Emmanuelle Béart

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name = Emmanuelle Béart


caption = Emmanuelle Béart at Cannes, 2000
birthname = Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson
birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1963|8|14
location = Gassin, France
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spouse = Daniel Auteuil (1993 - 1995) 1 child
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cesarawards = Best Supporting Actress
1987 "Manon of the Spring"

Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963 [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000322/bio Emmanuelle Beart biography] at IMDb] ) is a French film actress.

Biography

Career

Béart obtained an acting role in the 1976 film "Tomorrow's Children". In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television then went to Montreal, Canada to work as a nanny before returning to France the following year to attend drama school in Paris. A short time later she was cast in her first adult role in a film, and in 1986 she achieved fame with her role opposite Yves Montand, in the film "Manon des Sources". For her performance, she won the 1987 César Award for "Best Supporting Actress". She also won a "Best Actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her starring role in the 1995 film, "A French Woman".

In addition to her award for Best Supporting Actress, she has also been nominated for 6 César Awards for Best Actress in the following performances:
*1985 — "A Strange Passion"
*1986 — "Love on the Quiet"
*1990 — "Children of Chaos"
*1992 — "The Beautiful Troublemaker"
*1993 — "A Heart in Winter"
*1996 — "Nelly and Mr. Arnaud"
*2001 — "Les Destinées"

In 2003, Béart, aged 40, appeared nude on the front cover of French magazine Elle and as of 2007, it is still the magazine's biggest-selling issue ever.

Personal life

Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson in St. Tropez, on the French Riviera, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa, a homemaker and former model, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet. [http://www.filmreference.com/film/58/Emmanuelle-Beart.html Emmanuelle Beart Biography (1965-) ] ] Beart's mother is of Greek, Maltese, [ [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/640313781.html?dids=640313781:640313781&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+23%2C+2004&author=Joan+Dupont&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=WORLD+CINEMA%3B+She's+comfortable+in+her+own+skin%3B+Emmanuelle+Beart+is+happy+to+be+nude+on+screen%2C+as+long+as+the+role+challenges+her.&pqatl=google WORLD CINEMA; She's comfortable in her own skin; Emmanuelle Beart is happy to be nude on screen, as long as the role challenges her ] ] and Croatian [Elle, #3105, June 4, 2005] descent, and her father is a Jewish Egyptian of Spanish, [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119323780.html carry on emmanuelle; Since she danced naked in Manon des Sources 20 years ago, actress Emmanuelle Béart has become as famous for taking her clothes off as she has been for her talent. And at 39, she tells Jasper Rees, she doesn't regret a thing. - The Evening Standard (London, England) - HighBeam Research ] ] Swiss, and Russian ancestry. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/05/17/bfbeart17.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/05/17/ixtop.html 'Sometimes, I am like a whore' - Telegraph ] ] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,,2192825,00.html The kiss of death | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film ] ] After a ten-year relationship with Daniel Auteuil (her co-star in "Manon of the Spring", "A French Woman" and " A Heart in Winter"), she divorced him and re-married.

In addition to her screen work, Béart is also known for her social activism. She is an ambassador for UNICEF, and has made news for her opposition to France's anti-immigration legislation. In 1996, she made headlines when, defending the rights of the "sans-papiers" (illegal immigrants), she was removed after her group’s occupation of a Paris church.

Filmography

Films

*"Tomorrow's Children" (1976)
*"First Desires" (1983)
*"A Strange Passion" (1984)
*"Love on the Quiet" (1985)
*"Manon des Sources" (1986)
*"Date with an Angel" (1987)
*"Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator" (1988)
*"Children of Chaos" (1989)
*"The Voyage of Captain Fracassa" (1990)
*"La Belle Noiseuse" (1991)
*"Le bateau de Lu" (1991)
*" A Heart in Winter" (1992)
*"" (1992)
*"Rupture(s)" (1993)
*"L'Enfer" (1994)
*"Nelly and Mr. Arnaud" (1995)
*"A French Woman" (1995)
*"Le dernier chaperon rouge" (1996)
*"" (1996)
*"Stolen Life" (1998)
*"Don Juan" (1998)
*"In Search of Lost Time" (1999)
*"Elephant juice" (1999)
*"Season's Beatings" (1999)
*"Les Destinées" (2000)
*"Fortune Tellers and Misfortune" (2001)
*"Replay" (2001)
*"8 Women" (2002)
*"Searching for Debra Winger" (2002)
*"The Story of Marie and Julien" (2003)
*"Nathalie..." (2003)
*"Strayed" (2003)
*"A boire" (2004)
*"Un fil à la patte" (2005)
*"Hell" (2005)
*"A Crime" (2005)
*"The Witnesses" (2007)
*"Disco" (2008)
*"Vinyan" (2008)

Television

*"Raison perdue" (1984)
*"Zacharius" (1984)
*"La femme de sa vie" (1986)
*"Marie-Antoinette, reine d'un seul amour" (1989)
*"D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires" (2005)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0000322|name=Emmanuelle Béart
* [http://www.ebeart.co.uk/ The Emmanuelle Beart Site]
* [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/actress%20conceals%20grief%20at%20cannes ACTRESS CONCEALS GRIEF AT CANNES] Article detailing the suicide of her boyfriend Vincent Meyer in 2003