French singer, songwriter, actress, and author, born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada. In her teenage years, she was passionate about horseback riding, but at the age of seventeen, she loved acting; she left horseback riding and acted in a Parisian play. She changed her name to...Read more Mylene Farmer in honor of Frances Farmer, a Hollywood actress who rose to fame in the 1930s. Farmer also earned her living by appearing in television commercials. She met producer Laurent Boutonnat and they formed a partnership that lasted several years, writing and producing songs together. Her most important works include Incident in a Ghostland (2018), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), and Giorgino (1994).
French singer, songwriter, actress, and author, born in Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada. In her teenage years, she was passionate about horseback riding, but at the age of seventeen,...Read more she loved acting; she left horseback riding and acted in a Parisian play. She changed her name to Mylene Farmer in honor of Frances Farmer, a Hollywood actress who rose to fame in the 1930s. Farmer also earned her living by appearing in television commercials. She met producer Laurent Boutonnat and they formed a partnership that lasted several years, writing and producing songs together. Her most important works include Incident in a Ghostland (2018), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006), and Giorgino (1994).