Smoken 2

Smoken 2 theme by ONE_FINGER_MAN

Download: Smoken2.p3t

Smoken 2 Theme
(1 background)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

Smoken

Smoken theme by ONE_FINGER_MAN

Download: Smoken.p3t

Smoken Theme
(1 background)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

Dead or Alive Girls

Dead or Alive Girls theme by Jole DX

Download: DeadorAliveGirls.p3t

Dead or Alive Girls Theme
(9 backgrounds)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

Lily Donaldson

Lily Donaldson theme by Robert Watson

Download: LilyDonaldson.p3t

Lily Donaldson Theme
(1 background)

Lily Donaldson
Donaldson in 2012
Born
Lily Monica Donaldson

(1987-01-27) 27 January 1987 (age 37)
Chelsea, London, England
OccupationModel
Years active2003–present
RelativesMick Fleetwood (great-uncle)
Modelling information
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Hair colourBlonde
Eye colourBlue
Agency

Lily Monica Donaldson (born 27 January 1987) is an English model. She was featured on the cover of American Vogue's May 2007 issue as one of the "World's Next Top Models" and was recognized by Vogue Paris in 2009 as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[2] She has appeared on 30 international covers of Vogue.[3]

Early life[edit]

Lily Donaldson modelling at New York Fashion Week 2007

Donaldson was born in Chelsea, London, the daughter of photographer Matthew Donaldson.[4] She was educated at the Camden School for Girls and lived in Kentish Town with her parents.[5] She has a younger sister named Aurelia.[6]

Career[edit]

Donaldson was scouted by Select Model Management in 2003 at the age of 16 while she was shopping in Camden. She went on to make her debut in the Fall/Winter 2004 season, walking in shows for designers such Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Moschino, Missoni and Jill Sander.

Donaldson has notably landed big campaigns for major fashion houses such as Burberry, Gucci, Versace.[7] and Gap.

In the May 2007 issue of American Vogue, she was featured on the cover with fellow models Doutzen Kroes, Caroline Trentini, Raquel Zimmermann, Sasha Pivovarova, Agyness Deyn, Coco Rocha, Hilary Rhoda, Chanel Iman, and Jessica Stam as the "World's Next Top Models".[8] Later, in the September 2007 issue of British Vogue, she was named a "Head Girl", a model to watch out for in the upcoming season.[9]

Donaldson has appeared on 30 international covers of Vogue which includes the British, American, Italia, China, Australia, Japan, Turkey, Taiwan, Korea, Portugal, Spain and Russian editions. In 2010, she made her Victoria's Secret Fashion Show debut[10] and also walked in the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 shows.[11]

In 2009, Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s.[12] Donaldson was the face of the Monsoon Accessorize campaign for Spring Summer 2011.

During the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony, Donaldson was one of the British models wearing bespoke fashions created by British designers specifically for the event. The other models were Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, David Gandy, Karen Elson, Jourdan Dunn, Georgia May Jagger and Stella Tennant.[13] She wore a gold ball gown by Vivienne Westwood.[14]

London 2012 Models (2)

Personal life[edit]

She is close friends with models Gemma Ward and Irina Lazareanu,[15] the latter with whom she shot two Mulberry campaigns.[16]

After five years living in New York City, Donaldson moved back to London in late 2010.[17]

Donaldson's great-uncle is Mick Fleetwood, the co-founder of Fleetwood Mac.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lily Donaldson - Model".
  2. ^ Lee, Helen (11 April 2007). "Vogue's 'World's Next Top Models' cover". SassyBella.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  3. ^ VOGUEGRAPHY (19 August 2016). "Lily Donaldson Throughout the Years in Vogue". VOGUEGRAPHY. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Lily Donaldson - Model profile". models.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ^ How the world fell in love with Camden girl Lily Donaldson – Fashion – Life & Style – London Evening Standard
  6. ^ "Lily Donaldson stars in Alice Temperley for John Lewis campaign video". Marie Claire UK. Future Publishing Limited. 24 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Anna Sui Forbidden Affair Fragrance F/W 10". models.com. Models.com. 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  8. ^ Hit Girls – American Vogue, May 2007 Archived 22 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Lily Donaldson". New York. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  10. ^ the Fashion spot. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  11. ^ Profile of Lily Donaldson. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  12. ^ Les 30 Mannequins des Années 2000 Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 20 January 2010
  13. ^ London Olympics | Fashion Show
  14. ^ Olympics Closing Ceremony | Fashion Shoot
  15. ^ "Lily Donaldson – Model Profile". New York. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  16. ^ "Irina Lazareanu – Model Profile". New York. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  17. ^ "How the world fell in love with Camden girl Lily Donaldson". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Evening Standard
  18. ^ "Lily Donaldson Is Killing It Softly". Elle UK. 17 August 2015.

