Charlotte Gainsbourg
Background information
Birth name	Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg
Born	21 July 1971 London, England
Genre(s)	French pop
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1986 - present
Label(s)	Phonogram Records, Because Music
Associated acts	Serge Gainsbourg Jane Birkin
Website	Official Website

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She was born in London, United Kingdom and raised in Paris, France. Her father is Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is Jane Birkin. She made her motion picture début playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the 1984 film Paroles et musique. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Region ÃŽle-de-France Department Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land area¹ 86. ... Serge Gainsbourg (April 2, 1928 – March 2, 1991) was a French poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director. ... Birkin in 2005 Jane Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an actress and singer. ... Catherine Deneuve at Cannes in 2000. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1986, she won a César Award for "Most Promising Actress" for L'effrontée, and in 2000 she won "Best Supporting Actress" for the film La Bûche. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The César Award is the national film award of France first given out in 1975. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 1994, she made her stage debut in David Mamet's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, poet, essayist and novelist. ... Oleanna is a play by David Mamet about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students who accuses him of sexual harassment and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure. ...

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". 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Étienne Daho (born January 14, 1956 in Oran) is a French singer who has racked up an extensive number of pop hits in the French-speaking world since 1981. ...

She lives with the French actor and director Yvan Attal, and they have two children, Ben and Alice. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Yvan Attal (born January 4, 1965) is a French actor and director. ...

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

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Discography

Albums:

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

Charlotte For Ever is the debut album by French musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, released in 1986. ...

Contributions

• "Love, etc..." (1996, soundtrack CD, 1 title song only)
• duet with Etienne Daho "If" (single from Daho's 2004 album Réévolution)
• Gainsbourg 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."

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External links

• Official website
• Review of "5:55" on Subculture Magazine
• Charlotte Gainsbourg at the Internet Movie Database
• Artmedia
• A Tribute to Gainsbourg, Charlotte Gainsbourg interprète