14 December 2013

The Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation

Maria Halphen was born in Sweden. Her parents moved to Australia when she was nine. At the age of seventeen, she returned to Europe and settled in France, where she studied theatre production alongside her uncle, Lars Schmidt.

Maria married Philippe Halphen, a French journalist and television documentary director. When Philippe Halphen passed away in 2010, Maria returned to Australia to be with her mother.

Maria founded the Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation in 2013 in memory of her late and beloved husband, Philippe.