Eva Green

Adapted from the article Eva Green (http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.phtml?title=Eva_Green), from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.. She was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1975 . In March 2004, she is scheduled to begin her third film as the female star alongside Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson in director Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven, scheduled for release in May of 2005. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1958 for the film Separate Tables. Described by Bertolucci as "so beautiful, it's indecent," her performance brought her critical acclaim and she has finished her second movie role in the French film, Arsene Lupin,directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and co-starring Romain Duris and Kristin Scott Thomas. She was nominated again in 1966 for A Man for All Seasons. In addition to acting, she would like to compose music for film. She was nominated for an Oscar in 1938 for her first major film role in Pygmalion.

The multi-lingual Eva's name in Swedish is pronounced "grain." She studied in Paris and in London, England and performed on stage before making her film debut as the female lead in the Bernardo Bertolucci's 2003 film The Dreamers. Her performance in Love on the Dole attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw, and he cast her in several of his plays, including Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Major Barbara. A twin of Joy Green, a non-identical sister, Eva Green is the daughter of French actress Marlène Jobert and Walter Green, a Swedish dentist. She first found success in the stage version of Love on the Dole, and in 1936 married the author Ronald Gow. Eva Green, born July 5, 1980 in Paris, France, is an actress. Her professional debut as an actress was in repertory at Manchester. She was born Wendy Margaret Hiller in Cheshire in England, daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller and Marie Stone.

Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 - May 14, 2003) was an English film and stage actress. The Countess Alice (1992). The Best Of Friends (1991). Ending Up (1989).

Anne Of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). All Passion Spent (1986). The Importance of Being Earnest (1985). The Kingfisher (1982).

Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981). Country (1981). Clochemerle (1972). David Copperfield (1969).

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987). Attracta (1983). Making Love (1982). The Elephant Man (1980).

The Cat and The Canary (1978). Voyage of the Damned (1976). Murder on the Orient Express (1974). A Man for All Seasons (1966).

Toys in the Attic (1963). Sons and Lovers (1960). Separate Tables (1958). Something of Value (1957).

How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957). Single-Handed (USA: Sailor of the King) (1953). Outcast of the Islands (1952). I Know Where I'm Going! (1945).

Major Barbara (1941). Pygmalion (1938). Lancashire Luck (1937).