French actress and model Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France. Her father, 'Walter Green _. Her performance in the series earned her a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series - Drama at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. Since her school years, Green has been a cosmopolitan multilingual and multicultural person. Yet, since her father always lived in France with them and her mother, she and her twin sister can't speak Swedish. She developed a wide scope of interests beyond her acting profession and became an aspiring art connoisseur and an avid museum visitor. Her other activities, outside of acting, include playing and composing music, cooking at home, walking her terrier, and collecting art. She shares time between her two residencies, one is in Paris, France, and one in London, England.
Born to French-Algerian actress Marlne Jobert and Swedish dentist Walter Green. Evas mother was born in Algeria, of Sephardi Jewish heritage. Evas father is of Swedish, French, and Breton descent. Her paternal great-grandfather was French Breton composer and music critic Paul Le Flem.
Has a non-identical twin sister, Joy, who studied business and is married to an Italian count. Joy and her husband reside in Normandy, where they rear horses.
Nominated for Les Molieres (Paris, 2002) for the play "Jalousie en Trois Fax" for the category Revelation Theatrale Feminine.
The face of the Emporio Armani campaign.
Daughter of Walter Green and Marlne Jobert , niece of Charles Jobert , Georges Lunghini , Vronique Mucret Rouveyrollis , Marika Green and Christian Berger , cousin of Elsa Lunghini and Josphine Jobert.
Composed music for flute and piano.
Her favorite film character is Adele Hugo in Lhistoire dAdle H. .
Her favorite actors are Joaquin Phoenix and Edward Norton among others.
She turned down a role in Brian De Palma s The Black Dahlia with Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
Was ranked #16 on Maxims hot list 2006.
Her hobby is collecting art and visiting museums.
Plays classical music.
Green is the fifth French actress to play a Bond girl.
Studied English in Ramsgate, Kent, UK.
Bought a new baby-grand piano for her London home.
Studied piano and flute.
Raised in Paris, she went to an English-speaking school.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#6). [2007].
Her parents first objected her appearance on Bernardo Bertolucci s The Dreamers , remembering Maria Schneider s traumatisation after filming Ultimo tango a Parigi .
Described the atmosphere on the set of Franklyn as strange because she and her co-actor Ryan Phillippe didnt talk much, being both very shy.
Admires Franois Truffaut , Ingmar Bergman , Tim Burton , Lars von Trier , David Lynch and David Fincher.
Enjoys running and pilates.
Has a border terrier named Griffin.
As she was extremely shy in her youth, her mother sent her to a therapist. However, she attended acting lessons to become more open.
Before meeting Carla Bruni, French President Nicolas Sarkozy invited Green to join him on his campaign trail. She politely declined.
She received a letter from author Philip Pullman , in which he praised her for the performance she gave in The Golden Compass , based on his novel.
Only sees her movies two or three times because she doesnt enjoy seeing herself on the big screen.
Was cast in Kingdom of Heaven a week before filming began.
Described her character in Cracks as complicated.
She collects religious icons.
Had to use a stunt double for most of her action scenes in Casino Royale . Even the scenes where she was running up the stairs were taken with a stunt double, because she nearly broke her leg.
Made her first magazine cover when she was two months old.
Her favorite Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale outfit was a Gucci mac and black hat, "Simple but elegant.".
While promoting The Golden Compass she said her daemon (animal spirit) would be a frog, because its French.
One of her dream acting jobs would be to portray a serial killer.
Dislikes shopping.
She would love to work with Tim Burton , Stephen Daldry , Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze.
Considers Bryce Dallas Howard as one of the next big things in Hollywood.
Prefers that people tell her shes a good actress rather than she is beautiful.
Was a contender to play Carol Ferris in Green Lantern .
Was cast as the female lead in Antichrist , but was dropped because of a complicated contract.
Niece of cinematographer Christian Berger.
Favorite actress is Isabelle Adjani.
Good friends with Jordan Scott.
Chosen by Los Angeles Times Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful Women in Film (#18). [2011].
Empire Magazine chose her character, Vesper Lynd as the 9th sexiest female character in cinema history.
Was in a relationship with actor Marton Csokas from 2005 to 2009.
Was cast in the role of Marie Antoinette in Les adieux la reine but dropped out the film to work with Tim Burton in Dark Shadows .
Was considered for the role of Jeanne Schneider in Linstinct de mort but the role went to Ccile De France.
Was cast as Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener but she had to drop out due schedule conflicts. She was replaced by Rachel Weisz , who was awarded with an Oscar for the role.
Filmed back to back 300: Rise of an Empire and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For . Both films are sequels and both are based on comic books by Frank Miller.
Frequently, she has been replaced by actress Diane Kruger. Green rejected the roles of The Seeker in The Host and Anna in Mr. Nobody , while she also backed out of playing Marie Antoinette in Les adieux la reine . All three roles was subsequently given to Kruger.
With her appearance in 300: Rise of an Empire and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For , shes the only actor to star in two adaptations of Frank Miller novels within the same year.
Filming The Golden Compass , where she plays "Serafina Pekkala", a witch.
Has played a witch three times; Angelique in Dark Shadows , Morgan in "Camelot" and Serafina Pekkala in The Golden Compass .
Her last name is Swedish and pronounced "grain/greyne", according to Eva herself and its not derived from the English word "green", which is "grn" in Swedish. Her paternal surname "Green" is derived from the Swedish word "gren", which means (tree) branch.
Stated her desire to work with French compatriot Marion Cotillard.
Auditioned for the part of Tauriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in 2010, losing the role to Evangeline Lilly. Her audition took place right after Benedict Cumberbatch s, who successfully obtained the role of Smaug in the films.
Johnny Depp is one of her favorite actors and Tim Burton is one of her favorite directors. She worked with them on Dark Shadows .
Turned down a role in Wonder Woman and was replaced by Elena Anaya.
Is a natural blonde. Dyed her hair black for the first time when she was 14 years old. She thought the colour was more flattering and matched her skin tone and stated that she doesnt want to change it back unless if its for a film.
I was on stage for most of the time apart from three minutes when I was,allowed to go off and pee in a bucket. And for those three minutes I,was sitting on a bucket, peeing and crying at the same time. Oh, it was,terrible. It was a nightmare. I hated it so much.
A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the,actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
The sex scenes were quite full on and frank in,The Dreamers (2003) . I had a scene in which my own character has,to lose her virginity. I had to remember how I felt when I first had,sex. I am so reserved in real life, but I surprised myself completely.
I was very studious, too much. I would never go out at weekends. I was very serious. You should have seen me in class - I was blushing and sweating every time the teacher asked me something.
Most of the women in film are there to be beautiful to the man.
