Trivia

In December 2021, one of her video sketches, published by the daily newspaper Le Temps, was heavily criticized and Barbey was accused of racism.

Claude-Inga Barbey's career took off in the early 1990s, beginning with work at Swiss Radio Romande on programs such as "Cinq sur cinq," "Les Dicodeurs," and "Le Fond de la corbeille." But her string of successes began in 1996 with the creation of the program "Bergamote," in which Claude-Inga Barbey and her partner Patrick Lapp, also a presenter and actor, portrayed the couple Monique and Roger. These short-format dramas about couples also led to several stage shows, performed in Geneva and Paris.

She first appeared as a comedian on Radio Suisse Romande in 1992.

Claude-Inga Barbey was a Swiss comedian, actress and writer.

Barbey was one of the winners of the Swiss Television Film Award in 2016.

After taking part in radio and television programs (Les Dicodeurs, Cinq sur cinq and Le Fond de la corbeille), she created the couple Monique and Roger in the program "Bergamote" together with Patrick Lapp.

Her first work of fiction, a collection of short stories, was published in 2000.

Baptized at the age of 45 after having felt a presence two years earlier with which she said she communicated telepathically. A Catholic, she described herself as extremely devout.

Claude-Inga Barbey had a difficult childhood. Her parents, alcoholics and drug addicts, were unable to care for her. So it was her aunt who took over when little Claude-Inga was 3 years old.

She was born in Geneva, where she later graduated from the Geneva School of Dramatic Arts.