She began her acting career on stage, appearing in 2001 in two plays “Turceret” directed by Gerard Descartes and “Jalousie En Trois Fax” directed by Didier Long. This was followed by a course at the London Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (since 2006 absorbed into the Central School of Speech and Drama).
Her father, Walter Green, is a Swedish dentist who appeared in Au hasard Balthazar (1966). Eva Green was born 1980 in Paris, France.
