At 53 years old, Alexandra Lamy seems more fulfilled than ever. Invited to talk about the passage of time and its relationship to age in the columns of Galathe actress displays an assumed serenity. To hell with the injunctions and complexes that often accompany reaching fifty!
Alexandre Lamy shows wisdom
When asked if she has finally made peace with herself and with others, the actress’s response is spontaneous:
“Yes, I think so. We have a little more wisdomthings are slipping moreadmits Alexandra. With time, we calm down, we know better where we are in life”
She is not into excessive nostalgia and is not afraid of growing old either. No going back is possible anyway…
However, the actress does not hide the fact that she retains a particular tenderness for another decade. Certainly, fifty years old, “it’s a beautiful age”as she says,
“but if I were asked to choose one and not move, I would say 40 years”admits Chloé Jouannet’s mother. Because Alexandra associates this period with a form of freedom: the children grow up, everyday life becomes lighter… and above all, she explains with humor, “It doesn’t take ten days to recover after a night out”.
An actress in letting go mode
This personal evolution also resonates with the characters she chooses to embody. In For pleasurea comedy around the creation of the Womanizer, the famous female sex toy, its character is precisely confronted with the question of
let go and self-affirmation. A theme that echoes his own journey.
Because in life too, Alexandra Lamy believes she has learned to
put more into perspective over the years. “With age, I learned to let goshe explains in
Gala. Before adding, philosopher: “Over time, we evolve, we trust each other. We feel the power to say things, to say no too.”
