A French actress and writer, born in 1954 in Marseille. She has been married since 1975 to the French director Robert Guedijian. She made her acting debut in Antoine Vitez s'amuse avec Claudel et Brecht, and has also starred in Le voyage en Arménie and La ville est tranquille. She won the Cesar Award for Best Actress for Marius et Jeannette (1997).