Maria Susanna Michaela Dornonville De La Cour was born August 16, 1961,
in Helsingborg, Sweden, to a French father and Swedish mother. After
graduating from school Michaela qualified as a teacher and taught at
the Adolf-Fredrik music school in Stockholm. She also studied at the
Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Los Angeles. She joined Army of
Lovers in 1992, after La Camilla's leaving. She left the band in 1996.
Since her departure from the group, she had an unsuccessful attempt at
a solo singing career, releasing the single "Rumours And Lies" in 1997
and the single "S.O.S." in 2000 through Universal Music. She also
worked as a model for Playboy and Penthouse. Later she has become a
jewelery designer and worked in TV and on stage.
Makes her own jewelry at Dornonville Entertainment.
Is of Swedish and French descent. Has got the count title from her grandmother, her father's mother. Napoleon Bonapart rewarded her ancestor for services in battle.
She was named Mrs Sweden in the MrsWorld.com 2009 & 2010 competitions.