Biography

At the age of 14, Mayette followed the lectures of Marcel Tassencourt at Versailles

Versailles

Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

. From 1980 to 1982, she studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre, then from 1982 until 1985, at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, she studied under Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet

Michel Bouquet is a French film actor. He has appeared in over 90 films since 1947. He was born in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* La petite chambre * Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars...

, Claude Régy and Bernard Dort.

From March 2008, Mayette was part of the commission led by Hugues Gall initiated by minister of culture Christine Albanel

Christine Albanel

Christine Albanel is a French civil servant. From May 2007 to June 2009 she was France's Minister for Culture and Communication in François Fillon's government.Albanel is agrégé in classical Letters...

, to provide the post of director of the Villa Medicis in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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Mayette is an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of France, established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of the Ordre national du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963...

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Career as comedienne

Mayette joined the Comédie-Française

Comédie-Française

The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris....

 on 15 September 1985, at the age of 20, and she became a sociétaire

Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française

The sociétaires of the Comédie-Française are chosen from among the pensionnaires who have been in the company a year or more.They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 existing sociétaires, the senior sociétaire, and the general...

 on the 1 January 1988. She was to work with Antoine Vitez

Antoine Vitez

Antoine Vitez was a French actor, director, and poet.He was born in Paris, France and became an actor at the age of 19. He was director of the Théâtre national de Chaillot for seven years before being named to head the Comedie Francaise, a French theater company.-References:...

, Jacques Lassalle and Alain Françon there.

A teacher at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, she also directed eight productions, of which the last was the play "Le Retour au désert" (Return to the Desert) by Bernard-Marie Koltès

Bernard-Marie Koltès

Bernard-Marie Koltès was a French playwright and director.-Life:Born in 1948 to a middle-class family in Metz, his life was violent and anchored in revolt. He tried his hand at writing at a very young age but later renounced it, and didn't take to the stage until the age of twenty...

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Mayette was appointed administrateur général

Administrators of the Comédie-Française

The following is a list of the administrators of the Comédie-Française, from 1799, date of the merger between the Théâtre de la Nation and the Théâtre de la République.-Source:...

 of Comédie-Française

Comédie-Française

The Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris....

 from 4 August 2006, replacing Marcel Bozonnet

Marcel Bozonnet

Marcel-Louis Bozonnet is a French actor born in Semur-en-Auxois on the 18 May 1944.Bozonnet entered the Comédie-Française in 1982, and became a "sociétaire" in 1986...

. She is the first woman to occupy the post in the 300-year history of the Comédie-Française.

External links

• Filmography on IMDB