She received a César Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film Not Here to Be Loved (2005).

She is also known for her role as Claude in the 2007 drama The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and as Elizabeth in the 2008 film A Christmas Tale, for which she was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She is the daughter of Pierre Consigny,[1] who was the head of cabinet for the Prime Minister Maurice Couve de Murville.

One of her brothers is the writer and publicist Thierry Consigny, author of La Mort de Lara.

She is married to art critic Éric de Chassey.