Emmanuelle BĂ©art
Acting
Emmanuelle BĂ©art (born 14 August 1963) is a French actress who has appeared in over 60 film and television productions since 1972. An eight-time CĂ©sar Award nominee, she won the CĂ©sar 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 BĂ©art was born in Gassin, on the French Riviera, the daughter of GeneviĂšve GalĂ©a (pseudonym of GeneviĂšve Guillery), a former model who is of Croatian, Greek and Maltese descent, and Guy BĂ©art, 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, Ăve (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 baccalaurĂ©at at CollĂšge International Marie de France. They remained close friends. BĂ©art got an acting role in 1976 film Tomorrow's Children. In her teens she appeared in bit parts in television. Upon graduating from the CollĂšge 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 CĂ©sar 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 CĂ©sar Awards for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress. BĂ©art 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 cĆur en hiver (A Heart in Winter), Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Nelly and Mr Arnaud), and Les DestinĂ©es Sentimentales (Sentimental Destinies) In the 5 May 2003 issue of the French edition of Elle magazine, BĂ©art, 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 BĂ©art" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