External links[edit]

Melina WWE

Melina WWE theme by xstat32x

Download: MelinaWWE.p3t

Melina WWE Theme
(6 backgrounds)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

GTA An Chicks

GTA An Chicks theme by Dj

Download: GTAAnChicks.p3t

GTA An Chicks Theme
(16 backgrounds)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

Haifa

Haifa theme by Tony (gaara1978)

Download: Haifa.p3t

Haifa Theme
(5 backgrounds)

Haifa
  • חֵיפָה
  • حَيْفَا
Flag of Haifa
Map of Haifa
Map of Haifa
Haifa is located in Northern Haifa region of Israel
Haifa
Haifa
Location in Israel
Haifa is located in Israel
Haifa
Haifa
Haifa (Israel)
Coordinates: 32°49′09″N 34°59′57″E / 32.81917°N 34.99917°E / 32.81917; 34.99917
Grid position145/246 PAL
Country Israel
District Haifa
Founded1st century CE
Government
 • MayorEinat Kalisch-Rotem
Area
 • City63,666 dunams (63.666 km2 or 24.582 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • City290,306
 • Density4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
 • Urban
600,000
 • Metro
1,050,000
Websitewww.haifa.muni.il

Haifa (/ˈhfə/ HY-fə; Hebrew: חֵיפָה, romanizedḤēyfā, IPA: [ˈχajfa]; Arabic: حَيْفَا, romanizedḤayfā)[2] is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of 290,306 in 2022. The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropolitan area in Israel.[3] It is home to the Baháʼí Faith's Baháʼí World Centre, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a destination for Baháʼí pilgrimage.[4]

Built on the slopes of Mount Carmel, the settlement has a history spanning more than 3,000 years. The earliest known settlement in the vicinity was Tell Abu Hawam, a small port city established in the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE).[5] In the 3rd century CE, Haifa was known as a dye-making center. Over the millennia, the Haifa area has changed hands: being conquered and ruled by the Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Hasmoneans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Ottomans, and the British. During the Battle of Haifa in the 1948 Palestine war, most of the city's predominantly Arab population fled or were expelled. That year, the city became part of the then-newly-established state of Israel.

As of 2016, the city is a major seaport located on Israel's Mediterranean coastline in the Bay of Haifa covering 63.7 km2 (24.6 sq mi). It lies about 90 km (56 mi) north of Tel Aviv and is the major regional center of northern Israel. Two respected academic institutions, the University of Haifa and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology the oldest and top ranked university in both Israel and the Middle East, are located in Haifa, in addition to the largest K–12 school in Israel, the Hebrew Reali School. The city plays an important role in Israel's economy. It is home to Matam, one of the oldest and largest high-tech parks in the country; and prior to the opening of Tel Aviv Light Rail, Haifa is the only city with underground rapid transit system in Israel known as the Carmelit.[6][7] Haifa Bay is a center of heavy industry, petroleum refining and chemical processing. Haifa formerly functioned as the western terminus of an oil pipeline from Iraq via Jordan.[8] It is one of Israel's mixed cities, with an Arab-Israeli population of c.10%.

Etymology[edit]

Western Haifa from the air

The ultimate origin of the name Haifa remains unclear. One theory holds it derives from the name of the high priest Caiaphas.[citation needed] Some Christians believe it was named for Saint Peter, whose Aramaic name was Keipha.[citation needed] Another theory holds it could be derived from the Hebrew verb root חפה (hafa), from H-f-h root (ח-פ-ה), meaning to cover or shield, i.e. Mount Carmel covers Haifa;[9] others point to a possible origin in the Hebrew word חוֹף (hof), meaning "shore", or חוֹף יָפֶה (hof yafe), meaning "beautiful shore".[9][10]

Other spellings in English included Caipha, Kaipha, Caiffa, Kaiffa and Khaifa.[11]

