
Emmanuelle Béart
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Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963) 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 film roles include La Belle Noiseuse (1991), A Heart in Winter (1992), Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996) and 8 Women (2002). 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. 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. 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. ... Source: Article "Emmanuelle Béart" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits

Mission: Impossible (1996)
as Claire

The Art of Breaking Up (2005)
as Lucette

La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
as Marianne

Manon of the Spring (1986)
as Manon Cadoret

The Passengers of the Night (2022)
as Vanda Dorval

First Desires (1983)
as Hélène

Date with an Angel (1987)
as Angel

A Heart in Winter (1992)
as Camille

My Mistress (2014)
as Maggie

Torment (1994)
as Nelly

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
as Emmanuelle Béart (uncredited)

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
as Nelly

8 Women (2002)
as Louise

Vinyan (2008)
as Janet Belhmer

Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
as Éva

Overnight (2003)
as Self

And Hope to Die (1972)
as Child (uncredited)

The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
as Marie

Time Regained (1999)
as Gilberte

D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2005)
as Milady Winter

Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2023 (2023)
as Emmanuelle Béart

5H48, Place des Martyrs (2027)
as Marilyne

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)
as Isabella

L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Actor

A Crime (2006)
as Alice Parker

My Stars (2008)
as Isabelle Séréna

Elephant Juice (1999)
as Jules

À boire (2004)
as Inès Larue

La répétition ou L'amour puni (1986)
as Lucile

Love on the Quiet (1985)
as Samantha Page, call girl

Don Juan (1998)
as Elvire

Strayed (2003)
as Odile

Hell (2005)
as Sophie

André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema (2019)
as Self - Actress

Amélia Starlight (2024)
as Amelia Starlight

The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014)
as Iris Dupin

Family Hero (2006)
as Léa O'Connor
Rupture(s) (1993)
as Lucie

A French Woman (1995)
as Jeanne
Demande à la montagne (2027)
Actor

Nathalie... (2004)
as Nathalie / Marlène

The Witnesses (2007)
as Sarah

A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self

Stereo Girls (2026)
as Michèle

Architecture (2019)
Actor

Children of Chaos (1989)
as Marie

A Strange Passion (1984)
as Constanza

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex (1994)
Actor

The Great Restaurant II (2011)
as The Cynical Friend

Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self

Bye Bye Blondie (2012)
as Frances

Disco (2008)
as France

Lest We Forget (1991)
as Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")

French Beauty (2005)
as Self (archive footage)

Jan Kounen - Intégrale courts métrages (2005)
Actor

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés (1997)
Actor

Beyond the Known World (2017)
as Louise

Just The Three of Us (2010)
as Marie, the mother

I Don't Kiss (1991)
as Ingrid

The Last Little Red Riding Hood (1998)
as Le Chaperon Rouge

Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015)
as Self

The Rest of the World (2012)
as Katia

The Desert of Love (2012)
as Maria Cross

La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
as Marianne

It Begins with the End (2010)
as Gabrielle

Ma compagne de nuit (2011)
as Julia

La Femme de sa vie (1986)
as Justine

Such a Resounding Silence (2023)
as Self

Replay (2001)
as Nathalie

Terre, Les Forces du Vivant (2025)
as Narrator & Voice over

Sentimental Destinies (2000)
as Pauline Pommerel

Wonders in the Suburbs (2020)
as Emmanuelle Joly
Le Courage des oiseaux (—)
as Françoise

Margaux Hartmann (2020)
as Margaux Hartmann

Season's Beatings (1999)
as Sonia

Stolen Life (1998)
as Alda

Fortune Tellers and Misfortune (2001)
as Chantal

Tomorrow's Children (1976)
as Lila

Pirate TV (2012)
as Patricia Gabriel
La Vraie vie (—)
Actor

Thinking Politics (2026)
as Self

Electra, for Instance (2013)
as Chrysothémis

Raison perdue (1984)
as Sonia Mornant





