Emmanuelle Béart

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Birth Name: Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson

Age: 49, born 14 August 1963

Country of origin: France

Height: 5' 4"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Michaël Cohen

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About: Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson in St. Tropez (some sources say Gassin), on the French Riviera, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa, a former model, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet. Béart's mother is of Greek, Maltese, and Croatian descent, Her father was born in Egypt of Spanish, Swiss, and Russian ancestry. At age 15, her parents sent her to Montreal, where she studied English for a few years. Béart obtained an acting role in the 1976 film Tomorrow's Children. In her Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson in St. Tropez (some sources say Gassin), on the French Riviera, the daughter of Geneviève Galéa, a former model, and Guy Béart, a singer and poet. Béart's mother is of Greek, Maltese, and Croatian descent, Her father was born in Egypt of Spanish, Swiss, and Russian ancestry.
At age 15, her parents sent her to Montreal, where she studied English for a few years.
Béart obtained an acting role in the 1976 film Tomorrow's Children. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television, then went to Montreal, Canada to work as a nanny before returning to France the following year 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, in the film Manon des Sources. For her performance, she won the 1987 César Award for "Best Supporting Actress". She also won a "Best Actress" award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her starring role in the 1995 film, A French Woman.
In addition to her award for Best Supporting Actress, she has also been nominated for 7 César Awards for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.
In May 2003, Béart, aged 39, appeared nude with a younger man for the French magazine Elle and as of 2007, it is still the magazine's biggest-selling issue ever.
In the mid-1980s, she began a relationship with Daniel Auteuil (her co-star in Love on the Quiet, Manon des Sources, A Heart in Winter and A French Woman); they married in 1993 but divorced in 1998. Béart was also romantically linked to music producer David Moreau (since c. 1995 after she separated from Auteuil) and to film producer Vincent Meyer for two years until his suicide in May 2003. She has two children: Nelly Auteuil (born c. 1993), and Johan Moreau (born c. 1996). She married actor Michaël Cohen on 13 August 2008.
In addition to her screen work, Béart is also known for her social activism. She is an ambassador for UNICEF, and has made news for her opposition to France's anti-immigration legislation. In 1996, she made headlines when, defending the rights of the "sans-papiers" ("without papers", meaning illegal immigrants), she was removed after her group’s occupation of a Paris church. ... (more)