Marie-Jeanne Maldague was raised in Brussels. She was introduced early
in life to piano, dance and painting by her father, an engineer who was
also an accomplished pianist, and by her mother, whose sharp artistic
sense provided precious guidance.
While raising her two children, she also volunteered at a crisis center
during the nineteen-nineties; she worked mainly in suicide prevention,
AIDS counseling and palliative care.
She started her acting career at age 56. While receiving intensive
training at "L'Acteur Au Quotidien" in Namur, she took continuing
training classes in Brussels: Stanislavsky method with Boris Rabey,
Meisner method with Pico Berkowich and John Flanders.
Her first feature film experience took place next to Sharon Stone in a
scene from "Largo Winch II". Since then, she has been featured as a
comedian in numerous movies, short movies, advertisements, TV movies
and TV series episodes.