Education
She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. She then studied for a degree in philosophy.
She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, following the courses of Jacques Lassalle and Claude Régy. She then studied for a degree in philosophy.
Having been acclaimed for her appearance in Thérèse, she next appeared in Claude Goretta"s Si le soleil ne revenait pas in 1987, and then devoted herself to theatre for a time. She appeared in works by Luigi Pirandello, (Vêtir ceux qui sont nus), and Alfred de Musset, (Les Caprices de Marianne), amongst others, and directed Louisiana Petite dame with Claude Guyonnet in 1992. She returned to the screen in Jean-Pierre Mocky"s, and in Louis and Xavier Bachelot"s short film Louisiana Plante.
On television she appeared in the saga Jalna, directed by Philippe Monnier from the books of Mazo de la Roche, and Le blanc à lunettes, directed by Édouard Nierman, from a Georges Simenon novel.
She returned to the screen and played supporting roles in two Olivier Assayas films, Finance, Financial août, début septembre and Les Destinées sentimentales. She played a prostitute in Patrice Leconte"s Rue des Plaisirs.
She continues to appear in a wide variety of roles in both auteur films and popular comedies, and for both first time directors and established talents. In October 2008 Mouchet appeared at the Théâtre National de Strasbourg in Jean Magnan"s "et pourtant ce silence ne pouvait être vide", based, like Jean Genet"s The Maids, on the Papin sisters murders in 1933.