Locations and names[edit]

Sycaminum and Efa[edit]

The earliest named settlement within the area of modern-day Haifa was a city known as Sycaminum.[12] The remains of the ancient town can be found in a coastal tell, or archaeological mound, known in Hebrew as Tel Shikmona,[13] meaning "mound of the Ficus sycomorus", and in Arabic as Tell el-Semak or Tell es-Samak, meaning "mound of the sumak trees", names that preserved and transformed the ancient name, by which the town is mentioned once in the Mishnah (composed c. 200 CE) for the wild fruits that grow around it.[13][14]

The name Efa first appears during Roman rule, some time after the end of the 1st century, when a Roman fortress and small Jewish settlement were established not far from Tel Shikmona.[12][13] Haifa is also mentioned more than 100 times in the Talmud, a work central to Judaism.[13]

Hefa or Hepha in Eusebius of Caesarea's 4th-century work, Onomasticon (Onom. 108, 31), is said to be another name for Sycaminus.[15] This synonymizing of the names is explained by Moshe Sharon, who writes that the twin ancient settlements, which he calls Haifa-Sycaminon, gradually expanded into one another, becoming a twin city known by the Greek names Sycaminon or Sycaminos Polis.[13] References to this city end with the Byzantine period.[5]

Porphyreon[edit]

Around the 6th century, Porphyreon or Porphyrea is mentioned in the writings of William of Tyre,[dubiousdiscuss] and while it lies within the area covered by modern Haifa, it was a settlement situated south of Haifa-Sycaminon.[5][13]

Early Muslim Haifa[edit]

Following the Arab conquest in the 7th century, Haifa was used to refer to a site established on Tel Shikmona upon what were already the ruins of Sycaminon (Shiqmona).[13] Haifa (or Haifah) is mentioned by the mid-11th-century Persian chronicler Nasir Khusraw, and the 12th- and 13th-century Arab chroniclers, Muhammad al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi.[16] Nasir-i-Khusrau visited in 1047; he noted that "Haifa lies on the seashore, and there are here palm-gardens and trees in numbers. There are in this town shipbuilders, who build very large craft."[17]

Crusader Caiphas[edit]

The Crusaders, who captured Haifa briefly in the 12th century, call it Caiphas,[12] and believe its name related to Cephas, the Aramaic name of Simon Peter.[14] Eusebius is also said to have referred to Hefa as Caiaphas civitas,[18] and Benjamin of Tudela, the 12th-century Jewish traveller and chronicler, is said to have attributed the city's founding to Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest at the time of Jesus.[14]

Late Ottoman "Old Haifa"[edit]

Haifa al-'Atiqa (Arabic: "Ancient Haifa") is another name used by some locals to refer to Tell es-Samak, when it was the site of Haifa while a hamlet of 250 residents, before it was moved in 1764–5 to the site from which the modern city emerged.[19]

Haifa al-Jadida (New Haifa) and modern Haifa[edit]

In 1764-5 Zahir al-Umar moved the village to a new site 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the east, which he also fortified.[19] The new village, the nucleus of modern Haifa, was first called al-imara al-jadida (Arabic: "the new construction") by some, but others residing there called it Haifa al-Jadida (Arabic: "New Haifa") at first, and then simply Haifa.[2]

In the early 20th century, Haifa al 'Atiqa was repopulated with many Arab Christians in an overall neighborhood in which many Middle Eastern Jews were established inhabitants, as Haifa expanded outward from its new location.[20]

History[edit]

Jars excavated at Tell Abu Hawam

Bronze Age: Tell Abu Hawam[edit]

A town known today as Tell Abu Hawam was established during the Late Bronze Age (14th century BCE).[5] It was a port and fishing village.

