 In 2001, she gained international recognition when she starred as Mme.Suzanne, the owner of the Café des 2 Moulins, the Montmartre bistro where the titular character Amélie Poulain works as a waitress in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amélie" (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain).The film became the highest-grossing French-language film released in the United States.