Frye is best known for choreographing the dance routine in the music video for the hit songs "Alane" by Wes and "Macarena" by Los del Río.
Early career
Frye was born in New York City, and she departed for France with her model mother at the age of 12 after her mother divorced and met photographer Jean-Paul Goude. She enrolled in a dance school in the Marais district of Paris, and became an instructor three years later. She started appearing in television entertainment shows produced by Gésip Légitimus in the late 1970s and in Les Enfants du rock. At 17, after being introduced to Luc Besson, the latter proposed she appear in choreography for a clip by Serge Gainsbourg called "Mon légionnaire".
Frye came to prominence after she choreographed and appeared in the music video for Los del Río's hit song "Macarena". Frye said that her primary goal when she created the dance "was to remove anything that was too fast ... I wanted to be sure that even a child with no sense of rhythm could dance The Macarena." She appears in and choreographed the dance routine for the Wes Madiko music video for his song "Alane". She was the main choreographer for a comeback show by French pop singer Sheila in 1998, at the Olympia, Paris.
Reality shows
Frye has taken part in French reality shows, starting with French version of Popstars in 2001, the inaugural season for the show. She coached the girl band L5.
In 2004, she took part in La Ferme Célébrités, another reality television show with the task of collecting funds for a charitable association. She returned to French Popstars in 2007, the program's 4th season, as official choreographer mentor for the show.
In 2012, she was a part of the jury in Encore une chance (subtitle: Les plus belles voix de la télé réalité) broadcast on NRJ 12. Other jury members included Richard Cross, Stéphane Joffre-Roméas and Morgan Serrano.
Discography
1984: "I'm The One – All The Girls and Boys", single WEA/Alpha
Filmography
Actress
2012
My Way as
Choreographer (uncredited)
2008
Miss Green (TV Series) as
Mia Frye
2006
The Black Dahlia as
Laverne Bartender
2006
Sous le soleil (TV Series) as
Sabrina
- Body Guard (2006) - Sabrina
2004
Les filles du calendrier sur scène (TV Movie) as
Lolita
2004
Podium as
Une candidate Bernadette
2002
Les filles du calendrier (TV Movie) as
Lolita
2000
The Dancer as
India Rey
1997
The Fifth Element as
TV Stewardess
1996
Los Del Rio: Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) (Music Video) as
Mia Frye
1990
Nikita as
Femme pressée
Miscellaneous
2019
Richard Jewell (Macarena choreography created by - uncredited)
2006
The Black Dahlia (choreographer)
2004
Podium (choreographer)
2002
Femme Fatale (choreographer: "Sailors' Bar")
2002
Dead Weight (choreographer - uncredited)
2001
Wasabi (choreographer - as Mia Frye Ressiga)
1998
Bimboland (choreographer)
1997
Wes: Alane (Music Video) (choreographer)
1997
The Fifth Element (choreographer - uncredited)
Soundtrack
2017
Ferdinand ("Macarena")
Self
2019
Touche pas à mon poste! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 29 April 2019 (2019) - Self
2015
Ce soir, tout est permis avec Arthur (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 2 May 2015 (2015) - Self
2015
Derrière le poste (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #2.3 (2015) - Self - Guest
2008
Off Prime (TV Series) as
Self
- Quelques cours (2008) - Self
- Confusions (2008) - Self
2001
Popstars: France (TV Series) as
Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #4.8 (2007) - Self - Member of the jury
- Episode #4.1 (2007) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #3.13 (2003) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #3.1 (2003) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #2.17 (2002) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #2.1 (2002) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #1.14 (2001) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
- Episode #1.1 (2001) - Self - Member of the jury / Dance coach
2007
T'empêches tout le monde de dormir (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 September 2007 (2007) - Self
2004
20h10 pétantes (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 19 October 2004 (2004) - Self
- Episode dated 27 February 2004 (2004) - Self
2004
+ Clair (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 October 2004 (2004) - Self
2004
Au secours... ils reviennent! (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Les années de Caunes et Garcia (2004) - Self
2004
Les enfants de la télé (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 18 September 2004 (2004) - Self
2004
Les marches du podium (Video documentary short) as
Self
2004
La méthode Cauet (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 May 2004 (2004) - Self
- Episode dated 15 January 2004 (2004) - Self
2004
La ferme célébrités (TV Series) as
Self
2004
93 Faubourg Saint-Honoré (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 March 2004 (2004) - Self
2001
On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 8 February 2004 (2004) - Self
- Episode dated 21 December 2001 (2001) - Self
2002
On a tout essayé (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 December 2002 (2002) - Self
1998
Eurotrash (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode #15.8 (2001) - Self
- Episode #9.1 (1998) - Self
2001
I Love the 1990s (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Choreographer
- I Love 1996 (2001) - Self - Choreographer
2001
Les Enfoirés (TV Series) as
Self
- 2001 - L'odyssée des enfoirés (2001) - Self
1997
La fureur du samedi (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 1 November 1997 (1997) - Self
Archive Footage
2019
De quoi j'me mêle! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.5 (2019) - Self
2019
Touche pas à mon poste! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 March 2019 (2019) - Self
2002
Le journal des bonnes nouvelles (TV Series documentary) as
