Emmanuelle Béart (; born 14 August 1963)Emmanuelle Béart. Tecinema.jeuxactu.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020. is a French actress who has appeared in over 60 film and television productions since 1972. An eight-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1986 film Manon des Sources. Her other notable film roles include La Belle Noiseuse (1991), A Heart In Winter (1992), Hell (1994), Mission: Impossible (1996) and 8 Women (2002).
Early life Emmanuelle Béart was born in Gassin, on the French Riviera, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa (pseudonym of Geneviève Guillery), a former model who is of Croatian, Greek and Maltese descent, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet. Her Egyptian-born father's family was of Sephardic Jewish descent, who sought refuge in Lebanon during his childhood.Binder, Carol (16 September 2015). Guy Béart: «Ma mère m'a enseigné les rituels juifs que je connais très bien» . ActualitéJuive (in French). Retrieved 21 April 2020.
She has a half-sister, Ève (born 1959), on her father's side and six half-siblings on her mother's side; Ivan, Sarah and Mikis Cerieix from her mother's relationship with Jean-Yves Cerieix and Olivier Guespin, Lison and Charlotte from her mother's relationship with Jean-Jacques Guespin.
In her late teens, she spent her summer vacation in Montreal with the English-speaking family of William Sofin, a close friend of her father. At the end of the summer, the family invited her to stay with them and complete her baccalauréat at Collège International Marie de France. They remained close friends.
Career
Béart got an acting role in 1976 film Tomorrow's Children. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television. Upon graduating from the Collège International Marie de France in Montreal, she returned to France 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, playing the avenging daughter in French hit Manon des Sources. For her performance, she won the 1987 César Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the 1987 film Date with an Angel, she starred as the Angel. In 1995, she won the Silver St. George award for Best Actress at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival for her starring role in film A French Woman.
In addition to her award for Best Supporting Actress, she has also been nominated for another seven César Awards for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress. Béart received Most Promising Actress nominations for A Strange Passion and Love on the Quiet; followed by Best Actress nominations for Children of Chaos, La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), Un cœur en hiver (A Heart in Winter), Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Nelly and Mr Arnaud), and Les Destinées Sentimentales (Sentimental Destinies)
In the 5 May 2003 issue of the French edition of Elle magazine, Béart, aged 39, appeared nude: The entire run of 550,000 copies sold out in just three days, making it the biggest-selling issue in the fashion glossy's long history.Mottram, James (20 June 2009). Emmanuelle Béart: 'Sometimes you feel more naked when you're totally dressed than the other way round'. The Independent. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Personal life In the mid-1980s, Béart began a relationship with Daniel Auteuil (her co-star in Love on the Quiet, Manon des Sources, A Heart in Winter and A French Woman). They married in 1993 and divorced in 1995. Béart was romantically linked to music producer David François Moreau (from c. 1995 after she separated from Auteuil) and to film producer Vincent Meyer for two years until his suicide in May 2003. She has three children, including Nelly Auteuil (born c. 1993) and Johan Moreau (born c. 1996). She married actor Michaël Cohen on 13 August 2008 at Genappe in Belgium, and in 2009 they adopted a child from Ethiopia, named Surafel. Béart and Cohen separated in 2011. In 2011, she began a romantic relationship with director and cinematographer Frédéric Chaudier.
In addition to her screen work, Béart is 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" ("without papers", meaning irregular immigrants), she was removed after her group's occupation of a Parisian church.
In March 2012, Béart spoke out against plastic surgery in Le Monde, saying that she regretted having an operation on her lips in 1990 when she was 27.Emmanuelle Béart : la chirurgie esthétique, "ça a été effroyable". Le Monde (in French). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
In a 2023 documentary, she revealed that she was a victim of incest as a child but declined to reveal the identity of the abuser, only stating that it was not her father.
Selected filmography
Film Year Title Role Director1983First Desires Hélène David Hamilton1984Un amour interdit ConstanzaJean-Pierre Dougnac1985 Samantha Édouard Molinaro1986 Manon des SourcesManon Claude Berri1987 Date with an Angel Angel Tom McLoughlin1988 Door on the Left as You Leave the ElevatorEva Édouard Molinaro1989 Marie Yannick Bellon1990 Captain Fracassa's JourneyIsabella Ettore Scola 1991La Belle NoiseuseMarianne Jacques RivetteI Don't KissIngridAndré Téchiné1992A Heart in Winter Camille Claude Sautet1994 HellNelly Claude Chabrol1995A French Woman Jeanne Régis Wargnier1995 Nelly and Mr. ArnaudNelly Claude Sautet1996 Mission: Impossible Claire Phelps Brian de Palma1998Don JuanElvire Jacques Weber1998Stolen LifeAlda Yves Angelo1999Time RegainedGilberte Raoul Ruiz1999 Season's BeatingsSonia Danièle Thompson1999 Elephant Juice Jules Sam Miller2000 Sentimental DestiniesPauline Pommerel Olivier Assayas2001ReplayNathalie Catherine Corsini20028 Women Louise François OzonSearching for Debra Wingeras herselfRosanna Arquette2003StrayedOdile André TéchinéThe Story of Marie and JulienMarie Delambre Jacques RivetteNathalie... Nathalie / MarlèneAnne Fontaine2005Hell Sophie Danis Tanović2006 A CrimeAlice Parker Manuel Pradal2007 The WitnessesSarahAndré Téchiné2008DiscoFrance Navarre Fabien OntenienteVinyanJeanne Bellmer Fabrice Du Welz2010Nous TroisMarieRenaud BertrandÇa commence par la finGabrielleMichaël Cohen2011Ma compagne de nuitJuliaIsabelle Brocard2012Bye Bye BlondieFrancesVirginie DespentesTélé gauchoPatricia GabrielMichel Leclerc2013ChrysothémisJeanne Balibar, Pierre Léon2014My MistressMaggie/ The MistressStephen LanceLes Yeux jaunes des crocodilesIris DupinCécile Telerman2017Beyond the Known WorldLouise Pan Nalin2019Merveilles à MontfermeilEmmanuelle JolyJeanne Balibar2022L'étreinteMargaux HartmannLudovic Bergery2023The Passengers of the NightVanda DorvalMikhaël Hers2025Stereo Girls MichèleCaroline Deruas
Television Le grand Poucet (1980) Zacharius (1984) Raison perdue (1984) La femme de sa vie (1986) Et demain viendra le jour (1986) Les jupons de la révolution (1 episode, 1989) D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005)
Awards and nominations YearAwardWork ResultCésar Awards1985A Strange PassionMost Promising Actress1986Love on the Quiet1987Manon des SourcesBest Supporting Actress1990Children of ChaosBest Actress1992La Belle Noiseuse1993A Heart in Winter 1996Nelly and Mr. Arnaud2001Sentimental DestiniesOther awards1993A Heart in Winter David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress1995A French WomanMoscow International Film Festival Award for Best Actress20028 Women European Film Award for Best Actress (shared)Honorary2002Silver Bear (Berlin) for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for 8 Women (shared)2010Stanislavsky Award (Moscow)2012Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters2015Chevalier of the Legion of Honour« Ordre National de la légion d'honneur - Décret du 31 décembre 2015 portant promotion et nomination » (page 22). Grand Chancellory of the Order of the Legion of Honour (in French). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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