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Aliases: Emmanuelle Beart , Emmanuelle Est , エマニュエル・ベアール , Эммануэль Беар , Эмманюэль Беар , 艾曼紐·琵雅 , امانوئل بئار

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Gassin, Var, France

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Movie Involvements: 52

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
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7

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

(2025) Claire Phelps (archive footage)
Le Grand Échiquier
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8

Le Grand Échiquier

(1972) Self
Mission: Impossible
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7

Mission: Impossible

(1996) Claire
Victoires de la musique
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2
Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land
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7
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
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0
Les Jupons de la révolution
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1

Les Jupons de la révolution

(1989) Marie-Antoinette
Syndrome [E]
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7

Syndrome [E]

(2022) Commissioner Maïa Leclerc

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Claire Phelps (archive footage)
Footage from La Belle Noiseuse
2024 N/A
Amelia Starlight
2023 Self (archive footage)
2022 Commissioner Maïa Leclerc
Vanda Dorval
2020 Margaux Hartmann
Emmanuelle Joly
2019 N/A
Self - Actress
2017 Louise
2015 Self
2014 N/A
Maggie
Iris Dupin
2013 Chrysothémis
2012 Katia
Patricia Gabriel
Frances
Maria Cross
2011 Julia
The cynical friend
2010 Gabrielle
Marie, the mother
2008 Isabelle Séréna
Janet Belhmer
France
2007 Sarah
2006 Léa O'Connor
Alice Parker
2005 Sophie
Emmanuelle Béart (uncredited)
Lucette
Milady Winter
Milady Winter
2004 Inès Larue
Self
2003 Nathalie / Marlène
Marie
Odile
Self
2002 Self
Self
Louise
2001 Self - Guest
Nathalie
Chantal
2000 Pauline Pommerel
1999 Sonia
Jules
Gilberte
1998 Self
Alda
Le petit chaperon rouge
Elvire
1997 N/A
1996 Claire
1995 Nelly
Jeanne
1994 N/A
Nelly
N/A
1993 Lucie
1992 Camille
Marianne
1991 Self
Ingrid
Marianne
1990 Isabella
1989 Marie
Marie-Antoinette
1988 Éva
1987 Angel
Self
1986 Manon Cadoret
Lucile
1985 Self
Samantha Page, call girl
1984 Sonia Mornant
Constanza
1983 Hélène
1982 Self
1976 Lila
1974 Self
1972 Child (uncredited)
Self
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Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Writer
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Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Director
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