Pauline Rénevier grew up in Hamburg. She got into acting through a theater course at her school. From 2018 to 2022 she studied acting at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg. In 2017 and 2018 she took part in four days of acting seminars with the US drama teacher Ron Burrus at the "Actors Conservatory" and in 2018 she was also part of the youth performance group "Reset" at the Thalia Meeting Point.

In 2009 she had her first film role in the short film The Little Match Seller. In 2011 she played her first leading role as "Åsa Berggren" in the German-Swedish TV two-part Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey. From 2015 to 2016 she starred in 14 episodes of the television series Sibel & Max. In 2017, Rénevier appeared in the film Der Zauberlehrling in the ZDF film series Fairytale Pearls. In 2018 she played one of the lead roles in the short-film production “Wind(s)stärke“. In 2019, she starred in Mark Forster's music video 747, directed by Kim Frank. Since 2021 she has been playing the role of Duchess Helene in Bavaria in the RTL television series Sisi. In 2021 she was seen in the ARD two-parter The White House on the Rhine.

She has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg since the 2022/23 season.