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New York Times - Found Jun. 2, 2009
... unsettling of the grim entries at this years Cannes Film Festival, Lars von Triers Antichrist stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe as a...
The FADER Magazine - Found May. 28, 2009
... a time, FADER made a few film issues, the last of which was graced by the beautiful visage of Charlotte Gainsbourg, then about to appear as...
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Charlotte Gainsbourg is a French actress best known for her work in 21 Grams (2003) and Jane Eyre (1996). On Sunday she won the "Best Actress" ...
First Post - Found May. 25, 2009
In Antichrist, by the Danish director Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg plays a psychotic woman who goes on a spree of self-mutilation and...
CJFW - Found May. 25, 2009
CANNES, France - Charlotte Gainsbourg has won the best-actress honour at the Cannes Film Festival for a movie that shocked audiences with its
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... clergyman has pursued his own picaresque path through pop, writing music for Ute Lemper and Charlotte Gainsbourg as well as concocting themes...
JoBlo Movie Emporium - Found Jul. 3, 2009
The flick stars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as 'He' and 'She' respectively.
JoBlo Movie Emporium - Found Jul. 1, 2009
... that has me intrigued like a mofo is Lars von Trier's bizarre and controversial ANTICHRIST, starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Capitol Weekly - Found Jul. 1, 2009
He hires his best friend?s younger sister Emmanuelle (the adorable Charlotte Gainsbourg) to play the role of the perfect bride who will...
Digital Spy - Found Jul. 1, 2009
Starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, the movie will open in UK cinemas on July 17. Click below to watch the trailer.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Charlotte Lucy Gainsburg |
| Born | 21 July 1971 London, England |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genre(s) | French pop |
| Occupation(s) | actress, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1986 - present |
| Label(s) | Phonogram Records, Atlantic Records, Because Music, Vice Recordings |
Charlotte Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971 as Charlotte Lucy Gainsburg) is a French-English actress and singer-songwriter.
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Personal life
Gainsbourg was born in London,1 but was raised in Paris. She is the daughter of British actress and singer Jane Birkin and French actor/singer Serge Gainsbourg. Her maternal grandmother was actress Judy Campbell and her uncle is the screenwriter Andrew Birkin, who directed her in The Cement Garden. Gainsbourg's longtime partner and spouse is the French actor/director Yvan Attal,2 with whom she has two children, Ben (born on 12 June 1997) and Alice (born on 8 November 2002)3.
On 5 September 2007, Gainsbourg was rushed to a Paris hospital where she underwent surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage. She had been experiencing headaches since a minor water skiing accident in the United States several weeks prior.4
Career
Acting
Gainsbourg made her motion picture debut playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the film Paroles et musique (1984). 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.
In 1996, Gainsbourg starred as the title character in Jane Eyre, the acclaimed film adaption of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel.
In 2007, Gainsbourg appeared as Claire in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, also contributing a cover of the Dylan song "Just Like a Woman" to the film's soundtrack.
In 2008, she appeared alongside Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney in the film The City of Your Final Destination. She will soon start filming for the Patrice Chereau film project Persecution.
In 2009, she won the award for Best Actress at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for the film Antichrist.5
Music
Gainsbourg made her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" in 1984.6 Two years later, she released her debut album Charlotte for Ever, which was produced by her father.
In 2000, Gainsbourg was featured on the Madonna album, Music on the track "What It Feels Like For A Girl". There is a lengthy spoken intro by Gainsbourg, taken from the film The Cement Garden, which inspired the title of the song. The track was further remixed for the single version of this song in 2001, with Gainsbourg's The Cement Garden speech repeated during the song.
In 2004, she sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If".
In 2006, Gainsbourg released her second album 5:55 to critical acclaim and commercial success, reaching the top spot on the French charts and achieving platinum status in the country. In the UK, the album was moderately successful, reaching #78 (The single "The Songs That We Sing" only made #129).
Gainsbourg is currently working on her third studio album. It has also been confirmed that Beck is working on the upcoming album.78
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | Paroles et musique | Charlotte Marker | |
| 1985 | La tentation d'Isabelle | L'enfant | |
| L'Effrontée | Charlotte Castang | César Award for Most Promising Actress | |
| 1986 | Charlotte For Ever | Charlotte | Serge Gainsbourg film |
| 1988 | La Petit Amour | Lucy | aka Kung-fu master! |
| Jane B. par Agnès V. | La fille de J. | Agnès Varda film | |
| The Little Thief | Janine Castang | aka La petite voleuse | |
| 1990 | Il sole anche di notte | Matilda | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani film |
| 1991 | Merci la vie | Camille Pelleveau | |
| Aux yeux du monde | Juliette Mangin | Éric Rochant film | |
| 1992 | Amoureuse | Marie | aka The Lover |
| 1993 | The Cement Garden | Julie | Andrew Birkin film |
| 1994 | Grosse Fatigue | Herself | aka Dead Tired |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | Franco Zeffirelli film |
| Anna Oz | Anna Oz | Éric Rochant film | |
| Love etc. | Marie | Marion Vernoux film | |
| 1999 | The Intruder | Catherine Girard | |
| La Bûche | Milla Robin | aka Season's Beatings | |
| 2000 | Passionnément | Alice Almeida | aka Passionately |
| 2001 | Félix et Lola | Lola | Patrice Leconte film |
| My Wife Is an Actress | Charlotte | aka Ma Femme est une actrice | |
| 2002 | La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan | Voice | |
| 2003 | 21 Grams | Mary Rivers | |
| 2004 | Une star internationale | Herself | Short film |
| Ils Se Marièrent et Eurent Beaucoup d'Enfants | Gabrielle | aka ...And They Lived Happily Ever After | |
| 2005 | L'un reste, l'autre part | Judith | aka One Stays, the Other Leaves |
| Lemming | Bénédicte Getty | Dominik Moll film | |
| 2006 | Nuovomondo | Lucy Reed | aka The Golden Door |
| Prête-moi ta main | Emma | aka I Do/Rent a Wife | |
| La Science des rêves | Stéphanie | aka The Science of Sleep | |
| 2007 | I'm Not There | Claire | Todd Haynes film |
| 2008 | The City of Your Final Destination | Arden Langdon | Awaiting release |
| 2009 | Antichrist | She | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award |
| Persécution | TBC | Patrice Chéreau film | |
| Television | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier | Miniseries |
| Les misérables | Fantine | Miniseries | |
Discography
- Charlotte for Ever (1986)
- 5:55 (2006)
References
- ^ Source of real name and birth date: birth certificate provided by the French Ministère des affaires étrangères, according to this web site
- ^ Movie Habit: Interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal
- ^ http://www.gala.fr/les_stars/leurs_bio/charlotte_gainsbourg
- ^ "Charlotte Gainsbourg has emergency brain surgery". NME. 06 September 07. http://www.nme.com/news/charlotte-gainsbourg/30949.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Antichrist". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10893001/year/2009.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-09.
- ^ Charlotte's web - Times Online
- ^ "BECK TO APPEAR ON CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG ALBUM". Contact Music. 19 November 2008. http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/beck%20to%20appear%20on%20charlotte%20gainsbourg%20album_1087044.
- ^ "Beck collaborates with Charlotte Gainsbourg on new album". NME. 18 November 2008. http://www.nme.com/news/beck/41142.
External links
- Official website
- Review of 5:55 on Subculture Magazine
- Interview with Jean-Paul Enthoven, L'Officiel, September 2001
- Charlotte Gainsbourg at the Internet Movie Database
