She also obtained considerable success in operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau, François Francoeur, and Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny.

[2] In fact, she was notorious for having as many affairs with women as with men, notably Fanny Raucourt, Mme de Villeroy and the Princess of Hénin.

She was much in demand in Parisian society, and legend has it that Madame de Pompadour told her "With such talents, you could become a Princess".

She was painted by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, and left her Souvenirs and an abundant correspondence.

French composer Gabriel Pierné wrote an opera based on her tumultuous life entitled Sophie Arnould (1927).