Charlotte Gainsbourg Biography

Charlotte Gainsbourg (born on July 21, 1971) is a French actress and singer.

Biography

Charlotte Gainsbourg was born in London, United Kingdom and raised in Paris, France.  Gainsbourg's father is Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is Jane Birkin. She made her motion picture debut playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the 1984 film Paroles et musique.

In 1986, Charlotte Gainsbourg won a César Award for "Most Promising Actress" for L'effrontée, and in 2000 she won "Best Supporting Actress" for the film La Bûche.

In 1994, Charlotte made her stage debut in David Mamet's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse.

Charlotte Gainsbourg has sung the title song in three of her films and has released one album. In 2004, Gainsbourg sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If".

Charlotte Gainsbourg lives with the French actor and director Yvan Attal, and they have two children.

Discography List

• "Charlotte For Ever" (1986)
• "5:55" (2006)

Film List

• The City of Your Final Destination (2007, by James Ivory)
• Prête-moi ta main (2006)
• The Science of Sleep (2006) - Stéphanie
• The Golden Door (2006) - Lucia
• I'm Not There (2006)
• Lemming (2005) - Bénédicte Getty
• L'un reste, l'autre part (2005) - Judith
• ...And They Lived Happily Ever After (2004, by Yvan Attal) - Gabrielle
• 21 Grams (2003) - Mary Rivers
• La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan (2002) (voice)
• My Wife Is an Actress (2001, by Yvan Attal) - Charlotte
• Félix et Lola (2001, by Patrice Leconte) - Lola
• Nurenberg (2000, TV)
• Les Misérables (2000, TV)
• Passionnément (1999) - Alice Almeida (previous title "Le soleil de plus près")
• La Bûche (1999) - Milla Robin (nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress)
• The Intruder (1999) - Catherine Girard
• Love, etc... (1996) - Marie (nominated for the César Award for Best Actress)
• Anna Oz (1996) - Anna Oz
• Jane Eyre (1996) - Jane Eyre
• Grosse fatigue (1994) - Herself
• The Cement Garden (1993, by Andrew Birkin) - Julie
• Amoureuse (1991, by Jacques Doillon) - Marie
• Merci la vie (1991) - Camille Pelleveau
• Contre l'oubli (1991) - (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagran Morales, Guatémala")
• Il sole anche di notte (1990) - Matilda
• Aux yeux du monde (1990) - Juliette Mangin
• The Little Thief (1988) - Janine Castang (nominated for the César Award for Best Actress)
• Jane B. par Agnès V. (1987) - La fille de J.
• Le Petit amour (1987) - Lucy
• Charlotte For Ever (1986, by Gainsbourg) - Charlotte
• L'Effrontée (1985) - Charlotte Castang (won for the César Award for Most Promising Actress)
• La temptation d'Isabelle (1985, by Jacques Doillon) - L'enfant
• Paroles et Musique (1984) - Charlotte Marker