Best known for her role as Sylvie in hit Netflix show Emily in Paris, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu talks ageing gracefully …
Philippine was born in Paris and raised in Rome. She followed in her father’s footsteps (actor Philippe) and returned to Paris at age 16 to study drama. In 1985, she played her first major screen role (and earned a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress), playing the distraught mother in Trois hommes et un couffin (Three Men and a Cradle). Since then she has had multiple roles in films and TV, but she came to larger recognition outside of France in recent years due to her roles in Call My Agent and Emily in Paris.
In an interview with Glamour, she said: “A world where people cannot age is a dangerous world. I think it’s important to really own this ageing thing and not make it a problem, not make it something we can’t talk about. There’s no guilt or shame around ageing. This is something that happens to everybody, you know? Ageing gracefully is being a kinder person than you were when you were younger, because life kind of polishes you. And having a better understanding of how people feel, who people are, and having more compassion and less competition with everybody else.”
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Sylvie in Emily in Paris.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, she said: “My mother worked in fashion with Dior for 20 years. I’ve known women like Sylvie since I was a kid. They’re basically scared: scared of losing their beauty, scared of ageing.”
While Emily in Paris has been critiqued as vacuous at times, we’ll be watching for more of the inspirational Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.
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