Miou-Miou

Miou-Miou

actress, writer

Miou-Miou was born on Feb 22, 1950 in France. Miou-Miou's big-screen debut came with Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles directed by Georges Lautner in 1973. Miou-Miou is known for Nona et ses filles directed by Valérie Donzelli, Miou-Miou stars as Elizabeth Périer and Virginie Ledoyen as Emmanuelle. Miou-Miou has got 2 awards and 11 nominations so far. The most recent award Miou-Miou achieved is Lumiere Awards, France. The upcoming new movie Miou-Miou plays is Murder Party which will be released on Mar 09, 2022.

Miou-Miou was born Sylvette Herry on February 22, 1950, in Paris, France. Her father was a gendarme, her mother was a sales-woman. Young Miou-Miou was selling strawberries helping out at her mother's fruit and vegetable stand at a street market. There she was spotted by actor-director Romain Bouteille, who invited her to work at Café de la Gare, a popular Parisian theatre, where Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere were principal actors. There she began as a cleaning lady, then became a dresser, then an actress. She was nicknamed Miou-Miou by Coluche because she was always nice, quiet, and clean as a kitty.In 1971, Miou-Miou made her film debut in La vie sentimentale de Georges le tueur (1971) (The Sentimental Life of George Le Tueur 1971). At that time she became romantically involved with the fellow actor Patrick Dewaere. Their daughter, Angèle Herry-Leclerc, was born in 1974, but their relationship ended few years later, after their work in several films. Their relationship was portrayed in F... comme Fairbanks (1976), and later was documented in Patrick Dewaere (1992) (documentary).Miou-Miou has been an unusual personality in the French cinema. She once refused to take the Cesar Award for Best Actress, which she won for the title role in La dérobade (1979). She explained that refusal citing her belief that artists should not compete against each other. Her career was hardly affected by such a gesture. She was nominated for Cesar nine times. Her better known works were made with Gérard Depardieu in Les valseuses (1974), Dites-lui que je l'aime (1977), Tenue de soirée (1986), and Germinal (1993), an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Émile Zola.

  • Birthday

    Feb 22, 1950
  • Place of Birth

    Paris, France
  • Also known

    Sylvette Herry, Miou Miou

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 11 nominations

Lumiere Awards, France
1998
Best Actress (Meilleure comédienne)
Winner - Lumiere Award
Nettoyage à sec (1997)
César Awards, France
1980
Best Actress (Meilleure actrice)
Winner - César

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