Brigitte Macron: this famous actress who would play the first lady in the biopic series dedicated to her

The biopic series about Brigitte Macron is currently in preparation. While several actresses have reportedly been approached, a famous actress has caught the writers’ eye to play the president’s wife.

This is a project that already has Brigitte Macron gnashing her teeth. On April 16, the production company Gaumont announced in a press release that it was developing a series entitled Brigitte, a free woman. A fiction, composed of 6 episodes of 45 minutes, which will retrace “the romantic trajectory” of the first lady. A project written by Bénédicte Charles and Olivier Pouponneau, two authors to whom we owe in particular the series Miragebroadcast in February 2020 on France 2, with Marie-Josée Croze, Clive Standen, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Grégory Fitoussi and Agathe de La Boulaye.

Although filming has not yet begun and the identity of the director has not been revealed, Emmanuel Macron’s wife is not eager to discover his life on screen, she who was not consulted for this project. According to information from Paris Matchthe president’s wife is even “not very enthusiastic“. A close friend revealed to the magazine that she would dread the story of her meeting with the man of her life while she was a French teacher and ran a drama workshop at the private high school La Providence in Amiens.

Brigitte Macron played by Alix Poisson

There was still one question left unanswered: who would play Brigitte Macron? While Sandrine Kiberlain, Léa Drucker and Karin Viard were reportedly approached, as reported by Paris hereit was finally Alix Poisson who caught the eye of the scriptwriters.

Known for her roles in the series Parents’ user guide, 3 x Manon, Missing, Quadras or The Hikers, She also made her mark on cinema in films such as Micmacs galore, Quai d’Orsay And Budapest. So many different experiences that will feed her interpretation in the skin of Brigitte Macron that she will embody from her years as a teacher in Amiens until her accession to the Elysée. We now wait to know who will slip into the costume of the head of state.