Background
Michèle Laroque was born in Nice in the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is the daughter of Romanian dancer and violinist Doina Trandabur. Her father is French doctor Claude Laroque, who met Doina a year earlier during a tour.
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Michèle Laroque was born in Nice in the department of Alpes-Maritimes. She is the daughter of Romanian dancer and violinist Doina Trandabur. Her father is French doctor Claude Laroque, who met Doina a year earlier during a tour.
She studied economics and English, taking comedy classes at the same time in Antibes and then moving to the United States on a campus in Austin, Texas.
Michèle is also the niece of Pierre Laroque, the creator of Social Security in France. In 1979, along with her best friend, she was victim of a car accident that resulted two years of hospitalisation, a long convalescence and several months of reeducation. Following an extended coma and associated psychological trauma, she made the decision to become a comedian.
She made her television début in 1988 in the humorous programme Louisiana Classe hosted by Fabrice every evening on FR3, where she met Pierre Palmade, Muriel Robin and Jean-Marie Bigard.
In 1989, she had her first role in the film Suivez cet avion and later had small roles in Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990) by Patrice Leconte and Une époque formidable. (1991) by Gérard Jugnot and also starring him in the main role.
She was nominated for the César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Louisiana Crise (1992) and Pédale douce (1996). She joined Les Enfoirés and is a member for the special tours and spectacles for Les Restos du Cœur.
She is also the spokesperson for the association Enfance et Partage.
In 2002, she was the voice of Captain Amelia in the French version of animated film Treasure Planet. In 2007, she appeared in an advertisement for the game Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! on Nintendo Doctor of Science.