A French-Armenian actress launched her professional path on the stage in 1950, appearing in the production Bottines et collets montés under the direction of Roger Planchon, with whom she collaborated throughout the 1950s. Her screen work spanned collaborations with notable directors such as Jeanne Moreau, Claude Chabrol, Claude Lelouch, Luc Besson, Jean-Luc Godard, Henri Verneuil, Bertrand Taverni…