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Besson has been married four times; first, in 1986, to actress Anne Parillaud. They had a daughter, Juliette, born in 1987. Parillaud starred in Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990). They divorced in 1991. Besson's second wife was actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco, whom he started dating when he was 32 and she was 15.
Maïwenn met film director Luc Besson when she was 12 and he was 29, and they began dating when she was 15. In January 1993, at age 16, she gave birth to their daughter Shanna. On the DVD extras for the 1994 film Léon: The Professional, Maïwenn said the film is based on her relationship with Besson.
May 23, 2018 · According to The Washington Post, Besson met the child actress Maïwenn when she was 12, the same age as Mathilda in the film. He was 29. They claim to have started seeing each other romantically...
Maïwenn met film director Luc Besson when she was 12 and they began dating when she was 15. In January 1993, at age 16, she gave birth to their daughter Shanna. On the DVD extras for the 1994 film Léon: The Professional, Maïwenn said the film is based on her relationship with Besson.
Sep 1, 2023 · The actor, who appeared in Besson’s 2017 sci-fi Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, had accused Besson of drugging and sexually assaulting her in a Paris hotel.
May 26, 2021 · Maïwenn was only 21 years old when "The Fifth Element" hit theaters in May 1997. At the time, she was married to Luc Besson, who asked his wife to play the part of the Diva Plavalaguna.
Aug 31, 2023 · Director Luc Besson thanked his wife Virginie Besson-Silla while at the Venice International Film Festival promoting his latest movie 'DogMan' on Wednesday. In June, he was cleared of rape...
Mar 1, 2016 · First discovered as a child actress and then known as the former wife of filmmaker Luc Besson, Maïwenn (who in recent years dropped her last name, Le Besco), is hardly a newcomer to the film industry.
In 1977, Luc Besson was rejected by La Fémis, the national film school of France. Besson later told in interviews, that he was 18 years old, when he applied, and in a preliminary interview an administrator asked him which directors he most admired.
Oct 2, 2023 · Some made sure to remind the international audience that she is the ex-wife of famed French director Luc Besson, who has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by a long list of women. Maïwenn, the mother of his daughter, stood by him.
