Emmanuelle Béart was born August 14, 1965 in Saint Tropez, France. When she was 13 she saw Romy Schneider playing in the movie Mado (1976). From that time on she wanted to be an actress. Her parents sent her for three years to Montreal in Canada. However in Montreal 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 désirs (1983). She met her spouse Daniel Auteuil making Amour en douce, L' (1985). The film which made her famous in France was Manon des sources (1986). She played the role of a blonde shepherd dancing nude in the fields. Director Tom McLoughlin choose her out of 5000 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 had taken violin lessons for a whole year. Her biggest success was the art film Belle noiseuse, La (1991) with Michel Piccoli, directed by Jacques Rivette, as a nude model.