Emmanuelle Beart at the 'Quand J'Etais Chanteur' premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes, France - 26.05.06

The 42-year-old MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE actress accidentally slipped into acting and quickly fell in love with it.

She says, "I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all.

"I wanted to be a majorette in an Australian circus. I started acting without any vocation and I continued out of love."