This Sunday evening, France 2 is broadcasting C’est tout pour moi, the first film directed by Nawell Madani. The opportunity to look at the life of the Belgian artist in particular his companion, the actor Djebril Zonga. It must be said that this native of Clichy-sous-Bois owes his career to his soul mate.
Nawell Madani and Djebril Zonga meet in 2007, in Portugal, through a mutual friend. On the good advice of his darling, he embarks on modeling in New York, after trying a football career, interrupted by a bad injury. She explained to Paris Match, in 2016, having spent all her savings “in a book to find him an agent”. Ford, Dielsel, GAP, Ralph Lauren, Hennessy… Djebril Zonga then goes on to major contracts.
Once again, it is Nawell Madani who will push him to take comedy lessons. “We grew up on each other. After years of hard work, he decided to return to Paris to favor our couple. He wants to be an actor, ”she explained, still at Paris Match. First film by the handsome Djebril: That’s it for me, in 2017. He plays Doum, a young man who lends his apartment to the heroine of the film before usurping his identity.
During filming, he hears about Ladj Ly’s project: Les Misérables. He will eventually get the role of policeman Gwada and the film will even be nominated for the Oscars.
Together for nearly thirteen years, Nawell Madani and Djebril Zonga remain discreet about their private life. Confined with her man, the Belgian comedian had confided to having wanted to “leave him six times”. “Have you come close to separation?” Because I almost left my boyfriend six times! I almost strangled him, handsome or not! It was a disaster, this confinement, ”she joked.
We imagine that everything has been better since then. The next logical step for the two actors would be to start a family. “Even though I don’t stress, I think about it a lot. I have a career to pursue head on, but the day that happens, I will be the happiest of women, ”she confided to Paris Match.
SOURCE: https://www.w24news.com
