She has appeared in films such as Marius et Jeannette (Marius and Jeannette), Ma vraie vie à Rouen (The True Story of My Life in Rouen; USA, My Life on Ice) and À la place du coeur (Where the Heart Is).

Daughter of Henriette, an office worker, and a representative, himself son of Neapolitan immigrant, and sister of the director Pierre Ascaride and the writer Gilles Ascaride, Ariane assists early to the amateur shows in which her father is involved.

[1] The actress is a member of the sponsoring committee of the French Coalition for the Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-violence.

[citation needed] She also won the Best Actress award at the Valladolid International Film Festival for The Town Is Quiet.

[citation needed] She won the 2006 Rome Film Festival Best actress award for Le Voyage en Arménie.