[3] She took a course in acting in New York at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, staying only two months of a year-long course.
Her mother worked as an agent in Paris and Brussels for small fashion brands.
She lived in the Paris neighbourhood, Montmartre with her English grandmother, cousin, and family.
[6] The French edition of Grazia reported that she rejected a role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales to complete her studies.
[8] Thiam married Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral in a small ceremony in Lisbon on 29 December 2018.