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