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Emmanuelle Béart
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Béart at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022
Born
Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson

(1963-08-14) 14 August 1963 (age 61)
Gassin, France
Other names Emmanuelle Est
Occupation Actress
Years active 1972–present
Spouse(s)
  • (m. 1993; div. 1995)
  • Michaël Cohen
    (m. 2008; sep. 2011)
Children 3
Parent(s)

Emmanuelle Béart (born on August 14, 1963) is a famous French actress. She has appeared in over 60 movies and TV shows since 1972. She was nominated eight times for the César Award, which is a top film award in France. She won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1987 for her role in the movie Manon des Sources. Some of her other well-known films include La Belle Noiseuse (1991), A Heart in Winter (1992), Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995), Mission: Impossible (1996), and 8 Women (2002).

Early Life

Emmanuelle Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson. She was born in St. Tropez, a town on the French Riviera. Her mother, Geneviève Galéa, was a former model. Her mother's family came from Croatia, Greece, and Malta. Her father, Guy Béart, was a singer and poet. His family was of Sephardic Jewish descent from Egypt. They later moved to Lebanon.

Emmanuelle has a half-sister named Ève. She also has six other half-siblings from her mother's side.

When she was a teenager, Emmanuelle spent a summer in Montreal, Canada. She stayed with a family who were close friends of her father. They invited her to stay and finish her high school studies there. She remained close friends with them.

Career

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Béart at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Emmanuelle Béart started acting in 1976 in a film called Tomorrow's Children. As a teenager, she had small roles in TV shows. After finishing school in Montreal, she went back to France. She studied acting at a drama school in Paris. Soon after, she got her first adult role in a movie.

In 1986, she became very famous. She starred with Yves Montand in the French hit movie Manon des Sources. In this film, she played a daughter seeking revenge. For this role, she won the 1987 César Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1987, she played an angel in the film Date with an Angel. In 1995, she won the Silver St. George award for Best Actress. This was at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in A French Woman.

Besides her win for Best Supporting Actress, she has been nominated for seven other César Awards. These nominations were for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress. She was nominated for Most Promising Actress for A Strange Passion and Love on the Quiet. She later received Best Actress nominations for Children of Chaos, La Belle Noiseuse, Un cœur en hiver, Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud, and Les Destinées Sentimentales.

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Béart at Cannes Film Festival, 2000

Personal Life

In the mid-1980s, Emmanuelle Béart started a relationship with actor Daniel Auteuil. They had worked together in several films. They got married in 1993 but divorced in 1995. She has three children. These include Nelly Auteuil (born around 1993) and Johan Moreau (born around 1996).

She married actor Michaël Cohen in 2008. In 2009, they adopted a child from Ethiopia named Surafel. Béart and Cohen separated in 2011. In 2011, she began a relationship with director Frédéric Chaudier.

Beyond her acting, Béart is known for her social activism. She is an ambassador for UNICEF. She has also spoken out against France's laws about immigration. In 1996, she was part of a group that occupied a church in Paris. They were defending the rights of people without legal papers.

In 2012, Béart spoke about her experience with plastic surgery. She said she regretted having an operation on her lips in 1990.

Selected Filmography

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Emmanuelle Béart in 2004

Film

Year Title Role Director
1983 First Desires Hélène David Hamilton
1984 Un amour interdit Constanza Jean-Pierre Dougnac
1985 L'Amour en douce Samantha Édouard Molinaro
1986 Manon des Sources Manon Claude Berri
1987 Date with an Angel Angel Tom McLoughlin
1988 Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator Eva Édouard Molinaro
1989 Les enfants du Désordre Marie Yannick Bellon
1990 Captain Fracassa's Journey Isabella Ettore Scola
1991 La Belle Noiseuse Marianne Jacques Rivette
I Don't Kiss Ingrid André Téchiné
1992 A Heart in Winter Camille Claude Sautet
1994 Hell Nelly Claude Chabrol
1995 A French Woman Jeanne Régis Wargnier
1995 Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Nelly Claude Sautet
1996 Mission: Impossible Claire Phelps Brian de Palma
1998 Don Juan Elvire Jacques Weber
1998 Stolen Life Alda Yves Angelo
1999 Time Regained Gilberte Raoul Ruiz
1999 Season's Beatings Sonia Danièle Thompson
1999 Elephant Juice Jules Sam Miller
2000 Sentimental Destinies Pauline Pommerel Olivier Assayas
2001 Replay Nathalie Catherine Corsini
2002 8 Women Louise François Ozon
Searching for Debra Winger as herself Rosanna Arquette
2003 Strayed Odile André Téchiné
The Story of Marie and Julien Marie Delambre Jacques Rivette
Nathalie... Nathalie / Marlène Anne Fontaine
2005 Hell Sophie Danis Tanović
2006 A Crime Alice Parker Manuel Pradal
2007 The Witnesses Sarah André Téchiné
2008 Disco France Navarre Fabien Onteniente
Vinyan Jeanne Bellmer Fabrice Du Welz
2010 Nous Trois Marie Renaud Bertrand
Ça commence par la fin Gabrielle Michaël Cohen
2011 Ma compagne de nuit Julia Isabelle Brocard
2012 Bye Bye Blondie Frances Virginie Despentes
Télé gaucho Patricia Gabriel Michel Leclerc
2013 Par exemple, Électre Chrysothémis Jeanne Balibar, Pierre Léon
2014 My Mistress Maggie/ The Mistress Stephen Lance
Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles Iris Dupin Cécile Telerman
2017 Beyond the Known World Louise Pan Nalin
2019 Merveilles à Montfermeil Emmanuelle Joly Jeanne Balibar
2022 L'étreinte Margaux Hartmann Ludovic Bergery
2023 The Passengers of the Night Vanda Dorval Mikhaël Hers

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

Year Award Work Result
César Awards
1985 A Strange Passion Most Promising Actress Nominated
1986 Love on the Quiet Nominated
1987 Manon des Sources Best Supporting Actress Won
1990 Children of Chaos Best Actress Nominated
1992 La Belle Noiseuse Nominated
1993 A Heart in Winter Nominated
1996 Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Nominated
2001 Sentimental Destinies Nominated
Other Awards
1993 A Heart in Winter David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actress Won
1995 A French Woman Moscow International Film Festival Award for Best Actress Won
2002 8 Women European Film Award for Best Actress (shared) Won
Honorary Awards
2002 Silver Bear (Berlin) for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for 8 Women (shared) Honored
2010 Stanislavsky Award (Moscow) Honored
2012 Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters Honored
2015 Chevalier of the Legion of Honour Honored

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