Mimie Mathy (8 July 1957) is a French actress, comedian and singer who is best known for her starring role in the long-running ''

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'' television series. Mathy has

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, a form of

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, and is tall.

Life and career

Interested in the theatre from childhood, she studied the dramatic arts from 1979 to 1981 at

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's workshop in

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. In the early 1980s she performed in a number of theatre roles and appeared in ''

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'' television show. She formed a touring comedy troupe "Le Trio des Filles" (The Three Girls) which performed shows such as ''Existe en trois tailles'' (''Available in Three Sizes'') from 1988 to 1993. In 1993 she performed in the TV movie ''Une nounou pas comme les autres'' (''A Nanny Like No Other''), which garnered a 52.7% market share (~12 million viewers) in France. Since 1994 she has performed 15 times in the annual

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(The Tossers) charity concert for

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(Restaurants of the Heart). Les Enfoirés was the most watched TV show in France in 2009, with 12.3 million viewers. In 1997 she began her title role in ''Josephine, Guardian Angel'', a TF1 TV Series really popular in France. In 2006 she issued a music CD, ''La Vie M'a Raconte'' (Life Told Me) produced by

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Personal life

On 27 August 2005 she married restaurateur and chef Benoist Gérard, a man she met during one of her shows by picking him out of the audience.

Philanthropy

Since May 2009, Mimie Mathy is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.

Discography

Filmography

Theatre

Bibliography

Awards and recognition

François Dorieux named a rose cultivar for her in 1999. In 2007 she was selected the fifth most popular French celebrity and highest ranking female celebrity by the weekly ''

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''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathy, Mimie Living people 1957 births Actresses from Lyon Actors with dwarfism French film actresses French stage actresses French television actresses French women singers 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur