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She's received a musical training since her childhood, learning to play the piano between age 5 and age 7 and the violin between age 7 and age 14. She's also a trained singer. She sang the roles of Dido in "Crocodile" (a 2014 adaptation of Henry Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas") and Violetta in Benjamin Lazar's 2016 operatic production of "La Traviata". She has sung in concerts as well.

Stage actress. She had her first audition at 14 and made some theatrical studies in high school under the mentorship of Emmanuel Demarcy Motta. She later attended Bruno Wacrenier's classes at the 5th arrondissement Conservatoire, made some studies with Cécile Grandin at the Bourg la Reine-Sceaux Conservatoire and finally entered the CNSAD (National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris), where she graduated in 2007. She's been with the Comédie-Française between 2007 and 2009.

After completing her studies at the Paris Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts, she was invited by Muriel Mayette-Holtz, artistic director of the Comédie-Française, to make her theatrical debut as Célimène in Lukas Hemleb's 2007/8 stage production of "The Misanthrope". She signed her contract with the Comédie-Française on the day of her 22nd birthday. Mayette stated that Chemla possessed an "unbreakable fragility".

Has been engaged to James Thierrée: they have a son.

She was raised in Gentilly. Her mother is a lawyer of Burgundy ancestry. Her father is a fiddler of Tunisian ancestry.

Started to develop a passion for acting in high school. Says to have been mesmerized by a recording of Peter Brook's legendary mini-series Il mahabharata (1989) that her French teacher once showed to her class.

Left high school shortly before the bacalaureat to act in a stage production of "The Tempest".

Started to cultivate her singing voice by imitating Maria Callas and Édith Piaf.

Has stated her in interest in working with Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Made her debut as stage director in 2015 with the musical recital "Crack in the Sky", for which she composed some of the lyrics and musics of the songs she performed.

Has named Isabelle Adjani as a major influence.

Author of the play "Tue-Tête", which premiered in 2010 at the Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne and was later reprised at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord. She also played the leading role in it.

In a relationship with Yohan Manca.

Friends with her fellow acting students Audrey Lamy and Céline Sallette.

Announced her second pregnancy [6 April 2017].