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Birth Name: Barbara Piévic
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Date of Birth: 10 April, 1993
Ethnicity: *25% Serbian, including distant Romani *25% Iranian *50% Jewish [Ashkenazi, Sephardi]
Barbara Pravi is a French singer, songwriter, and actress. She represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with “Voilà,” and finished second, the best result for the country since 1991. She has appeared in the made-for-tv movie Adieu Vinyle , on the series La rebelle: Les aventures de la jeune George Sand , and in the film Finalement .
Her father, Marc Piévic, is an ethics professor. Her paternal grandfather is from Serbia, and her paternal grandmother is Algerian Jewish. Her mother, Emmanuelle, is of Iranian/Persian and Polish Jewish descent. Barbara was raised in Asnières-sur-Seine and Montmartre, and has also lived in Paris, Strasbourg Saint Denis, and Burgundy.
She has stated :
I have always known that “pieva” is “the singer”, and that “Piévic” [her surname in the civil status] means “the children of the singer.”
I have always known that “pieva” is “the singer”, and that “Piévic” [her surname in the civil status] means “the children of the singer.”
Her ancestor was originally named Milovanovic, with the name coming from a Romani/Tzigane ancestor, who was a singer. Barbara took the name Pravi as an homage to her Serbian ancestry, from the Serbian word pravi, meaning “real” and “authentic.”
Barbara’s paternal grandfather is named Petar Pjević. Petar was born in Belgrade, Serbia.
Barbara’s maternal grandfather is Iranian painter, calligrapher, and sculptor Hossein Zenderoudi (Charles Hossein Zenderoudi). Hossein was born in Tehran.
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