Having been acclaimed for her appearance in
Thérèse, she next appeared in
Claude Goretta's
Si le soleil ne revenait pas in 1987, and then devoted herself to theatre for a time. She appeared in works by
Luigi Pirandello, (
Vêtir ceux qui sont nus), and
Alfred de Musset, (
Les Caprices de Marianne), amongst others, and directed
La Petite dame with Claude Guyonnet in 1992. She returned to the screen in
Jean-Pierre Mocky's
Bonsoir 1993, and in Louis and Xavier Bachelot's short film
La Plante. On television she appeared in the saga
Jalna, directed by
Philippe Monnier from the books of
Mazo de la Roche, and
Le blanc à lunettes, directed by Édouard Nierman, from a
Georges Simenon novel. She then studied for a degree in philosophy. She returned to the screen and played supporting roles in two
Olivier Assayas films,
Fin août, début septembre and
Les Destinées sentimentales. She appeared in
Pierre Jolivet's
My Little Business, for which she received a nomination for the
César Award for Best Supporting Actress, and
Philippe Harel's 1999
Extension du domaine de la lutte, an adaptation of
Michel Houellebecq's controversial breakthrough novel
Whatever, in which she played a psychoanalyst. She played a prostitute in
Patrice Leconte's
Rue des Plaisirs. She continues to appear in a wide variety of roles in both
auteur films and popular comedies, and for both first time directors and established talents. In October 2008 Mouchet appeared at the
Théâtre National de Strasbourg in
Jean Magnan's "
et pourtant ce silence ne pouvait être vide", based, like
Jean Genet's
The Maids, on the
Papin sisters murders in 1933. ==Filmography==