushka”, “My Life is Hell”, “Client of the French Gigolo” - films are not just about life, but about everything that was customary to be silent in cinema. In many of his films Josian played a major role.

Personal life

In the 80s, the actress has already become known in widecircles. This time was a breakthrough not only in the career of Josian Balasco. The personal life of the actress has also become much better. In 1983, she gave birth to a daughter, Marilou, by the famous French sculptor Philip Berry. Creative genes have left no hope for a “normal” future, and, indeed, at the present time Marilou Berri is a famous actress, starring in diverse pictures. And what's more, the young actress tried herself as a screenwriter and director in the comedy “Accidentally pregnant”, in which, like her mother, played the main role.

In addition to his daughter, Josian Balasco has an adopted son.

In 1999, the actress divorced from Berry.A few years later, in 2003, she married actor Georges Aguilar. He can be seen in several films: “Ex-Woman of My Life”, “Client of the French Gigolo”, “Nenett”, shot by Josian Balasco. You can see the photo of a happy couple below.

Interesting Facts

Many fans of Balasko will be interested to learn some facts from her life.

• Classmates dubbed the actress "brain", which is very flattering Josian.
• As a teenager, Balasco wrote a script called "When I grow up, I will become paranoid." It was the first independent script of the actress.
• As a child, Josian did not have complexes about his excess weight, although even his own grandmother said that she should lose weight.
• Josian Balasco lost her father when she was 14 years old.
• The actress is a member of the organization Les Enfoirés, which supports "Eating the Heart." The organization was founded by comedian Colusch to help the poor. Eating the Heart is free lunch for beggars.
• Josian wrote the book Client of the French Gigolo, which she later filmed. Her best friend, Natalie Bay, starred.
• In this film, she took her husband Aguilar. Especially for him was written the role of an Indian.
• The actress works in the center of assistance to immigrants. Protects the rights of refugees, opposes their abuses and attends rallies.
• Despite the fact that the actress is very serious and relates to life in this way, she does not like dramatic roles. It is important for her to make people laugh, she charges herself with laughter and begins to create more.

They say a talented person is talented in everything. We can see this with the example of an actress, a screenwriter, a director and just a good person - Josian Balasco.