Before becoming an iconic actress in the French series Sous le soleil, broadcast on TF1 from 1996 to 2008, Tonya Kinzinger started modeling at a very young age. In an interview with Femina.ch, the star returned to the day she was spotted by an agent of Eileen Ford, founder of the modeling agency Ford Model Management.
“I had never thought of fashion. I fell into it really by chance. At first, it was the money that attracted me. I earned in a few hours what my mom didn’t earn in a week at school. factory! Suffice to say that I felt guilty for having this futile job where I was paid to smile, “she explained. A career choice of which she did not suspect the difficulty. “At 17, I shared a small apartment with three girls my age and we ran the castings. Fortunately, I had my head on my shoulders. It saved me from sinking into drugs,” he said. – she recounted and continued: “I have no regrets, that said, but I would not want to relive those years. I feel much more in tune with my head and my body today”.
It was in 1996 that Tonya Kinzinger landed the role that would change her life. That year, she was given the role of Jessica Lowry in the fiction Sous le soleil on TF1. A role that almost escaped him. “I arrived at the 11th episode of season 1 which only had 13. I shot the two pilots, however, but I had major problems with the work papers. I couldn’t get them to start with. in the first episodes”, she confided during a live Instagram alongside her friend and ex-playing partner Adeline Blondieau.
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