Is particularly fond of reading and cooking.

Has a Paris cinema named after her.

In 1948, when she was only 20 years old, she became the youngest full-time member in the history of Comédie Française, France`s most prestigious theatrical company.

Her mother was an English dancer from Lancashire who had come to the Folies- Bergere with the Tiller Girls.

Her father owned a restaurant in Monmartre, Paris, where she spent part of her childhood.

Is also a successful singer with a substantial recording career.

Is the only French actress who has been the object of a big retrospective (including 30 films) at the Museum of Modern Art of New York (February - March 1994).

Holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Lancaster, UK.

Her only son, named Jerome, was seriously injured at a car accident during the shooting of Moderato cantabile (1960); the car driver was Jean-Paul Belmondo, her co-star in the afore-mentioned film. The then-10-year-old Jerome survived the accident and is today a successful painter.

Signed the manifesto against French abortion laws published by the magazine "Le Nouvel Observateur" on 5 April 1971.

Has been a close friend of major literary figures, like Jean Cocteau, Jean Genet, Henry Miller, Anaïs Nin and Marguerite Duras.

Considered by Orson Welles as "the greatest actress in the world".

Walked off the set of the TV series "ER" (1994) (January 2000).

Orson Welles is the first person Moreau spoke to about directing and the only one who wasn`t protective about it.