Emmanuelle Béart was born August 14, 1965 in Saint Tropez, France. She
lived together with her brothers and sisters on a farm in Gassin not far
from Saint Tropez in the Provence (southern France) because her father,
French singer and poet Guy Béart didn't want Emanuelle be effected by the
glamour world of Paris. When she was 13 she saw Romy Schneider playing in
the movie Mado (1976). From that time on she wanted to be an actress. Her
parents sent her for three years to Montreal in Canada. So she could learn
English. However in Montreal she was engaged for a Robert Altman movie
that was never made. After returning to France she took drama classes and
got her first tv-role in Raison perdue (1984). David Hamilton (I) the
photographer/director was impressed by her beauty and gave her a role in
Premiers désirs (1983). She met her spouse Daniel Auteuil making Amour en
douce, L' (1985). The film which made her famous in France was Manon des
sources (1986). She played the role of a blonde shepherd dancing nude in
the fields. Director Tom McLoughlin choose her out of 5000 candidates for
her first Hollywood picture, Date with an Angel (1987). Emmanuelle is a
very sensitive and a perfectionist. For the part of Camille in the film Un
coeur en hiver (1992) she had taken violin lessons for a whole year. Her
biggest success was the art film Belle noiseuse, La (1991) with Michel
Piccoli, directed by Jacques Rivette, as a nude model. |