[1] She was first documented in 1649 when she was described as a widow living in the rue Vieille-du-Temple in Paris near the Théâtre du Marais, where she is likely to have been employed at the time.
In February 1662 she played the role of Viriate in Pierre Corneilles Sertorius at the Théâtre du Marais, which may have been written to feature her and became a great success, establishing her fame from then on.
[1] Instead, he wrote the Sophonisbe for Mlle Des Œillets, who performed the title role at the Hôtel de Bourgogne to great success in the 1663-64 season.
She was considered the best tragic actress of the 1660s, during which created the leading roles in several tragedies of Pierre Corneille (Sertorius, Sophonisbe, Otto) and Jean Racine.
Her contemporary Marie-Angelique Du Croisy, Mlle Poisson, described her as "a very excellent and even charming actress, although ugly, not young, and very thin but, in spite of all that, very pleasing".