Education
Interested in the theatre from childhood, she studied the dramatic arts from 1979 to 1981 at Michel Fugain"s workshop in Nice.
Interested in the theatre from childhood, she studied the dramatic arts from 1979 to 1981 at Michel Fugain"s workshop in Nice.
Mathy has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and is 4 ft 4 in (132 m) tall. In the early 1980s she performed in a number of theatre roles and appeared in Le Petit Théâtre de Bouvard television show. She formed a touring comedy troupe "Le Trio des Filles" (The Three Girls) which performed shows such as Existe en trois tailles (Available in Three Sizes) from 1988 to 1993.
In 1993 she performed in the television movie Une nounou pas comme les autres (A Nanny Like Number Other), which garnered a 52.7% market share (~12 million viewers) in France.
Since 1994 she has performed 15 times in the annual Les Enfoirés (The Tossers) charity concert for Restaurants du Cœur (Restaurants of the Heart). Les Enfoirés was the most watched television show in France in 2009, with 12.3 million viewers.
In 1997 she began her title role in Josephine, Guardian Angel, a TF1 show which is still in production as of 2010. In 2006 she issued a music Civil Defense, Louisiana Vie M"a Raconte (Life Told Maine) produced by Patrick Fiori.