She switched to the American School in France for one year. Eva's mother was born in Algeria, of French, Spanish, and Sephardic Jewish heritage (during that time, Algeria was part of France), and Eva's father is of Swedish, French, and Breton descent. Her mother, Marlène Jobert, is an actress turned children's book writer. Her father, Walter Green, is a dentist who appeared in the 1966 film Au hasard Balthazar (1966). French actress and model Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France.