Emmanuelle Béart (born 14 August 1963)
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nominee, she won the

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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 ''

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'' (2002).

Early life

Emmanuelle Béart was born in

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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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descent, and

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, a singer and poet. Her

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ian-born father's family was of

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descent, who 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 in

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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

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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

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

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for her starring role in film ''

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''. 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'' () is a 1992 French romantic drama film co-written and directed by Claude Sautet. It stars Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart and André Dussollier. It was chosen to compete at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, whe ...

(A Heart in Winter)'', '' Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Nelly and Mr Arnaud)'', and ''

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(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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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'', '' 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

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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 irregular 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"
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'' (in French). 2 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2020. In a 2023 documentary, she revealed that she was a victim of

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as a child but declined to reveal the identity of the abuser, only stating that it was not her father.

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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