Eva Gaëlle Green (born 6 July 1980) is a French actress and model. She began her career in theatre and made her film debut in 2003 with Bernardo Bertolucci's film The Dreamers. She gained international recognition for her roles as Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem in Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006). In 2006, she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Since 2006, Green has appeared in independent films such as Cracks (2009), Womb (2010), and Perfect Sense (2011). She starred in the television series Camelot (2011) and played Angelique Bouchard in Tim Burton's Dark Shadows (2012). In 2014, she portrayed Artemisia in 300: Rise of an Empire and Ava Lord in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Green also starred as Vanessa Ives in Showtime's Penny Dreadful, earning a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
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