Emmanuelle Beart Biography




Emmanuelle Beart
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Emmanuelle Béart

Arrival for the press conference of The Witnesses (2007), in Hyatt Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson
14 August 1965 (1965-08-14) (age 44)
St. Tropez, France
Years active 1972–present
Spouse(s) Daniel Auteuil (1993–1995)
Michael Cohen
(2008–present) 2 children

Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1965)1234 is a French film actress.

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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 Award for Best Actress in the following performances:

In 2003, Béart, aged 38, 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 former model, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet.1 Beart's mother is of Greek,5 Maltese,6 and Croatian descent,78 and her father is from a Jewish family910 - of Spanish,11 Swiss, and Russian ancestry.12

After a ten-year relationship with Daniel Auteuil (her co-star in Manon des Sources, A Heart in Winter and A French Woman), they divorced and she later 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

Television

References

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  2. ^ "Emmanuelle Beart". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800053876/bio. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  3. ^ Marx, Rebecca Flint. "Emmanuelle Béart". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/artist/4789. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  4. ^ Emmanuelle Béart at AlloCiné (French)
  5. ^ Henley, Jon (17 October 2007). "The kiss of death". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,,2192825,00.html. 
  6. ^ Dupont, Joan (May 23, 2004). "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". Los Angeles Times. 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. 
  7. ^ Elle, #3105, June 4, 2005
  8. ^ "Have coffee with an icon of the French cinema.". Nespresso magazine. https://www.nespresso.com/precom/nmag/10/pdfs/en/nm10i_0024_0029_en.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  9. ^ "Report: Belgian far-right leader resigns over Holocaust song". Haaretz. 08/11/2008. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1035349.html. 
  10. ^ "EMMANUELLE BÉART À L’EXPRESSION: Le cinéma, un long chemin fait de rencontres". 30 Octobre 2008. http://www.lexpressiondz.com/article/3/2008-10-30/57490.html. 
  11. ^ REES, JASPER (July 12, 2004). "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. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119323780.html. 
  12. ^ Jardine, Cassandra (17 May 2004). "'Sometimes, I am like a whore'". Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/05/17/bfbeart17.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/05/17/ixtop.html. 

Further reading

  • Gaffez, Fabien (2005-03-10). Emmanuelle Béart. Nouveau Monde Editions. ISBN 978-2847360905. 

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