Eva Green’s 7 Sexiest Roles, From “The Dreamers” to “Sin City”
Ever since her breakout big screen role in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers, actress Eva Green has not shied away from on-screen sex scenes. Whether the pent-up housewife of White Bird in a Blizzard, the femme fatale of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, or the medium Vanessa Ives in *Penny Drea*dful, she’s had her share of sometimes-controversial, always-steamy moments in film and television. Here, W cover star Eva Green’s top seven sexiest roles, from that first, NC-17-rated part in The Dreamers to today.
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In what is perhaps Green’s most infamous role to date, she plays the twin sister Isabelle of Louis Garrel’s Théo. The film earned an NC-17 rating for its graphic depiction of the sexual relationship between the siblings and Michael Pitt’s Matthew, an American exchange student staying with them, who begins a relationship with Isabelle. Photo courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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In 300: Rise of an Empire (2014), the follow-up to 2007’s 300, Green plays a vengeful naval commander named Artemisia who seduces Athenian general Themistocles. Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.
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The Sundance-approved 2011 film Perfect Sense features a steamy scene between Green’s character, an epidemiologist named Susan, and Ewan McGregor’s character Michael, a chef. Photo courtesy IFC Films.
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In the Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller-directed 2014 follow-up to Sin City, Green plays the titular “Dame to Kill For.” Photo courtesy Dimension Films.
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Though White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) is now best known as Shailene Woodley’s breakout moment, it also features a series of flashbacks in which Green, who plays Woodley’s mother, explores her sexuality as she ages. Photo courtesy Magnolia Pictures.
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For Tim Burton’s 2012 horror-comedy Dark Shadows, Green and Johnny Depp share a night of undead vampire sex. Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Green has starred in Showtime’s Penny Dreadful since 2014; a recurring theme is her character Vanessa Ives’s inexorable attraction to Reeve Carney’s Dorian Gray, based on the Oscar Wilde character of the same name. Photo courtesy Showtime.
