Mia Frye

Biography

Mia Frye (born 12 February 1965) is an American actress, singer, professional dancer and dance choreographer who lives and works in France. 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. Frye was born in New York City, and she departed for France with her model mother Radiah Frye 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 r…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Fifth Element (1997) — TV Stewardess
2. Nikita (1990) — Woman in a Hurry
3. The Black Dahlia (2006) — Laverne Bartender
4. My Way (2012) — Choreographer (uncredited)
5. The Dancer (2000) — India Rey
6. Eurotrash (1993)
7. Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés (2001)
8. Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
9. Ces chansons de nos vacances (2022) — Self
10. Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés (2025) — Self (archive footage)
11. Off Prime (2007)
12. La Ferme Célébrités (2004) — Mia
13. Danse avec Mia Frye (2002) — Danseuse
14. Slimane le conquérant ! (2024) — Self

Directed

1. Danse avec Mia Frye (2002) — Director