At 16 she married producer/director Luc Besson and gave birth to her first child, Shanna. Following her 1997 divorce from Besson, she married Jean-Yves Le Fur and welcomed son Diego.
She may be the inspiration for Mathilda in Léon: The Professional (1994). She met writer/
director Luc Besson when she was 12 (Mathilda's age in the film). In
later years they were romantically involved and had a child.
Her mother encouraged her to be a child actress. She ended up being fairly
traumatized, but later found success with a one-woman show that recounted
her real-life experiences as an aspiring child star and struggling actress.