Miou-Miou
Miou-Miou | |
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Miou-Miou in 2013 | |
| Born | Sylvette Herry 22 February 1950 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Children | 2; including Jeanne Herry |
Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (French: [mjumju]), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film Memoirs of a French Whore. Her other films include This Sweet Sickness (1977), Entre Nous (1983), May Fools (1990), Germinal (1993), Dry Cleaning (1997) and Arrêtez-moi (2013). In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.