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Green at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival
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Born |
Eva Gaëlle Green 6 July 1980 Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater |
American School of Paris St. Paul Drama School, Paris Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2001–present |
Parent(s) | Walter Green Marlène Jobert |
Relatives | Joy Green (twin sister) Paul Le Flem (great grandfather) Marika Green (aunt) Elsa Lunghini (cousin) Joséphine Jobert (cousin) |
Eva Gaëlle Green (French: [ɡʁin]; Swedish: [ˈɡɾeːn]; born 6 July 1980) is a French actress and model. She started her career in theatre before making her film debut in 2003 in Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Dreamers. She achieved international recognition when she appeared as Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem in Ridley Scott's historical epic Kingdom of Heaven (2005), and portrayed Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006). In 2006, Green was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Since 2006, Green has starred in independent films Cracks (2009), Womb (2010), and Perfect Sense (2011). She has also appeared in the television series Camelot (2011), and played Angelique Bouchard in Tim Burton's big-screen adaptation of Dark Shadows (2012). In 2014, she played Artemisia in the 300 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), and Ava Lord in Frank Miller's and Robert Rodriguez's Sin City sequel, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). She also starred as Vanessa Ives in Showtime's horror drama Penny Dreadful (2014–16). Her performance in the series earned her a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. In 2016, she played the titular character in Tim Burton's fantasy film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.