In the Hebrew Bible[edit]

Mount Carmel and the Kishon River are mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.[21][22]

A grotto on the top of Mount Carmel is known as the "Cave of Elijah",[23] traditionally linked to the Prophet Elijah and his apprentice, Elisha.[21] In Arabic, the highest peak of the Carmel range is called the Muhraka, or "place of burning", harking back to the burnt offerings and sacrifices there in Canaanite and early Israelite times.[24]

Persian and Hellenistic period: near Shikmona[edit]

In the 6th century BCE, during the Persian period, Greek geographer Scylax wrote of a city "between the bay and the Promontory of Zeus" (i.e., the Carmel), which may be a reference to Shikmona, a locality in the Haifa area.[5]

By Hellenistic times, the city had moved to a new site south of what is now the Bat Galim neighborhood of modern Haifa because the old port's harbour had become blocked with sand.[5] A Greek-speaking population living along the coast at this time was engaged in commerce.[25]

Shikmona[edit]

Haifa was located near the town of Shikmona, a center for making the traditional Tekhelet dye used in the garments of the high priests in the Temple. The archaeological site of Shikmona is southwest of Bat Galim.[26]

Early Haifa is believed to have occupied the area which extends from the present-day Rambam Hospital to the Jewish Cemetery on Yafo Street. The inhabitants engaged in fishing and agriculture.[27]

Roman period[edit]

In about the 3rd century CE, Haifa was first mentioned in Talmudic literature, as a Jewish fishing village and the home of Rabbi Avdimi and other Jewish scholars. According to the Talmud, fishermen caught Murex, sea snails which yielded purple dye used to make tallit (Jewish prayer shawls) from Haifa to the Ladder of the Tyrians. Tombs dating from the Roman era, including Jewish burial caves, have been found in the area.[5][28][29]

Byzantine period[edit]

Under Byzantine rule, Haifa continued to grow but did not assume major importance.[30] A kinah speaks of the destruction of the Jewish community of Haifa along with other communities when the Byzantines reconquered the country from the

Might They Be Sexy

Might They Be Sexy theme by SlickSaint

Download: MightTheyBeSexy.p3t

Might They Be Sexy Theme
(6 backgrounds)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

Carmen Electra Winter

Carmen Electra Winter theme by MrWeaselX3

Download: CarmenElectraWinter.p3t

Carmen Electra Winter Theme
(5 backgrounds)

P3T Unpacker v0.12
Copyright (c) 2007. Anoop Menon

This program unpacks Playstation 3 Theme files (.p3t) so that you can touch-up an existing theme to your likings or use a certain wallpaper from it (as many themes have multiple). But remember, if you use content from another theme and release it, be sure to give credit!

Download for Windows: p3textractor.zip

Instructions:

Download p3textractor.zip from above. Extract the files to a folder with a program such as WinZip or WinRAR. Now there are multiple ways to extract the theme.

The first way is to simply open the p3t file with p3textractor.exe. If you don’t know how to do this, right click the p3t file and select Open With. Alternatively, open the p3t file and it will ask you to select a program to open with. Click Browse and find p3textractor.exe from where you previously extracted it to. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename]. After that, all you need to do for any future p3t files is open them and it will extract.

The second way is very simple. Just drag the p3t file to p3textractor.exe. It will open CMD and extract the theme to extracted.[filename].

For the third way, first put the p3t file you want to extract into the same folder as p3textractor.exe. Open CMD and browse to the folder with p3extractor.exe. Enter the following:
p3textractor filename.p3t [destination path]Replace filename with the name of the p3t file, and replace [destination path] with the name of the folder you want the files to be extracted to. A destination path is not required. By default it will extract to extracted.filename.

Eva Green

Eva Green theme by Jana

Download: EvaGreen.p3t

Eva Green Theme
(8 backgrounds)

Eva Green
Green in 2020
Born
Eva Gaëlle Green

(1980-07-06) 6 July 1980 (age 43)
Paris, France
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Parents
Relatives
Awards

Eva Gaëlle Green (French: [eva ɡa.ɛl ɡʁɛn], Swedish: [ˈêːva ˈɡreːn]; born (1980-07-06)6 July 1980) is a French actress. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (2003). She portrayed Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem in Ridley Scott's historical epic Kingdom of Heaven (2005). The following year, she played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), for which she received the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Green has since starred in numerous independent films, including Cracks (2009), Womb (2010), and Perfect Sense (2011). In 2014, she played Artemisia in the 300 sequel 300: Rise of an Empire and Ava Lord in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's Sin City sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Green is also known for her collaborations with director Tim Burton, starring as Angelique Bouchard in the horror comedy film Dark Shadows (2012), the titular character of the fantasy film Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), and Colette Marchant in the fantasy film Dumbo (2019). For her role as an astronaut mother in the drama film Proxima (2019), she earned a nomination for the César Award for Best Actress.

