Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
''Tecinema.jeuxactu.com''. Retrieved 21 April 2020. is a French film and television actress, who has appeared in over 60 film and television productions since 1972. An eight-time

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nominee, she won the

César Award for Best Supporting Actress The César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (French: ''César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle'') is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the ''Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma'' to recognize the outst ...

for the 1986 film '' Manon des Sources''. Her other film roles include ''

La Belle Noiseuse ''La Belle Noiseuse'' (, ) is a 1991 drama film directed by Jacques Rivette and starring Michel Piccoli, Jane Birkin and Emmanuelle Béart. Loosely adapted from the 1831 short story '' Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu'' (''The Unknown Masterpiece'') by H ...

'' (1991), ''

A Heart in Winter ''A Heart in Winter'' (french: Un cœur en hiver) is a French film which was released in 1992. It stars Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil and André Dussollier. It was chosen to compete at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, where it won ...

'' (1992), '' Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (1995), '' Mission: Impossible'' (1996) and ''

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'' (2002).

Early life

Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson in St. Tropez (some sources say

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), on the

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, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa (pseudonym of Geneviève Guillery), a former model who is of

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ian,

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and Maltese descent, and

Guy Béart Guy Béhart-Hasson (; 16 July 1930 – 16 September 2015), known as Guy Béart, was a French singer and songwriter. Life and career Béart was born Guy Béhart-Hasson (originally spelled Béhar-Hassan) in Cairo, Egypt, to a Sephardic Jewish fa ...

, a singer and poet. Her

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ian-born father's family was of

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descent, who later sought refuge in

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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 with the English-speaking family of a close friend of her father in

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. She stayed with Beverly Mellen and William Sofin and their two children Andrew and Sean Sofin, who took her in as their own. At the end of the summer, the family invited her to stay with them and complete her

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. They have 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

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, playing the avenging daughter in French hit '' Manon des Sources''. For her performance, she won the 1987

for Best Supporting Actress. In the 1987 film ''

Date with an Angel ''Date with an Angel'' is a 1987 American romantic fantasy comedy film starring Emmanuelle Béart, Phoebe Cates and Michael E. Knight. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. The original music score was composed by Randy Kerber. Th ...

'', she starred as the Angel. In 1995, she won the Silver St. George for Best Actress award at the

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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

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. Béart received Most Promising Actress nominations for ''

A Strange Passion ''A Strange Passion'' () is a 1984 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Dougnac, starring Brigitte Fossey, Fernando Rey and Saverio Marconi. The story is set in Italy in the late 18th century. It is based on the short story " The Foundling" ...

'' and ''Love on the Quiet''; followed by Best Actress nominations for ''Children of Chaos'', ''

(The Beautiful Troublemaker)'', '' Un cœur en hiver (A Heart in Winter)'', ''

Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud ''Nelly and Mr. Arnaud'' (french: Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud) is a 1995 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Michel Serrault, Emmanuelle Béart and Jean-Hugues Anglade. It won the César Award for Best Director and Best Actor for Mic ...

(Nelly and Mr Arnaud)'', and ''

Les Destinées Sentimentales ''Sentimental Destinies'' (french: Les Destinées sentimentales) is a 2000 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas. Running from the 1890s to the 1930s, the film tells the story of two wealthy Protestant families in the south-west of Fran ...

(Sentimental Destinies)'' In the 5 May 2003 issue of the French edition of ''

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'' 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'
''

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''. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

Personal life

In the mid-1980s, Béart began a relationship with

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(her co-star in ''Love on the Quiet'', ''Manon des Sources'', ''

'' 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

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, 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

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, and has made news for her opposition to France's

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legislation. In 1996, she made headlines when, defending the rights of the "sans-papiers" ("without papers", meaning illegal immigrants), she was removed after her group's occupation of a Parisian church. In March 2012, Béart spoke out against plastic surgery in ''

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'', 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"
''

'' (in French). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

Selected filmography

Film

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

References

External links

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