Background
Ethnicity:
Béart's mother is of Greek, Maltese, and Croatian descent. Her father was born in Egypt to an originally Jewish family who were of Spanish, Swiss, and Russian ancestry.
Emmanuelle Beart was born August 14, 1963, in Saint-Tropez, France. She lived with her mother, brothers, and sister on a farm in Gassin, not far from Saint-Tropez in Provence (southern France) because her father, French singer and poet Guy Bart, didn`t want the children to be affected by the glamour world of Paris.
Career
When Emmanuelle was 13, she saw Romy Schneider in the movie Mado (1976). From that time on, she wanted to be an actress. In Emmanuelle`s teens, her parents sent her to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for four years, so she could learn English. There, 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) (TV). David Hamilton, the photographer/director, was impressed by her beauty and gave her a role in Premiers d?sirs (1984). She met her spouse-to-be, Daniel Auteuil, while making Amour en douce, L` (1985). The film that made her famous in France was Manon des sources (1986), in which she played the role of a blonde shepherd dancing nude in the fields. Director Tom McLoughlin chose her out of 5,000 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 took violin lessons for a whole year. Her biggest success was as a nude model in the art film Belle noiseuse, La (1991), which starred Michel Piccoli and was directed by Jacques Rivette.
Politics
She is an ambassador for UNICEF, and has made news for her opposition to France's anti-immigration legislation.