Green starred as Morgan Pendragon in the Starz historical fantasy series Camelot (2011). She also starred as Vanessa Ives in the Showtime horror drama series Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), earning critical acclaim and a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.

Early life[edit]

Eva Gaëlle Green[1] was born on 6 July 1980,[2][3] two minutes earlier than her fraternal twin sister Joy.[4] She is the daughter of French actress and author Marlène Jobert and Dr Walter Green, a Swedish dental surgeon[5][6][7] and occasional actor in his youth (Au Hasard Balthazar directed by Robert Bresson).[8][9]

Green is of Jewish descent[10][11][12][13] through her Algerian-born mother.[11][14][15][16] Green has described herself as "a secular Jew who never attended synagogue as a girl"[10][17] and feels "like a citizen of the world".[18][6] She has described her family as "bourgeois"[19] and has said that her sister is very different from her.[20] Green is naturally dark blonde; she has dyed her hair brown since she was 15 years old.[21] She is the great-granddaughter of French composer Paul Le Flem[22] and of Swedish photographer Mia Green,[23] the niece of actress Marika Green and the maternal first cousin of singer Elsa Lunghini and actress Joséphine Jobert.[24][25][26] The surname "Green" [ˈɡɾeːn] is derived from the Swedish word "gren", which means "tree branch".[27][28]

Green was raised in France and attended the American University of Paris, an English-speaking institution.[21] She also spent time between London and Ireland growing up.[29] She was quiet in school[20] and developed an interest in Egyptology when she visited the Louvre at age seven.[30] At age 14, after seeing Isabelle Adjani in The Story of Adele H., Green decided to become an actress. Her mother initially feared that an acting career would be too much for her sensitive daughter, but later came to support her ambitions.[29] Eva Green has a keen interest in psychology. She has mentioned in interviews that she finds the human mind fascinating and enjoys exploring complex characters with psychological depth in her roles.[31] Green continued her studies at Cours Eva Saint Paul in Paris[32] and took an acting course at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[6] After that, Green returned to Paris, where she performed in several plays.[29] Green stated that when she was in drama school, she "always picked the really evil roles" because "it's a great way to deal with your everyday emotions".[33]

Career[edit]

2001–2005[edit]

Green modeling for L'Oreal

Green appeared on stage in Jalousie en Trois Fax (2001) for which she was nominated for a Molière Award.[34] She also appeared in Turcaret (2002).

In 2002, Green had her film debut, when director Bernardo Bertolucci cast her for the role of Isabelle in The Dreamers (2003), which involved her in extensive full frontal nude scenes and rear nude scenes as well as graphic sex scenes. Green told The Guardian that her agent and her parents begged her not to take the role, concerned that the film would cause her career to "have the same destiny as Maria Schneider",[35] because of Schneider's traumatic experience during the filming of Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris.[29] Green said that with Bertolucci's guidance she felt comfortable during the filming of the nude and sex scenes[36] but was embarrassed when her family saw the film.[29] Her performance was well-received, and some compared her to Liv Tyler.[37] Green expressed surprise when a minute was cut from the film for the American market, stating, "[T]here 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."[29] Her next film was Arsène Lupin (2004), in which she portrayed Lupin's love interest. She enjoyed the light-hearted role, although she has stated that she generally prefers more complex characters.[34]

Her performance in The Dreamers led Ridley Scott to cast Green in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), a film about the Crusades where she played Sibylla, Princess of Jerusalem. Green performed six screen tests and was hired only a week before principal photography began.[6] Green found the atmosphere of coming onto a film so late tense and exciting, and she liked the film's ambiguity in approaching its subject matter.[33] To her disappointment, much of her screen time was cut.[6] Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com praised her performance: "She doesn't quite know what to do with her character's stilted dialogue, but she carries herself so regally that you barely notice."[38] Nev Pierce of the BBC, however, called her character "limp".[39] Green was satisfied when her character's complex subplot was restored in the director's cut.[40] Total Film said the new scenes completed her performance: "In the theatrical cut, Princess Sibylla sleeps with Balian and then, more or less, loses her mind. Now we understand why. Not only does Sibylla have a young son, but when she realizes he's afflicted with leprosy just like her brother Baldwin, she decides to take his life shortly after he's been crowned king."[41]

Green at the 2007 BAFTA Awards

2006–2013[edit]

