“Three that becomes four”. Virginie Efira, overwhelmed, admits the arrival of her second child.

Things are going well for Virginia Efira, and she’s making it known. “I’m very well!” he declares in the new issue Marie Claire, was published this June 27. So good that I reassure everyone by saying that this state of bliss will not last.’ After years of acting, the Belgian actress took some time off the set to relax and enjoy her family. The family grew from “three to four” with the birth of a baby boy named Hiro in August 2023, the result of her union with Nils Schneider.

Transparent, Virginie Efira does not hide that she was “a little scared” of the idea of ​​suspending her career and becoming a mother again at the age of 46. Especially, women face the difficulties of reconciling their professional life with their personal life. “People often wanted me to believe that if I became a mother, I would work less. Meanwhile, the arrival of my daughter, when I was 36 years old, forced me to do more and do better,” laments the heroine. Sibyl (2019).

“The feeling of being two equal parents is great”

That being said, Virginie Efira remembers that her first pregnancy was a real shock. “Back then I was less told, or less exposed to the idea that you might not feel very well after birth. Every time something went wrong, I felt guilty. Today we are much more aware of this concept: the postpartum spleen and more. There is no indicated imperative, no directive for a mother’s frozen happiness. Even the father was warned about this possibility. The feeling of being two equal parents is great.” This change in behavior allowed the actress to live her second motherhood more peacefully.

“It’s very different because we’re not in the same place to understand ourselves, to relate to the world, it’s not the same father; [le père de sa fille aînée Ali est le réalisateur Mabrouk El Mechri, NDLR]…The first time you “fall” into the maternity hospital, he retrospectively analyzes. It is the revelation of the end of carelessness and mobility. And all this happens at the same time as unconditional, vital, necessary love. but also with this enormous responsibility coupled with anxiety. I remember that I was lost.” Before admitting that I took the time to find a balance. I wanted to show that I have not changed, that I still have the same relationship with the party. I was always afraid to miss any moment of life.”

“Happy” second motherhood

Years have passed, balance has finally been found, and Virginie Efira learns today that “having a child also teaches you that where you are, something happens.” With that, the 47-year-old Belgian took advantage of his recent professional hiatus to nurture and flourish. “A child is the arrival of something new that affects all family members. I experienced this period in intense, joyous, fully expanded temporality. I realized that it was probably more pleasant for the people I lived with, because apparently there was a kind of nervousness in the air on my part… It made other love moments, other interactions with my children easier. A new way, completely simple, to visit your city and neighborhood, to discover places.” Made woman.