Born in 1965 in Paris, Eva Ionesco is a French writer, director and actress. As a child, her mother made her pose naked for erotic photos, which caused controversy. She is a regular in the nightlife world and frequented by Christian Louboutin, Vincent Darré and Edwige Belmore. At the age of 13, while she was using heroin, she was entrusted to the DDASS. 

In 1987, she joined Patrick Chéreau's company and played several supporting roles. She stages her own childhood in her first film My little princess in 2011. She subsequently published two autobiographical novels, Innocence and Les enfants de la nuit.