Green was considered for roles in The Constant Gardener (a role that went to Rachel Weisz) and The Black Dahlia.[29] She was cast at the last minute for the role of Vesper Lynd in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.[30] Green was approached in mid-2005 but turned it down.[40] Principal photography was already underway, and director Martin Campbell said 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,[42] and approached Green again. She read the script, and found the character of Vesper far deeper than most Bond girls.[40] Green's performance was well received: Entertainment Weekly called her the fourth-best Bond girl of all time;[43] IGN named her the best femme fatale, stating, "This is the girl that broke – and therefore made – James Bond";[44] and she won a BAFTA and an Empire award for her performance. Both awards were voted for by the British public.[45]

Green portrayed the witch Serafina Pekkala in the 2007 film adaptation of The Golden Compass. Green hoped the religious themes of the book would be preserved,[40] but references to Catholicism were removed from the film.[46] Green next appeared in Franklyn, as the tormented artist Emilia,[47] (who Green compared to real-life figures Sophie Calle and Tracey Emin)[48] and the mysterious Sally, who she described as, "full of life, very witty, big sense of humor".[49] She also filmed Cracks, the directorial debut of Jordan Scott, Ridley Scott's daughter, where she plays a teacher at a girls' school named Miss G, who falls in love with one of her pupils. In March 2009, she appeared in Womb, where she plays a woman who clones her dead boyfriend. It is a collaboration between actor Matt Smith and director Benedek Fliegauf.[50]

She was considered for the role eventually played by Cécile de France in Un Secret (2007).[51] Additionally, she was initially approached for the female lead in Lars von Trier's controversial film Antichrist (2009). According to Trier, Green was positive about appearing in the film, but her agents refused to allow her. The unsuccessful casting attempt took two months of the film's pre-production process. Anglo-French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg was subsequently cast in the role.[52] Green later said that she got along well with Trier, "but then we started talking about nudity and sex and so on. It got a bit too far ... It was my dream to work with him, but it's a shame it was on that film that it nearly happened. I'm sure I would have been trashed doing that film".[53]

In 2011, Green signed with United Talent Agency in the US, remaining represented by Tavistock Wood in the UK.[54] Green then starred in the first season of Starz's series, Camelot, as the sorceress Morgan le Fay.[55] Green stated, "This is such an iconic story and you have 10 episodes to explore a character. It's not a girlfriend role that you could have in a movie. It's a real ballsy character. She has some guts."[56]

Green at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

2014–2018[edit]

In 2014, she played Artemisia in the 300 sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire for which she received excellent reviews.[57] Rafer Guzman in his Newsday review stated, "The one bright spot is Eva Green as Xerxes' machinator, Artemesia, a raccoon-eyed warrior princess... Green plays a snarling, insatiable, self-hating femme fatale and completely steals the show."[58] Stephanie Zacharek writing for The Village Voice exclaimed, "Rise of an Empire might have been essentially more of the same, but for one distinction that makes it 300 times better than its predecessor: Mere mortals of Athens, Sparta, and every city from Mumbai to Minneapolis, behold the magnificent Eva Green, and tremble!"[59]

Between May 2014 and 2016, Green starred in the Showtime horror drama series Penny Dreadful as Vanessa Ives.[60] Her performance earned her a nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. She also played the titular role of Ava Lord in the Sin City sequel film, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014).[61]

In 2016, Green reunited with Tim Burton in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a film based on the 2011 novel by Ransom Riggs.[62] Green collaborated once more with Burton in Disney's 2019 live-action adaptation of Dumbo, co-starring with Colin Farrell and Michael Keaton. In 2018, she was appointed as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an honorary award given by the French government.[63]

In 2019, she starred in the French drama film Proxima directed by Alice Winocour. Green's performance in the movie was met with critical acclaim and she was eventually nominated for the César Award for Best Actress.[64] In 2020, she starred as Lydia Wells in the BBC One miniseries The Luminaries, based on the 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton.[65]

A Patriot film abandonment and lawsuit[edit]

In April 2018, it was announced that Green would star in the sci-fi thriller film A Patriot.[66] In August 2020, it was reported that the actress, who was also an executive producer on the project, was suing the production company, White Lantern Film, because it had refused to pay her an £800,000 ($1.04 million) fee after the project was abandoned, and a pay-or-play contract had been agreed on. In its own suit, White Lantern claims Green derailed the film, e.g. demanding that additional expensive crew be hired. The company also claims Green owes it more than £1 million ($1.3 million) after walking away from the project.[67] Green won the lawsuit in April 2023.[68]

