Ina Mihalache

In 2018, Mihalache was involved in a conflict of interest controversy surrounding the allocation of funding by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), which covers public funding of film production in France. Mihalache was part of a committee within the CNC dedicated to subsidize content produced by online videographers, including YouTubers such as Mihalache. She was criticized on social media when it was revealed that she received a €50,000 subsidy from the committee of which she is a member; however she was absent during the meeting that ruled in favor of her subsidy, thus it is considered legal by French law. Additionally, Mihalache was later a member of the meeting that ruled in favor of a €50,000 subsidy to YouTuber Cyprien Iov, who is also a member of the CNC committee, and was involved in the meeting that previously ruled in favor of funding Mihalache; this was also a source of criticism on social media, accusing some members of the committee of using their position to subsidize each other. Iov denied any conflict of interest.

In February 2017, she published her second work entitled Très intime, verbatim of the chronicles broadcast on Le Mouv, published by Payot, with a foreword.

In April 2017, controversy arose after the publication of Mihalache's book Très intime, a compilation of anonymized accounts on female sexuality. These accounts were originally recorded two years prior as part of a program hosted by Mihalache about feminism for French radio station Mouv', and included stories about rape and domestic abuse. Some women who presented themselves as the authors of some of these accounts expressed their discontent on social media, citing privacy and intellectual property issues. They claimed Mihalache did not ask them for permission before including the stories in a book sold in libraries. Mihalache responded on the controversy with an apology on her Twitter account, citing "organization issues". One of the plaintiffs eventually stated on her blog that she was giving up on costly legal proceedings.

On January 6, 2016, Mihalache published her first book, Payange editions, Solange te parle, inspired by her experience on the Internet.

On January 30, 2016, the screening of her feature film Solange et les vivants (screened between 2013 and 2014 and produced by participative financing) began at the Luminor Hôtel de Ville. The national projection began on March 9, 2016.

In October 2016 she joined Le Fresnoy – National Studio of Contemporary Arts in the promotion of Chantal Akerman.

In July 2012, Mihalache collaborated with Radio France with a series of 54 daily capsules broadcast on France Inter on Thomas Baumgartner's Antibuzz: Solange lit tous tes tweets whose themes are taken from a few tweets. She returned in February 2013 with the series Solange dans le bus, released every Tuesday in the programme of Pascale Clark Comme on nous parle. Another series, Solange pénètre ta vie intime, made up of testimonies of women confiding in Solange, appearws on the site of the Mouv' on February 14, 2013, and was broadcast daily until June 2013. The series resumed in January 2014.

In April 2012, Mihalache played the character of Sasha Maréchal in the France 3 documentary: EtrangesAffaires.com, alongside journalist Patrick Pesnot. Sasha Maréchal illustrated her survey of drawings and animated sequences.

Mihalache is mostly known for her YouTube channel Solange Te Parle (Solange Talks to You / Solange Speaks) where, posing as her eccentric online persona Solange, she addresses viewers on various topics. She created her channel in November 2011, and was met with modest success, reaching 200,000 subscribers by April 2016. Mihalache aims to portray emotion through the use of films which cover a broad range of interests including culture, art, sexuality and feelings.

In November 2011, Mihalache created the blog Solange te parle, compilation of clips with themes, like Norman Thavaud. The character of Solange delivers comical and often absurd advice to solve the problems of the daily life of an asocial young woman. Her reasonings of pataphysical character evoke La Minute nécessaire de monsieur Cyclopède of Pierre Desproges and Jean-Louis Fournier, or some conceptual experiences of the American artist John Baldessari. Mihalache later stated about her creation: "Solange is inadequate. She does not know how to do things, but she tries".

Mihalache arrived in Paris in 2004, and entered the Cours Florent. Subsequently, she was admitted to the Classe Libre under the guidance of Jean-Pierre Garnier and Olivier L. Brunet, but failed four times in the competition entrance to the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.

Ina Mihalache (French pronunciation: ​[i.na mi.a.laʃ] ; born May 14, 1985) is a Canadian-born, France-based actress, video artist, visual artist, comedian, editor and YouTube personality. She has resided in France since 2004.