“I was worried about not being able to feed my daughter.” Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu looks back at his long journey through the desert in the cinema.

At the age of 61, Filipino Leroy-Beaulier returns to the fore like a phoenix rising from the ashes. star ofEmily in Paris and fashion icon, the actress is also a happy mother. The actress maintains a really close relationship with her daughter Tice Bean, now 34, from her previous union with director Richard Bean. On France 2’s “Saturday 20:30” show, she spoke about her unusual journey, talking about her role as a single mother at the age of 27 and her journey in the cinema.

First, talking about one of his first films, Three men and a steed (1985), in which she played a young mother raising her child alone, she said: “It was a time when it was completely normal. I know what I’m talking about because I’ve done it in my own life, after separating from my daughter’s father when she was 3 months old.” And he admits. “In retrospect, I don’t think it was the best idea in the world to have a single child…

A life of adventure

Leroy-Beaulier, a Filipino with a bold temperament, also explains that the bond with his daughter Thais has been strengthened through their travels and bohemian life. “When I feel like I’m full, I like to take a plane ticket to a destination I like and go explore the world,” he confided. Driven by this need for freedom, the actress lived for a long time outside the borders of France, preferring to “listen to her heart rather than reason”. “He had no problem telling himself. “My daughter is small, I will raise her by the sea.” Tice grew up like this, barefoot on beaches, without shoes, sleeping in hammocks. We weren’t looking for comfort,” says writer Blanche de Richemont, her longtime friend.

However, after traveling to countries such as Brazil, Japan, Peru and Tibet, the actress admits she feared for her future. His rejections of roles, his repeated departures to the other side of the world and the elimination of savings led to him being forgotten for a long time in the film industry. “It wasn’t so much the worry that the phone wouldn’t ring anymore, but rather the worry of not being able to feed my daughter,” she confided. Fortunately, in 2015, Cedric Klapish will give her another chance, giving her the role of Catherine Barneville in the series. Ten percent . “He brought me out of the grave,” he admits. The role of Sylvie Gratto Emily in Paris will then mark his resurrection and his anointing.