Emmanuelle Béart
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
- 2025 · Stereo Girls as
- 2025 · Film Study 01 as Footage from La Belle Noiseuse
- 2024 · Amélia Starlight as Amelia Starlight
- 2023 · Such a Resounding Silence as Self
- 2023 · L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Syndrome [E] as Commissioner Maïa Leclerc
- 2022 · The Passengers of the Night as Vanda Dorval
- 2020 · Margaux Hartmann as Margaux Hartmann
- 2020 · Wonders in the Suburbs as Emmanuelle Joly
- 2019 · Architecture as
- 2019 · André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema as Self - Actress
- 2017 · Beyond the Known World as Louise
- 2015 · Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté as Self
- 2014 · Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui as
- 2014 · My Mistress as Maggie
- 2014 · The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles as Iris Dupin
- 2013 · Electra, for Instance as Chrysothémis
- 2012 · The Rest of the World as Katia
- 2012 · Pirate TV as Patricia Gabriel
- 2012 · Bye Bye Blondie as Frances
- 2012 · The Desert of Love as Maria Cross
- 2011 · Ma compagne de nuit as Julia
- 2011 · The Great Restaurant II as The cynical friend
- 2010 · It Begins with the End as Gabrielle
- 2010 · Just The Three of Us as Marie, the mother
- 2008 · My Stars as Isabelle Séréna
- 2008 · Vinyan as Janet Belhmer
- 2008 · Disco as France
- 2007 · The Witnesses as Sarah
- 2006 · Family Hero as Léa O'Connor
- 2006 · A Crime as Alice Parker
- 2005 · Hell as Sophie
- 2005 · Jan Kounen - Intégrale courts métrages as
- 2005 · French Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Emmanuelle Béart (uncredited)
- 2005 · The Art of Breaking Up as Lucette
- 2005 · D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as Milady Winter
- 2005 · D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers as Milady Winter
- 2004 · À boire as Inès Larue
- 2004 · Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land as Self
- 2003 · Nathalie... as Nathalie / Marlène
- 2003 · The Story of Marie and Julien as Marie
- 2003 · Strayed as Odile
- 2003 · Overnight as Self
- 2002 · Searching for Debra Winger as Self
- 2002 · A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- 2002 · 8 Women as Louise
- 2001 · The Apartment as Self - Guest
- 2001 · Replay as Nathalie
- 2001 · Fortune Tellers and Misfortune as Chantal
- 2000 · Sentimental Destinies as Pauline Pommerel
- 1999 · Season's Beatings as Sonia
- 1999 · Elephant Juice as Jules
- 1999 · Time Regained as Gilberte
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Stolen Life as Alda
- 1998 · The Last Little Red Riding Hood as Le Chaperon Rouge
- 1998 · Don Juan as Elvire
- 1997 · Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés as
- 1996 · Mission: Impossible as Claire
- 1995 · Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud as Nelly
- 1995 · A French Woman as Jeanne
- 1994 · Torment as Nelly
- 1994 · Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex as
- 1993 · Rupture(s) as Lucie
- 1992 · A Heart in Winter as Camille
- 1992 · La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento as Marianne
- 1991 · Against Oblivion as Self
- 1991 · I Don't Kiss as Ingrid
- 1991 · La Belle Noiseuse as Marianne
- 1990 · The Voyage of Captain Fracassa as Isabella
- 1989 · Children of Chaos as Marie
- 1989 · Les Jupons de la révolution as Marie-Antoinette
- 1988 · Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator as Éva
- 1987 · Date with an Angel as Angel
- 1987 · Sacrée Soirée as Self
- 1986 · Manon of the Spring as Manon Cadoret
- 1986 · La répétition ou L'amour puni as Lucile
- 1985 · Victoires de la musique as Self
- 1985 · Love on the Quiet as Samantha Page, call girl
- 1984 · Raison perdue as Sonia Mornant
- 1984 · A Strange Passion as Constanza
- 1983 · First Desires as Hélène
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1976 · Tomorrow's Children as Lila
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 1972 · And Hope to Die as Child (uncredited)
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Future · Et après as