“Mini parenthesis on my daughter”: this famous actress loses her words in front of Léa Salamé, this brief deafening silence

This Wednesday, January 8, Léa Salamé welcomed a famous actress on her show on France Inter. An emotional moment…

© France InterLéa Salamé invited Ludmila Mikaël on France Inter.

IN BRIEF

• Ludmila Mikaël, renowned actress, discussed her career and her daughter Marina Hands on France Inter on January 8.
• Marina Hands, trained at the Cours Florent and the Comédie-Française, was rewarded for her role in Soeurs in 2019.
• Discover how Ludmila Mikaël expresses her emotion over her daughter's theatrical success in Le Soulier de satin.

Ludmila Mikaël is a brilliant actress with a varied career. Invited by Léa Salamé on France Inter this Wednesday, January 8, she looked back on her career. If she is a recognized actress, she is also the mother of actress Marina Hands, born from her relationship with British director Terry Hands who was for a long time at the head of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Marina Hands began her career on the stage.

Indeed, after having been enrolled in the Cours Florent then a resident of the Comédie-Française, the 49-year-old actress has played in numerous plays and was notably nominated for the 2008 Molières for her role as Ysé in Partage de midi. In 2019, in the presence of her mother, she won the Brigadier Prize for the play Soeurs.

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“I think she was born for this role”

Since December, she has played the role of Doña Prouhèze in Le Soulier de satin.It is a monumental work of literature, theater and for the public, written from 1918 to 1923. Le Soulier de satin was however only created in 1943, at the Comédie-Française, by Jean-Louis Barrault. Le Soulier de Satin by Paul Claudel, the event of this end of year, staged by Eric Ruf, in the Richelieu room.

On France Inter, Ludmila Mikaël returned to the role of her daughter in the play. Léa Salamé then asked: “It's your daughter who plays her. What did you feel ?” The actress did not hide her admiration for her child: “I was extremely happy because I know this role and the character well. I think she was born for this role. We're going to make a mini digression on my daughter. It's complicated as a mother, I can be accused of being blind as a mother. But she is extremely gifted “, she confided.

Ludmila Mikaël overwhelmed by emotion in front of Léa Salamé

After a moment of silence, Ludmila Mikaël confided to Léa Salamé : “There was no other actress at the Comédie Française to play this role. I feel a lot of emotion“. It must be said that the actress is very proud of her daughter's career, who has managed to make a name for herself in the theater.

Ludmila Mikaël also joined the Comédie-Française in 1967. For twenty years, the troupe offered her her most beautiful roles in the theater. The actress then moved into cinema, playing in several films such as The Heart of Men in 2003, Aux abois in 2004 and The Heart of Men 2 in 2007.