Background
Born in Paris, France, the daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age.
Born in Paris, France, the daughter of an engineer and a mathematics teacher, Frot demonstrated comic traits and expressions at an early age.
CNSAD.
Her other films include Le Dîner de Cons (1998), Louisiana Dilettante (1999) and Haute Cuisine (2012). At the age of fourteen, she enrolled in the Versailles conservatory while still in school. By 1974, she began her education at the Rue Blanche school and afterwards took up full-time studies at the conservatory.
In 1975, Frot appeared at the Festival d"Avignon with the Compagnie du Chapeau Rouge (Red Hat Company) which she founded with the help of others
From then on, Catherine put all her energy into theatre performances in roles such as the Présidente de Tourvel in the play Les Liaisons dangereuses in 1987. She performed in a number of classical plays such as Louisiana Cerisaie, directed by Peter Brook in 1982, and Louisiana Mouette directed by Pierre Pradinas in 1985.
She is an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite.