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In the city, Michèle Laroque is the happy and very proud mother of Oriane born in 1995, the fruit of her past relationship with the director Dominique Deschamps. If the actress is used to shining in the spotlight, her daughter seems quite different from her on this point as she reported in the pages of “Nouvelle Ère”.
She is certainly one of the sunniest actresses on the small screen. Michèle Laroque has been enjoying the glory days of the French 7th art for several decades. Indispensable and versatile, the 63-year-old artist shines as much in the cinema as on the stage. Moving on from one project to the next, she is starring in the comedy Karaoke by Stéphane Ben Lahcene, released in theaters on March 20. Solicited by countless media to promote it, François Baroin's ex-partner recently spoke in the columns of La Nouvelle Ère.
The opportunity for the star to put the spotlight on this feature film in which she plays Bénédicte, a professional opera singer whose career is at half mast, which is why she must redefine her priorities. During this interview, Michèle Laroque also spoke about her daughter Oriane, just 28 years old, the result of her story with the director Dominique Deschamps. Unlike her, the latter, although an actress, aspires to live far from rhinestones and sequins.
Michèle Laroque opens her heart about her family history
“She has a little problem: she really doesn’t want to be famous (laughs),” the famous actress revealed with humor. “And it’s a bit complicated to do this job without being one.” Not without pride, the main interested party said more about her projects: “She would rather turn to writing and directing”. In any case, Michèle Laroque would be delighted at the idea of one day working with her daughter: “I’m ready!”
With nostalgia, Michèle Laroque also reflected on her parents' love story. His mother, Doïna, a former Romanian dancer who previously escaped the repressive regime of her nation, met her father in France. "During a folk festival in Nice, the town hall asked my grandmother to take care of the group of Romanians... He also went, and there it was love at first sight for my mother who had to go back to the end of the festival (...)".
If the lovebirds did indeed end up in England before returning to France, everything was not rosy for the couple: "She felt a lot of guilt because her family stayed there, that they had trouble. So it's a love story but not an absolute dream either", concluded Michèle Laroque, whose daughter is very inspired by this romance and could make a film or documentary about it one day.
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