Eva Green Biography
Eva Green is a French film and television actress and model. She started her career in theater and arthouse cinema, then shot to Hollywood fame after playing Bond's girl in "Casino Royale." With her striking, unforgettable looks, Eva Green has always been selective about her roles, building a filmography that includes collaborations with Bernardo Bertolucci, Tim Burton, and Ridley Scott.
Childhood and Family
Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 5, 1980, in Paris. Two minutes after Eva's birth, her twin sister Joy arrived (she now lives in Italy and works in winemaking). According to the actress, she and her sister are completely different in both personality and appearance. Interestingly, both are natural blondes, but Eva has been dyeing her hair dark chestnut brown since she was 14.
Worried that someone might kidnap the newborns, she changed the babies' names and moved them to a country house 30 kilometers from Paris, which Walter usually rented out to friends. On weekends, to maintain their connection to Parisian society, the family would venture into the center of the capital, to the 17th arrondissement.
And in the mid-'60s, when Bresson needed a Swedish actor for his film "Au hasard Balthazar," he cast Walter himself, even though he wasn't a professional actor. That's actually how Walter met his future wife: Bresson knew Godard, and Godard was filming "Masculine Feminine" with Marlène Jobert at the time...
But what finally made her abandon her dream of becoming an Egyptologist was watching "The Story of Adèle H." starring the stunning French actress Isabelle Adjani when Eva was 14. The film told the story of Victor Hugo's daughter, who emigrated to the US but couldn't find her place in this foreign world. Eva was inspired by Adjani's performance and felt deep sympathy for the character, but she understood that a completely different life awaited her.
The girl attended a private school near their Parisian home and was one of the top students. She wasn't interested in boys – she was all about getting good grades. To help Eva master English at a native level, her parents sent her to English-speaking countries during summers: the US, Britain, and Ireland.
Her teenage rebellion spilled into academics too. Eva decided her old school was too stuffy and bourgeois, convincing her parents to transfer her to the American School with its more liberal, American-style approach to education. What really drew Green in was the school's performing arts center. But even that wasn't enough. After a year, Eva left that school and started taking lessons with theater coach Eva Saint-Paul, who shared her first name. The woman didn't just teach acting – she covered music and dance too, firmly believing that actors are products who need to understand the "acting market" and know how to sell themselves.
She was an incredibly strict teacher, but later said that in her entire career, she'd only met two truly talented and motivated students. Eva Green was one of them. "There's something special about Eva. She's super strong. She can put anyone in their place, be as ruthless as a man, and at the same time be soft," Saint-Paul would later say.
First Roles
After three years of training with Eva Saint-Paul, our protagonist headed to London to sharpen her skills on a 10-week course at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She noted that London instructors promoted an improvisational approach to learning that French schools sorely lacked.
Nevertheless, the casting director remembered the budding actress well and invited her to join his theatrical production "Jealousy in Three Faxes," which ran at the Petit Théâtre from September 18 to December 31, 2001. Green's character was young Buddhist Iris, who gets seduced by an older, more experienced woman. For this role, Eva Green received her first award in the "breakthrough of the year" category.
But Eva literally threw herself headfirst into this role, displaying both detachment and irritable playfulness, then charm and seductive mastery, clearly channeling Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich while showing zero concern about intimate scenes with her on-screen brother.
Thanks to The Dreamers, Giorgio Armani took notice of Eva Green and invited the beauty, who reminded him of Italian film stars from the '60s, to shoot a perfume ad alongside her co-stars. A couple years later, she appeared in an Emporio Armani commercial with Charlie Hunnam, and in 2007 became the face of a new Dior fragrance campaign.
Hollywood Career
The actress made her Hollywood debut in a Ridley Scott film – the epic, large-scale production Kingdom of Heaven (2005) about Christian crusades to Jerusalem. Eva landed the role of Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem, who becomes the object of crusader Balian's (Orlando Bloom) affections.Green justified Ridley Scott's faith in her - though he doubted his choice so much he made her audition five times - delivering a brilliant performance as the ancient ruler while stunning everyone with her unique look. It seemed like Eva Green, with her porcelain skin and bewitching gaze, was truly born in the age of crusading knights.
In 2017, Eva played the mysterious admirer of a popular writer (Emmanuelle Seigner) in Roman Polanski's psychological thriller "Based on a True Story."She's perfect for me, we're both interested in everything unusual. When I first saw her, I immediately felt we were connected. That happens once in a lifetime, well maybe twice.
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In May 2020, audiences saw Eva Green in a completely new light – she transformed into Lydia Wells for the BBC miniseries "The Luminaries," set during New Zealand's 1860s gold rush. While filming, the actress watched the western "Once Upon a Time in the West," and she didn't even need to step off set to feel immersed in a world reminiscent of the great Sergio Leone's creations.
The series, based on Eleanor Catton's novel, demanded special attention from viewers – the plot deliberately tangled timelines, creating an atmosphere of mystery. Though British TV audiences complained more about the overly dark picture quality than they praised the narrative complexity – many had to crank up their screen brightness just to follow along.
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From August 2021 to June 2022 – a whopping 150 shooting days – the actress worked on director Martin Bourboulon's musketeer duology with a 72-million-euro budget. Green was set to embody the cunning Milady de Winter. The director was looking for a "mysterious actress" for this role – someone "everyone knows but doesn't see every month." Interestingly, Vincent Cassel recommended Green to the producer before they'd even met in person.
In spring 2023, the "Patriot" saga finally came to an end. In April, London's High Court ruled in Eva Green's favor. Judge Michael Green (just a coincidental surname match) determined that the actress was right to fear for her reputation. During the proceedings, juicy details emerged – Green's WhatsApp messages where she called producer Jake Seal "pure vomit" and "evil," while describing the potential crew as "shitty peasants."
After her victory, the actress issued a statement saying the case forced her to "stand up to a small group of men who tried to use me as a scapegoat," and that the experience was "painful and destructive."
On April 5, 2023, "The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan" hit theaters. It was a smashing success, becoming the third highest-grossing French film of the year. Critics especially praised Eva Green's stunning performance as Milady.
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We've never seen this in Milady, and we discovered the human element, and especially that the child is her secret wound.
Modeling Career
As a model, she's worked with world-renowned companies like Christian Dior, Lancôme, and Emporio Armani. Eva was the face of Dior Midnight Poison fragrance. Her magnetic gaze, raven-black hair, and mysterious allure consistently draw fashion houses back for new shoots.
Eva Green's Personal Life
This side of Eva Green's life hasn't been heavily covered. In 2000, she started dating French actor Yann Claassen, who was slightly older than her. On the set of "The Dreamers," Eva sparked a romance with Michael Pitt, but their relationship didn't last even a year.
Green says she's an old lady by nature. She admits she's never felt young and, moreover, has never felt like she belongs to modern times. Eva would rather have been born in a different century – the 19th, for instance.
Currently, Eva Green splits her time between two countries – she has homes in both Paris and London.
Eva Green Now
In May 2024, Eva Green was honored to serve as a jury member for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, a new action thriller "Dirty Angels" by director Martin Campbell was preparing for release – the same director who once cast Eva in "Casino Royale." In this film, Green transforms into the leader of a covert military operation in Afghanistan, part of a group of female soldiers disguised as nurses to rescue kidnapped teenagers from terrorists.
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