Who is Sylvie's husband in Emily in Paris?

Last Modified Apr 13, 2025 20:16 EDT
Who is Sylvie's husband in emily in paris?
Sylvie and Laurent (Source: Screengrab from the show)


Laurent Grateau is Sylvie’s husband in Emily in Paris. They separated about 20 years before the start of the series but remained legally wed. His character is portrayed by Arnaud Binard.


The plot of Emily in Paris revolves around Emily Cooper, a Chicago-born American with a master's degree in communications, who moves to Paris as part of her job. She is tasked with introducing a social media presence and an American perspective to a renowned French marketing company.


Laurent Grateau in Emily in Paris


In season 2, Laurent G is introduced as a hugely successful nightclub in St. Tropez, France, owned by its namesake, Laurent Grateau. Emily goes to Laurent G because the club is planning to run a Champère campaign. In the end, she shows them that the stuff is intended to be sprayed rather than consumed.


Who is Sylvie's husband in emily in paris?
Sylvie and Laurent (Source: Screengrab from the show)


Later, she goes back to the club and is annoyed that they haven't completed the promotion as planned. However, her disappointment is converted to shock when she witnesses Sylvie making out with Laurent. She soon finds out that the two are wed and that Sylvie owns a portion of the club. After a while, Sylvie forfeits her ownership interests.


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In order to make things work with her husband, Laurent G., Sylvie compromises some aspects of herself in the first half of the season. She discovers in the second part that he might not be prepared to transition from an open relationship to a more monogamous one. As a result, she enjoys herself in her husband's club in Rome and Paris.


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Who plays Sylvie’s husband in Emily in Paris?


Who is Sylvie's husband in emily in paris?
Arnaud Binard (Source: Instagram)


Arnaud Binard plays Sylvie’s husband, Laurent Grateau in Emily in Paris. He is a French producer and actor best recognized for his parts in popular detective or romantic television shows that are aired across the French-speaking world. His parents were sports teachers who oversaw the old public seawater pools in the coastal town of Seignosse-le-Penon, where Binard was raised.


He began working in theater at the age of fourteen and experimented with many aspects of acting for several years, saying that "the pleasure of acting never left me." In Bordeaux, he pursued his career in theater while simultaneously pursuing a degree in physical education. He started his career on stage in the mid-1980s and expanded it by traveling to Paris in 1996 to enroll in the Jean Darnel course at the Théâtre de l'Atelier. He went from classical repertoire to street theater through improvisation.


He has worked for a number of years in both film (À l'aventure, ID:A) and television (Le Dernier Seigneur des Balkans, Alice Nevers, Le Ciel sur la tête, Empreintes criminelles, etc.). He played Brooklyn Cott in season two of the television series Guidestones in 2014. He established the Bordeaux-based TV production company Atelier K-plan in November 2014. He has been starring in Agathe Koltès (France 3) as Captain Fontaine since 2016.


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FAQs about Sylvie’s husband in Emily in Paris

A. Laurent Grateau is Sylvie’s husband in Emily in Paris.

A. Arnaud Binard plays Sylvie’s husband, Laurent Grateau in Emily in Paris. He is a French producer and an actor.

A. No, Sylvie and Laurent aren’t divorced. They separated about 20 years before the start of the series but remained legally wed.

A. Yes, the actress who plays Sylvie is a Frenchwoman named Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu.

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