Top 10 Outstanding Facts about Emmanuelle Beart

Arrival for the press conference of “Les Témoins”, Emmanuelle Béart, Hyatt Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. Photo by Thore Siebrands- Wikimedia commons

Top 10 Outstanding Facts about Emmanuelle Beart

Emmanuelle Beart is a French actress widely recognized for both her award-winning performances and her stunning beauty. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has seamlessly transitioned from French auteur cinema to Hollywood blockbusters, as well as working in television and theater.

1.Emmanuelle has always been an amazing advocate for human rights

Emmanuelle Beart has been involved in social activism since she was a child. Apart from being an ambassador for UNICEF and working in Africa, she has used her celebrity to draw attention to a variety of issues. Whether it’s protesting French laws against foreign tenants or drawing attention to the dire situation of immigrants by shackling herself to the walls of a church. She considers herself a global citizen and works to raise awareness about humanitarian and environmental issues.

2.Beart had a very humble beginning to her life

Béart was born Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson in St. Tropez (some articles indicate Gassin) on the French Riviera, the daughter of retired model Geneviève Galéa (pseudonym of Geneviève Guillery) and Guy Béart, a singer and poet. Her Egyptian-born father’s family was of Sephardic Jewish descent, and he later fled to Lebanon as a child.

On her father’s side, she has a half-sister, ve (born 1959), and on her mother’s side, she has six half-siblings: 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.

She spent her late adolescent summers in Montreal with the English-speaking family of a close friend of her father. Beverly Mellen and William Sofin, as well as their two children Andrew and Sean Sofin, took her in as their own. The family welcomed her to stay with them until the end of the summer to finish her baccalauréat at Collège International Marie de France. They are still close friends.

3.She has  been nominated for many honors and has even won some

Mosadzná plaketa: “HERCOVA MISIA” (Actor’s Mission Award). International film festival Art Film Fest, Trenčianske Teplice 2012. Photo by Bubamara- Wikimedia commons

In 1987, she won a Cesar Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for the film ‘Manon Des Sources.’ In 1993, she received the David di Donatello Award for ‘Best Foreign Actress’ for her performance in ‘A Heart in Winter,’ and in 1995, she received the Moscow International Film Festival Award for ‘Best Actress’ for her performance in ‘A French Woman.’ Emmanuelle Béart also won the Silver St. George Award for ‘Best Actress’ in 1995 for her leading role in ‘A French Woman’ at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2002, she received the European Film Award for ‘Best Actress’ for her performance in ‘8 Woman.’

4.Since 1972, she has appeared in over 60 films, as well as tv programs and series

Béart’s breakthrough performance came in the 1976 film ‘Tomorrow’s Children.’ She featured in numerous commercials as well as minor television roles. In 1986, her role in ‘Manon Ses Sources’ earned her both fame and money, in which she co-starred with Yves Montand. The film won Emmanuelle Béart the César Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ in 1987. She also received the ‘Best Actress’ award at the Moscow International Film Festival for her performance in the film ‘A French Woman.’

5.Her brilliance got her more nominations and features

Actress Emmanuelle Béart at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Photo by Harald Krichel- Wikimedia commons

Furthermore, she has been nominated for seven César Awards, including Best Actress and Most Promising Actress. Béart was nominated for Best Actress for Children of Chaos, La Belle Noiseuse (The Beautiful Troublemaker), Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter), Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud (Nelly and Mr Arnaud), and Les Destinées Sentimentales, as well as Most Promising Actress for A Strange Passion and Love on the Quiet (Sentimental Destinies)

Béart, 39, featured naked in the 5 May 2003 issue of Elle magazine in France.  The entire print run of 550,000 copies was sold out in three days, making it the best-selling issue in the magazine’s long history.

6.She has had the pleasure of working alongside big names in the industry

In the 1996 blockbuster ‘Mission: Impossible,’ this achieved actress played Tom Cruise’s wife. Hollywood caught a glimpse and movie deals poured in. Even so, in search of more significant roles rather than dazzling ones, she returned to France and kept on working with European directors.

Her adaptability as an actress was demonstrated by the diverse variety of roles she played. In ‘Les Egares,’ she portrayed a widowed schoolteacher fleeing Paris with her two young children during WWII (Strayed). In comparison, she played a prostitute in ‘Nathalie’ the same year, for which she met numerous prostitutes in order to better comprehend the character she was to play.

7.Beart is a very vocal about the dangers of plastic surgery

Emmanuelle Béart is a well-known social activist as well as a UNICEF ambassador. She has received attention for her opposition to France’s anti-immigrant legislation. In March 2012, she also shared her thoughts on plastic surgery, admitting that she regretted having her lips done when she was 27 years old in 1990.

8.She has had a great impact in theatre work in France

Around 2010, Emmanuelle Beart reduced her movie performances and chose to concentrate on theater. She has been an associate artist at the ‘Theater National de Strasbourg’ since 2014. Beart claims that theater gives her confidentiality and serves as a safe haven for her.

Lately, she worked on the movie ‘Merveilles a Montfermeil,’ which was shown at the 2019 Locarno International Film Festival. In 2015, she was awarded France’s highest honor, the ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour.’

 9.Beart has a blended family due to different relationships

Actress Emmanuelle Béart at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Photo by Harald Krichel- Wikimedia commons

Béart began dating her co-star Daniel Auteuil from the films ‘Love On The Quiet,’ ‘Manon Des Sources,’ ‘A Heart In Winter,’ and ‘A French Woman’ in the 1980s and married him in 1993. Their marriage produced a healthy son, Nelly Auteuil, in 1993. Sadly, they separated in 1995, only two years later. Béart was rumored to be dating the music producer David François Moreau, and they had a child, Johan Moreau, in 1996. She was also romantically involved with film producer Vincent Meyer. However, the relationship lasted until 2003.

Later that year, on August 13, 2008, Emmanuelle Béart married Michael Cohen in a lavish ceremony in Genappe, Belgium. Surafel, an Ethiopian child, was adopted by the couple in 2009 however, they separated in 2011. That same year, she began dating Frédéric Chaudie, a director and cinematographer.

10.She has very simply achievements she must achieve, such as…

I have quite a few. The most crucial aspect is life itself: beauty. Love. Friends. Living is an art…