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'Charlotte Gainsbourg' (born on ) is an Anglo-French actress and singer.

Contents

Biography

Career

Filmography

Discography

Contributions

References

External links

Biography

Gainsbourg was born in London, England and raised in Paris, France. Her father is Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is Jane Birkin.

Career

Gainsbourg made her motion picture ''début'' playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the 1984 film ''Paroles et musique.'' Her musical debut was made with her father on the song ''Lemon Incest.''^[1]
In 1986, 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, Gainsbourg made her stage debut in David Mamet's ''Oleanna'' at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse.
Gainsbourg has sung the title song in three of her films and has released two albums. In 2004, she sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If".
Gainsbourg's longtime boyfriend, and now spouse according to some sites,^[2] is the French actor and director Yvan Attal, and they have two children, Ben and Alice.
Late on September 5, 2007, she was rushed into a Paris hospital where she went under surgery for cerebral haemorrhage. She had had headaches since a light water ski accident in the United States, a couple of weeks before.

Filmography

★ ''The City of Your Final Destination'' (2007, by James Ivory)

★ ''I'm Not There'' (2007)

★ ''Prête-moi ta main'' (2006)

★ ''The Science of Sleep'' (2006) - Stéphanie

★ ''The Golden Door'' (2006) - Lucia

★ ''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 tentation d'Isabelle'' (1985, by Jacques Doillon) - L'enfant

★ ''Paroles et Musique'' (1984) - Charlotte Marker

Discography

'Albums':

★ ''Charlotte for Ever'' (1986)

★ '' (2006)

Contributions

★ "Love, etc..." (1996, soundtrack CD, 1 title song only)

★ duet with Étienne Daho "If" (single from Daho's 2004 album ''Réévolution'')

★ Charlotte performed the spoken introduction (a sample from The Cement Garden) on Madonna's 2001 single "What It Feels Like for a Girl". She says:

"Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots, 'cause it's okay to be a boy, but for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you? What it feels like for a girl."

★ She also did background vocals on the Badly Drawn Boy songs "What Is It Now?" and "Using Our Feet". Both tracks are from his third album, ''Have You Fed the Fish?''.

★ Charlotte and Jarvis Cocker performed a duet on "The Duelist", a track that appears on the 2007 release ''Pocket Symphony'' by Air.

References

1. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article1849617.ece
2. Charlotte Gainsbourg trivia for her entry in the Internet Movie Database[1]

External links

★ Official website

★ Review of "5:55" on Subculture Magazine

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★ 2007 Charlotte Gainsbourg interview by Michel Gondry on Vbs.tv