Her friends and family advised her against taking the role, thinking it to be a poor career decision, and worried that she would regret the decision. Returning home to Paris, Eva got several roles in theatre productions, including the French comedy Turcaret in 2002, directed by a man who had costarred in a film with her mother many years earlier.Įva's first film role was in The Dreamers in 2002, which included full nudity and sex scenes. Paul Drama School in 1997, also spending two months at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in South Kensington, London. Her mother had been fairly prevalent in the French film scene of the 1960s and 1970s, with highlights including a role alongside Jean-Pierre Léaud in Jean-Luc Godard's Masculin, féminin, and a costarring role in René Clément's film Le Passager de la Pluie.Įva enrolled in the St. Eva is in fact a twin, her sister Johanne being the younger of the two, by several minutes. Eva Green was born in Paris to actress Marléne Jobert and dentist Walter Green.
