She left her native Austria at age 18 after studying classical dance at the Vienna State Opera, where she worked with Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov in the ballets of Maurice Béjart.
She arrived in France studying at the École de Danse Princesse Grace in Monaco with prestigious teachers like Mariska Besobrasova.
She appeared in fashion shows and advertisements, and took theater classes with John Strasberg at the Actors Studio.
She was noticed by Jean-Luc Azoulay who then engaged her to portray the role of Hilguegue in the series Salut les Musclés, which was declining.
In 1993, she became a singer at AB Groupe with the single "Dance with Me", which permitted her to perform live during the first part of the concert s of Hélène Rollès at the Zénith de Paris and on tour in France in autumn 1993.