Born in Poitiers 37 years ago, Véronique Briole became Véra the day her Hungarian grandparents first called her by that name. She spent all her childhood in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. Arriving in Paris where she stayed with a girlfriend, she studied for a short time at the Court Florent before enrolling in a small acting school in the Abesses district. With a classmate, she set up a theatre company. Then came cinema : "Pigalle" by Karim Dridi (1994) Prix Michel Simon - Best Actress 1996, "La Fille seule" by Benoît Jacquot (1995), "Zonzon" by Laurent Bouhnik (1997), "La jeune fille" by Siegfried (1997), and in 1999 "Madeleine" by Laurent Bouhnik, Best Actress at the Festival de Locarno 1999. Véro Briole has written childrens' stories and screenplays, one of which gave rise to a 50 minutes film for television. She has a gift for drawing, loves singing and would like to make a record one day.