This pensive-looking blonde former leading light of the Paris cafe-theater scene has brought poise and intelligence to over 60 screen roles since the 1970s. Despite a comic name bestowed by her stage partner Coluche, Miou-Miou has proven adept at both drama and comedy and has worked with a distinguished roster of international directors including Bertrand Blier, Marco Bellochio, Alain Tanner, Joseph Losey and Diane Kurys.Acknowledged as something of a rebel, the street smart Miou-Miou was the daughter of a gendarme who began working as a young girl helping out at her mother's fruit and
