Leaving her native Namur at seventeen, she pursued theatre studies in Paris under Jean-Paul Denizon before completing a three-year program at the ENSATT acting academy. Early French successes came with L'Art (délicat) de la séduction (2001) and Irène (2002), and she earned a César for Most Promising Actress for L'Auberge espagnole (2002). The horror film High Tension (2003) provided her internatio…
