Hélène Cardona is a poet, linguist, literary translator and actor.
She was born in Paris, the daughter of Spanish poet Jose Manuel Cardona, from Ibiza, and a Greek mother.
[2] She studied in the University of Cantabria, Spain and in the Sorbonne in Paris, gaining a master's degree in American Literature.
[3] Cardona has worked as a translator for the French Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Embassy, and for the film industry.
[5] She played the part of Françoise "Fuffi" Drou, the beauty shop proprietor in the film Chocolat.