These American stars married to French people. photo credit: Instagram screenshot
Certain foreign celebrities have settled in France not for the gastronomy, the French art of living or even for the museums… but because they have found true love. This is the case of Salma Hayek married to François-Henri Pinault since 2009, Nathalie Portman married to Benjamin Millepied since 2012, or Lisa Kudrow married to businessman Michel Stern since 1995. Spotlight on these French love stories .
Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault: the Hollywood actress and the French billionaire
The couple met in 2006 during the inauguration of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice. The billionaire has been single since his 2004 divorce from the mother of his first two children. Salma Hayek, who was staying in Rome with Penélope Cruz for the film
Bandidas
, is among the guests. She is welcomed by François-Henri Pinault himself. They sympathize and decide to meet again. This meeting marks the beginning of their great love story. Shortly after, they move in together in Paris. And September 21, 2007, they welcome a little girl named Valentina (the first child of the actress).
At 14, Valentina Pinault, the heiress, launches her career in the footsteps of her mother
Valentina Paloma Pinault is discreet even if she grew up in the spotlight. Coming from a double culture (Mexican by her mother and French by her father), she is fluent in Spanish, French and English. At 14, she launched her modeling career by posing in duet with her mother in one of
Vogue Mexico
.
Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault married on February 14, 2009 at the town hall of the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The wedding ceremony took place without pomp. “I want a love marriage with my friends, family and fun. I think spending millions on a wedding is ridiculous and it was never my dream,” the actress told the magazine.
People
.
After several years in Paris, the family moved to London. The couple renewed their vows in 2018 in Bora Bora and flooded social networks with photos of their happiness. This is called a story that lasts. No offense to the detractors who accused the actress of having married for the fortune of the
Pinault family
(3rd French fortune:
€35.3 billion
).
Lisa Kudrow married for 26 years to a Frenchman
Lisa Kudrow and Michel Stern (a French publicist) have been married since 1995. 26 years later, they still seem to be in love. The actress would have said “That’s it, he’s there” (the man of her life) during her meeting with the Frenchman. She is perfectly French-speaking. They are a son, Julian Murray, born in 1998.
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied: love at first sight on the set of Black Swan
The dance caused their meeting during the filming of
black swan
, in 2009. For 13 years, American actress Natalie Portman and French star dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied have been a very secretive couple. Their romance was born during these many months of rehearsals to allow Nathalie Portman to embody on screen the white swan and the black swan of Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet,
Swan Lake
. Natalie Portman receives an Oscar for this role, then pregnant with their first child. Their son, Aleph, was born in June 2011. They married in 2012 in Los Angeles.
The couple lived for 2 years in Paris (between 2014 and 2016), when Benjamin was promoted to director of dance at the head of the Paris Opera ballet. They did not want to stay in Paris when the actress had learned French. Indeed, after a few months of life in Paris, she explains that she had a lot of trouble adapting… to Parisians. “I didn’t realize that I had gotten used to the rigidity of the French before coming back here,” the actress says of the family’s move to Los Angeles. They welcomed their second child, Amalia, there in 2017.
Matt Pokora and Christina Milian, a Franco-American couple in love with song
The couple is dreaming. After 3 years of relationship and 3 children (including 2 together), Christina Milian and M Pokora said yes on Wednesday December 9, 2020, at the town hall of the 8th arrondissement of Paris. They were looking forward to this event having had to postpone it several times because of the Covid-19.
These American stars who… divorced a Frenchman
They celebrated their marriage at
castle
de Vaux-le-Vicomte in 2007. But the Franco-American fairy tale ended soon after for the actress
Eva Longoria
and her French husband, the basketball player
Tony Parker
. He was accused of infidelity in 2007 and, 3 years later, the couple announced their divorce. Since then, everyone has rebuilt their lives. Eva Longoria appears fulfilled. She is the mother of a little boy. The basketball player announced his separation from the mother of his children.
Romain Dauriac and Scarlett Johansson
: the couple married in 2014 and welcomed a daughter, Rose Dorothy, the same year. In 2017, they announced their separation in the press. The actress spoke to People magazine about marriage: “Being married is different from not being married and anyone who tells you it’s the same thing is lying. It changes things.”
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp
formed the ideal couple for 14 years. Sheltered from the cameras, they lived their love story discreetly. Parents of 2 children (Lily Rose and Jack), the announcement of their separation surprised their fans. They separated amicably.
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Salma Hayek, Natalie Portman… These American stars married to French people