Emmanuelle Béart
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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
Mission: Impossible (1996)
as Claire
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
as Marianne
My Mistress (2014)
as Maggie
Manon of the Spring (1986)
as Manon Cadoret
Heart of the Festival (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Passengers of the Night (2022)
as Vanda Dorval
First Desires (1983)
as Hélène
Date with an Angel (1987)
as Angel
8 Women (2002)
as Louise
Torment (1994)
as Nelly
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005)
as Emmanuelle Béart (uncredited)
Overnight (2003)
as Self
A Heart in Winter (1992)
as Camille
Strayed (2003)
as Odile
Vinyan (2008)
as Janet Belhmer
La répétition ou L'amour puni (1986)
as Lucile
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
as Nelly
Nathalie... (2003)
as Nathalie / Marlène
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
as Marie
Amélia Starlight (2024)
as Amelia Starlight
Time Regained (1999)
as Gilberte
Hell (2005)
as Sophie
Stereo Girls (2026)
as Michèle
À boire (2004)
as Inès Larue
Margaux Hartmann (2020)
as Margaux Hartmann
Don Juan (1998)
as Elvire
Terre, Les Forces du Vivant (2025)
as Narrator & Voice over
A Crime (2006)
as Alice Parker
Bye Bye Blondie (2012)
as Frances
I Don't Kiss (1991)
as Ingrid
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (2005)
as Milady Winter
Such a Resounding Silence (2023)
as Self
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Lest We Forget (1991)
as Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
as Éva
And Hope to Die (1972)
as Child (uncredited)
Disco (2008)
as France
Architecture (2019)
Actor
Rupture(s) (1993)
as Lucie
The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014)
as Iris Dupin
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Just The Three of Us (2010)
as Marie, the mother
Sentimental Destinies (2000)
as Pauline Pommerel
Love on the Quiet (1985)
as Samantha Page, call girl
A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)
as Isabella
Children of Chaos (1989)
as Marie
Replay (2001)
as Nathalie
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés (1997)
Actor
Beyond the Known World (2017)
as Louise
Thinking Politics (2026)
as Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui (2014)
Actor
The Witnesses (2007)
as Sarah
Season's Beatings (1999)
as Sonia
Elephant Juice (1999)
as Jules
Demande à la montagne (—)
Actor
André Téchiné: A Passion for Cinema (2019)
as Self - Actress
Pirate TV (2012)
as Patricia Gabriel
A French Woman (1995)
as Jeanne
Jan Kounen - Intégrale courts métrages (2005)
Actor
Family Hero (2006)
as Léa O'Connor
A Strange Passion (1984)
as Constanza
Le Courage des oiseaux (—)
as Françoise
5H48, Place des Martyrs (2027)
as Marilyne
The Art of Breaking Up (2005)
as Lucette
Le soir où j'ai reçu le César 2023 (2023)
as Emmanuelle Béart
French Beauty (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Restaurant II (2011)
as The Cynical Friend
It Begins with the End (2010)
as Gabrielle
My Stars (2008)
as Isabelle Séréna
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex (1994)
Actor
Wonders in the Suburbs (2020)
as Emmanuelle Joly
Stolen Life (1998)
as Alda
Fortune Tellers and Misfortune (2001)
as Chantal
The Rest of the World (2012)
as Katia
La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1992)
as Marianne
The Last Little Red Riding Hood (1998)
as Le Chaperon Rouge
The Desert of Love (2012)
as Maria Cross
Ma compagne de nuit (2011)
as Julia
Electra, for Instance (2013)
as Chrysothémis
Raison perdue (1984)
as Sonia Mornant
Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015)
as Self
Tomorrow's Children (1976)
as Lila