During the lawsuit WhatsApp messages between Green and friends included references to her describing potential crew members as "shitty peasants", the production as a "B-shitty-movie" and producer Jake Seal as "pure vomit". However, the Judge found: "She may have said some extremely unpleasant things about Mr Seal and his crew at Black Hangar, but this was borne from a genuine feeling of concern that any film made under Mr Seal’s control would be of very low quality and would not do justice to a script that she and the former directors were passionate about."[69][70]

2022–present[edit]

Green appeared in Nocebo, a thriller produced by teams from Ireland and the Philippines, released on 4 November 2022 in the US and on 9 December 2022 in the UK and Ireland.[71] In June 2021, it was announced that Green would serve as the lead character in the British-French Apple TV+ series Liaison, co-starring Vincent Cassel.[72] The series premiered on 24 February 2023.[73]

In 2023, she portrayed Milady de Winter in two French film adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel The Three Musketeers; The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan and The Three Musketeers: Milady, both directed by Martin Bourboulon.[74]

Personal life[edit]

Green has been living in London since 2005,[75] and has stated that she is happier in England than in France.[76] "The London parks, the people, the humour, it's a great place. You can tell by the different taxi drivers. London taxi drivers are polite and friendly. Parisian ones are just so unhappy. For them the world has too many problems," she said.[76]

Green considers herself "nerdy".[30] She also says, "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."[4][17][30] She lives alone and, by her own account, leads a low-key life when she is not working. When asked in an interview what people would be surprised to find out about her, she responded, "I guess people would be surprised to find out that I am a bit of a homebody. I do not like clubbing or going to wild parties. After a day of shooting, I love to come home and relax by the fire with a glass of wine and a good book. Boring, huh?"[77] Green has expressed interests in taxidermy and entomology; she collects preserved skulls and insects.[78][79]

When asked about her preference to play graphic, sexually charged roles, Green described it as "paradoxical" given her self-confessed shyness. She commented humorously, "I don't really understand why I do that. I need to go through therapy!"[80] Green also favours dark, twisted characters, as they allow her to feel liberated. She spoke about her role in Penny Dreadful as, "it's like I don't have a corset anymore when I'm playing Vanessa, you know? People will think that it's terrible to have fun in a show like that. But I do."[10] However, she has tried to take a variety of divergent roles in order to avoid being typecast.[10]

Green is non-religious Jewish, though she describes herself as "very spiritual" and having complex beliefs about supernatural forces.[10]

Green has expressed interest in returning to theatre.[36] She says she has no plans to work in Hollywood full-time because "the problem with Hollywood is that the studios are super powerful, they have far more power than the directors... [my] ambition at this moment is just to find a good script".[81]

In 2017, she revealed that Harvey Weinstein made an inappropriate advance during a business meeting but she "pushed him off".[82]

Filmography[edit]

Key
Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Piano Teacher Walter's friend Uncredited
2003 The Dreamers Isabelle
2004 Arsène Lupin Clarisse de Dreux-Soubise
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Sibylla, Princess of Jerusalem
2006 Casino Royale Vesper Lynd
2007 The Golden Compass Serafina Pekkala
2008 Franklyn Emilia Bryant / Sally
2009 Cracks Miss G
2010 Womb Rebecca
2011 Perfect Sense Susan
2012 Dark Shadows Angelique Bouchard
2014 White Bird in a Blizzard Eve Connors
300: Rise of an Empire Artemisia
The Salvation Madelaine
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Ava Lord
2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Miss Alma Peregrine
2017 Based on a True Story Elle
Euphoria Emilie
2019 Dumbo Colette Marchant
Proxima Sarah Loreau
2022 Nocebo Christine
2023 The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan Milady de Winter
The Three Musketeers: Milady
TBA Dirty Angels Jake

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Camelot Morgan Pendragon 10 episodes
2014–2016 Penny Dreadful Vanessa Ives 27 episodes
2020 The Luminaries Lydia Wells 6 episodes
2023 Liaison Alison Rowdy 6 episodes

Video game[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2008

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