Francis Huster is back in the new episodes of “Zodiac”. What are its origins? Who are his daughters? What relationship does he have with Cristiana Reali? Le Journal des femmes tells you everything about the 78-year-old actor…
New episodes of Zodiac are broadcast this June 18 on TF1, with Francis Huster on the bill. His private life, his religion, football… On the occasion of his return to the small screen, the Women’s Journal tells you everything about the actor.
The latest information on Francis Huster
Where does Francis Huster live?
Born in Neuilly-Sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris, Francis Huster grew up in the Paris region. He spent his whole life there: even today, Francis Huster savors the delights of life in the capital. And it is in the chic 16th arrondissement of Paris that he likes to stroll to furnish his apartment. At home, there are photos of his daughters and a bust of Molière, the playwright who so inspired his career and for whom he also pleads entry into the Pantheon with the head of state Emmanuel Macron. And it is in his office that he spends 80% of his time, he confided to House side. It is also in this room that he finds inspiration and writes most of the time.
What faith is the actor of?
Francis Huster grew up in a Polish Jewish family. His grandfather was Polish and his grandmother Russian. His father Charles Huster was a sales director for the Lancia car brand and his mother Suzette Cwajbaum was a Polish Jew. On LCI, he confided that part of his family died in the concentration camps at Auschwitz. “Millions of people have died, the press has a great responsibility. People, men and women, have been killed”he asserted in 2014, at the time of the Dieudonné controversy, revealing that he had been insulted by the comedian’s fans.
Although he resides in France, Francis Huster is attached to Israel. “We never get tired, he declared. Israel is like a love story: happiness increases every time you see your loved one. (…) To be in Israel is to be where the heart of the world beats.” However, his daughters are Catholic. They were baptized in agreement with their mother, Cristiana Reali “whose family is Christian and very practicing”explained the actor to Parisian. “If we had had a son, he would have been Jewish like me, he declared. But my religion is theater.”
Who are Francis Huster’s daughters?
The actor is the father of two daughters, fruits of his former love with Cristiana Reali: Elisa and Toscane. With the Italian-Brazilian actress, he remained in a relationship for almost two decades, from 1991 to 2008. His eldest, Elisa, born in 1998, chose journalism. She is following a course specializing in digital. The young woman created a buzz because of her student job at McDonald’s which ended quite badly. The young girl, now 24 years old, denounced on social networks her dismissal due to an error… in a box of nuggets. “I got fired from McDonald’s, it was a student job, because I put 21 nuggets in a box of 20”she said.
The youngest born in 2003 is followed by 2000 subscribers on Instagram. Her vacations in the sun, her wild evenings, her friends but also her parents… Tuscany Huster shares her world. And with tenderness, she compares her style to that of her famous mother. In terms of studies, she completed her baccalaureate a year early and specialized in communication around art.
Who shares Francis Huster’s life?
Francis Huster regrets his divorce from Cristiana Reali. If he lived other romances, with the director Nina Companeez and the actress Isabelle Adjani in particular, this one remained anchored in him. In 2021, he confided: “I missed everything. (…) I think she represented all the women I had loved in fact. It was the finish line of my life.”
The actor believes he missed everything except for one thing… his separation. “However, we succeeded in our breakup, in the sense that we swore to ourselves never to argue in front of the girls, he confided to Paris Match. At the same time, for me, this separation is terrible. I’m losing my bearings. I feel like I’m out of my life. I don’t look at all like the Francis I did before.”
If they didn’t stay “friends”Francis Huster is full of praise for his ex-wife. “I owe her a lot because without her I would not have had children. I think I would never have imagined to what extent, for an actor who changes his life with roles, it was like a real ship’s keel to still have left a mark behind you and to be truly loved.”
A few years after the announcement of their breakup, Francis Huster appeared on the arm of a young woman of 23 years old – he was 67 – Gaia, a young actress he met during a casting. “Gaia revealed me to myself, not hesitating to tell me my four truths to my face. She succeeded in making me a good guy, the real Francis, I hope.”
Confidences accompanied by photos of the tandem to which the actor will return a few days later, assuring that they are simply friends. “I’m not sleeping with her. She’s not my girlfriend”he clarified. Today, is Francis Huster alone or accompanied? He assures us, his only love is the theater!
Francis Huster swears by one football club: Paris Saint-Germain. The actor is a big fan of the capital team and its players. “I’ve been a supporter since day one”he confided in 2017. “I think PSG needs a nickname now. And it’s ‘Paris Surely Will Win.’ PSG.” A passion that he passed on to his eldest, Élisa, who is also a big supporter of the red and blue club!
Francis Huster also translates his passion for football onto the pitch: the actor plays football. It was at the age of 11 that he fell in love with this sport: Pelé’s Brazil faced Robert Jonquet’s France. “This passion of the whole world for football, because it’s like in life: at every moment, you don’t know what’s going to happen, he pleaded at the microphone of Europe 1. In the 89th minute, you won the match like France against Italy. It’s like in real life, there is justice, there is police, justice.”
And when he’s not kicking the ball, he’s writing books about it. In 2014, he signed the book Football Samba and Brazucapublished in editions Le Passeurwhich tells the story of World Cup matches.
What costume was Francis Huster hiding under in Mask Singer?
In 2022, Francis Huster participated in Mask Singer and was hidden under the pharaoh’s costume for several weeks. “Even though we are masked, we choose the character in relation to ourselves. We tell our lives. I didn’t want to make an animal because of La Fontaine. Even if I love La Fontaine, I am on Molière’s side. That’s why I took the Pharaoh. My entire education revolved around the Ten Commandments. I really admired Yul Brynner who played Ramesses II. It’s my little wink. In addition, the era of the Old Testament has always fascinated me“, he explained to Gala.
