At the age of 14, Mayette followed the lectures of
Marcel Tassencourt in
Versailles. From 1980 to 1982, she studied at the
National School of Arts and Theatre Technique (ENSATT) in
Lyon, then from 1982 until 1985, at the
French National Academy of Dramatic Arts, studying under
Michel Bouquet,
Claude Régy, and
Bernard Dort. From March 2008, Mayette was part of the commission led by
Hugues Gall initiated by
Minister of Culture Christine Albanel, to provide the post of director of the
Villa Medici in
Rome. Mayette is an
Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Mayette joined the
Comédie-Française on 15 September 1985, at the age of 20, and she became a
sociétaire on 1 January 1988. She worked with
Antoine Vitez,
Jacques Lassalle and
Alain Françon. A teacher at the
French National Academy of Dramatic Arts, she also directed eight productions, of which the last was the play "
Le Retour au désert" (Return to the Desert) by
Bernard-Marie Koltès. Mayette was appointed
administrateur général of
Comédie-Française from 4 August 2006, replacing
Marcel Bozonnet. She is the first woman to occupy the post in the 300-year history of the Comédie-Française. ==Selected filmography==