Didi moved from Tunisia to Paris in about 1976-7. Whilst there, she lived on the Rue de Sevigny and started work at Twentieth Century Fox. This led on to a career in the film industry. Returning to London some 3 years later, Didi landed a job with the National Film Board of Canada. She was very successful, for example placing a series of short Canadian films with Channel 4. Later she was TV Sales Director for Goldcrest TV, worked for Richard Price productions and set up her own company Espresso.