The film brought her a wider international exposure. In 2005, she co-starred, opposite Orlando Bloom and Liam Neeson, in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), produced and directed by Ridley Scott. After 'The Dreamers', Green played the love interest of cult French gentleman-thief, Arsène Lupin (2004), opposite Romain Duris. Green won critical acclaim for her role in The Dreamers (2003). During their work, Bertolucci described Green as being 'so beautiful it's indecent'. She studied for two months with an English coach before doing The Dreamers (2003) with Bernardo Bertolucci. Green followed a recommendation to work on her English. There, she caught the eye of director Bernardo Bertolucci. She returned to Paris as an accomplished young actress, and played on stage in several theater productions: 'La Jalousie en Trois Fax' and 'Turcaret'.

She left the American School and studied acting at Saint Paul Drama School in Paris for three years, then had a 10-week polishing course at the Weber Douglas Academy of dramatic Art in London. 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 Balthazar (1966). French actress and model Eva Gaëlle Green was born on July 6, 1980, in Paris, France.

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