In this article, we address the biography of the French actress, Mlle Aimée (Célestine Marie Aimée Tronchon, 1845?–87). She has been a main protagonist in disseminating the French opera-bouffe, especially in Brazil and North America, throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. The study of her life and image therefore contributes to an explanation of some aspects of cultural globalization and supremacy of the French theater at the time.