At 17,^[10] Green enrolled at Eva St. Paul Drama School in Paris for three years, and then spent 10 weeks at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.^[1] Green stated that at drama school, "I always picked the really evil roles. It's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions."^[11] Green trained at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in New York City,^[2] before she returned to Paris, where she performed in several plays.^[8] Green was nominated for a Molière Award for her performance in Jalousie en Trois eva green nudes Fax.^[12]

Director Bernardo Bertolucci discovered Green in 2002, and found her "so beautiful, it's indecent". She accepted his invitation to star in The Dreamers (2003), despite her parents' initial objections because of Maria Schneider's accounts of being traumatized while filming Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris.^[8] Green performed extensive eva green nude photo nude scenes, which she said felt natural on set,^[13] although she was embarrassed when her family saw the film.^[8] In addition to performing, Green was also credited with writing the score. Her performance was well received, with some comparing her to Liv Tyler.^[2] Green expressed surprise when a minute was cut from the film for the American market, as "there is so much violence, both on the streets and on the screen. They think nothing of it. Yet I think they are frightened by sex."^[8] Green followed up The Dreamers with Arsène Lupin (2004), in the light-hearted part of a love interest which she said she had fun playing, even though she generally prefers more complex parts.^[12]

Eva Green was born in Paris, France, the daughter of French actress Marlène Jobert and Swedish dentist Walter Green. Green has a fraternal twin sister named Joy, who was born two minutes earlier than her.^[4] Green described her family as "bourgeois",^[5] and says that her sister is very different from her.^[6] eva green nudes Green is a natural blonde; she only went brunette during her teens.^[7] French-Swedish actress Marika Green is her aunt.

Fox Searchlight considered the The Dreamers a "specialized film with a targeted audience" and gave the uncut version a limited release in the United States; it played in 116 theaters at its peak and grossed $2.5 million.^[3] Among Rotten Tomatoes critics, 61% gave it a "fresh rating"^[7]; its 40 Metacritic reviewers gave it scores that on average placed the film in the website's "generally favorable" eva green nude photo category.^[8] A.O. Scott of The New York Times said the film was "disarmingly sweet and completely enchanting" and described it as "fus[ing] sexual discovery with political tumult by means of a heady, heedless romanticism that nearly obscures the film's patient, skeptical intelligence." ^[4] The Times called it a "heady blend of Last Tango and Stealing Beauty, but one that combines the grubbily voyeuristic elements of each film rather than their relative strengths."^[9]

Green considers herself nerdy:^[9] "When people first meet me, they find me very cold. I keep myself at a distance, and I think that's why I'm so drawn to [acting]. It allows me to wear a mask."^[10] She moved to Primrose Hill, London in mid-2005,^[4] She prefers the "village-like" atmosphere of the London neighbourhood: eva green pics "I feel more centred when I'm [there]."^[8] She lives alone, jokingly referring to her border terrier, Griffin, as her "husband".^[9] She is an atheist, having not been raised to follow any religion.^[27] She is currently dating New Zealand actor Marton Csokas, whom she met on the set of Kingdom of Heaven.^[8][28] She has no particular fitness regime, because, "I'm French and I'm lazy, which means I smoke and I don't exercise",^[29] though she does run and she practises pilates. Green finds dieting too stressful.^[26] She thinks of herself as an international actress:^[12] she can speak both her native French and English fluently,^[8] and is also learning Japanese^[30] as well as perfecting an American accent.^[12]

Green portrayed the witch Serafina Pekkala in the film adaptation of The Golden Compass (2007), and may return to shoot two sequels (coincidentally, it also stars Casino Royale's Daniel Craig, although they do not have any scenes together). Green hoped the religious themes of the book would be preserved,^[16] but references to Catholicism were removed from the film.^[22] Green next appears the dreamers eva green in Franklyn, playing Emilia,^[23] a schizophrenic woman.^[24] One personality she portrays is a tormented artist (which she compared to real-life figures Sophie Calle and Tracey Emin)^[25] and Green described the other personality as "full of life, very witty, big sense of humor".^[24]

Green was considered for parts in The Constant Gardener (a role which went to Rachel Weisz) and The Black Dahlia.^[8] She was cast at the last minute in the role of Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006).^[9] Green was approached in mid-2005 but turned it down.^[16] Principal eva green the dreamers scene photography was already underway, and director Martin Campbell noted casting the role was difficult because "we didn't have the final script and a Bond girl always had the connotation of tits 'n' ass." Campbell saw Green's performance in the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven,^[18] and Green was approached again. She read the script, and found the character of Vesper far deeper than most Bond girls.^[16] Green's performance was well received: Entertainment Weekly called her the fourth best Bond girl of all time;^[19] IGN named her the best femme fatale, stating "This is the girl that broke — and therefore made — James Bond";^[20] and she won a BAFTA and an Empire award for her performance. Both were voted for by the British public.^[21]