Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

1971-07-21 London, England, UK 96 Credits

Biography

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English-French actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg. She has acted in many films, including collaborations with Lars von Trier, and received two César Awards and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award 2009 for the movie Antichrist, among many nominations.

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The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

2025

as 1st Wife

6.9
Acting

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon becom...

Belle

Belle

2025

as Cléa

6.5
Acting

A couple have a peaceful existence in a small provincial town. He is a teacher and she runs an opticians practical. Their life is turned upside when B...

Twiggy

Twiggy

2025

as Self

7.2
Acting

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 196...

As Time Goes By

As Time Goes By

2024

Acting

Anthony Vaccarello presents “As Time Goes By,” inspired by Marcel Proust's masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Love, Togetherness, Dreaming, Desire,...

Jane Birkin by Friends

Jane Birkin by Friends

2024

as Self

Acting

Jane Birkin was scheduled to perform at the Olympia in Paris on February 3, 2024. After she passed away on July 16, 2023, her daughters and her friend...

Meet the Leroys

Meet the Leroys

2024

as Sandrine Leroy

6.3
Acting

A man takes his wife and their teenage children on a road trip down memory lane while facing divorce.

Tout sauf l’ennui

Tout sauf l’ennui

2023

as Charlotte Gainsbourg

6.0
Acting
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself

2023

as Self - Actress

7.9
Acting

A portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishing, fascinating, damaged and poetic work.

Life For Real

Life For Real

2023

as Roxane

5.4
Acting

Tridan Lagache has spent his whole life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigns from the vacation spot where he was born, determ...

The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye

2022

as Patsy

6.8
Acting

West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New Y...

The Almond and the Seahorse

The Almond and the Seahorse

2022

as Toni

4.8
Acting

For Gwen, it's always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn't recognizable to her despite waking up together every day. Joe's...

Je connais personne

Je connais personne

2022

as Self

7.0
Acting

Since he was a child, Estèphe dreams to work in the movie industry, alongside those whom he watches films with passion. Cinema become quickly a leisur...

The Passengers of the Night

The Passengers of the Night

2022

as Elisabeth

6.8
Acting

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marr...

Sundown

Sundown

2022

as Alice Bennett

6.2
Acting

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.

Jane by Charlotte

Jane by Charlotte

2022

as Self

7.1
Acting

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselve...

Jane by Charlotte

Jane by Charlotte

2022

Director, Producer, Screenplay

7.1
Directing Producing Writing

Charlotte Gainsbourg looks at her mother Jane Birkin in a way she never did, overcoming a sense of reserve. Using a camera lens, they expose themselve...

The Accusation

The Accusation

2021

as Claire Farel

7.1
Acting

The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a ...

Suzanna Andler

Suzanna Andler

2021

as Suzanna

4.8
Acting

Accompanied by her lover, Suzanna, 40, views a Riviera beach house for her family's summer vacation. This day, this break in her routine, in this new ...

French Water

French Water

2021

4.6
Acting

A lone waiter observes a group of party guests as they search for one another throughout a strange, cavernous venue.

April 2020 Paris

April 2020 Paris

2020

as Frances

7.0
Acting

A breezy story of everyday connections, set during Paris’s first lockdown.

Lux Æterna

Lux Æterna

2020

as Charlotte

6.1
Acting

Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches.

Le festival des festivals

Le festival des festivals

2020

as Self

Acting
Agnes V. by Jane B.

Agnes V. by Jane B.

2020

as Self (Archive Footage)

Acting

Actor Jane Birkin talks about her friendship with director Agnes Varda, and about their work on 'Jane B. Par Agnes V.' and Kung-Fu Master!'.

My Dog Stupid

My Dog Stupid

2019

as Cécile Mohen

6.0
Acting

Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration who has published nothing worthy of note in years. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his wif...

Oh Les Filles!

Oh Les Filles!

2019

as Self

7.4
Acting

What if French Rock were born with Edith Piaf? From sweet sixties pop to today's gender-indifferent anthems, from feminist rebels of the seventies to...

Le cri du rhinocéros

Le cri du rhinocéros

2018

as Self

5.0
Acting

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him....

I Think We're Alone Now

I Think We're Alone Now

2018

as Violet

5.8
Acting

After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for him...

The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2018

Thanks

7.1

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering...

Promise at Dawn

Promise at Dawn

2017

as Nina Kacew

7.3
Acting

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this...

The Snowman

The Snowman

2017

as Rakel

5.2
Acting

Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Ismael's Ghosts

Ismael's Ghosts

2017

as Sylvia

5.6
Acting

Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, pr...

Dark Crimes

Dark Crimes

2016

as Kasia

4.6
Acting

Tadek, a Polish detective, becomes suspicious of a controversial author when the incidents described in his unpublished novel resemble the inner worki...

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence

2016

as Dr. Catherine Marceaux

5.3
Acting

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protec...

Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'

Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'

2016

as Self

Acting

Interviews about the making of the film and behind the scenes footage

The Jews

The Jews

2016

as Mathilde

4.3
Acting

Four separate stories deal with stereotypical ideas about Jews: their alleged influence on politics, the stereotype of Jewish business-mindedness, the...

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

2016

as Alex Green

5.5
Acting

A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new Prime Minister of Israel.

Every Thing Will Be Fine

Every Thing Will Be Fine

2015

as Kate

5.4
Acting

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Wi...

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

8.0
Acting
Samba

Samba

2014

as Alice

6.3
Acting

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recent...

3 Hearts

3 Hearts

2014

as Sylvie Berger

5.5
Acting

A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.

Misunderstood

Misunderstood

2014

as Madre

6.3
Acting

Rome, 1984, Aria is nine-year-old girl. On the verge of divorce, Aria's infantile and selfish parents are too preoccupied with their careers and extra...

His Wife

His Wife

2014

as Catherine de Rosa

5.3
Acting

Gracie, a young Tamil woman living near Madras, has been having behavioural disorders since the day she was married. The memory of her French friend C...

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

2014

as La colonelle Bubunne XVII

5.5
Acting

In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013

as Joe

6.7
Acting

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

2013

as Joe

6.8
Acting

A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac...

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's

2012

as Self (archive footage)

Acting
Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

2012

as Lilly

4.4
Acting

In this lively French remake of Humpday, best buds reunite and revive their friendship on a questionable dare. Can two straight guys really make a gay...

Confession of a Child of the Century

Confession of a Child of the Century

2012

as Brigitte

4.6
Acting

Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte,...

Melancholia

Melancholia

2011

as Claire

7.2
Acting

Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s be...

Souvenirs of Serge

Souvenirs of Serge

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Thirty years after their separation, Jane Birkin goes back, dipping into the memories of the family holidays she shared with Serge Gainsbourg. With he...

The Tree

The Tree

2010

as Dawn O'Neil

6.4
Acting

The O'Neills lived happily in their house in the Australian countryside. That was until one day fate struck blindly, taking the life of Peter, the fat...

Gainsbourg and His Girls

Gainsbourg and His Girls

2010

as Self - Daughter (voice)

4.1
Acting

Provocative, misunderstood, unloved, cynical poet... Serge Gainsbourg as seen by the women in his life: Juliette Gréco, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, ...

Persecution

Persecution

2009

as Sonia

4.5
Acting

A solitary man and his partner share a tense love/hate relationship. Their lives are disrupted when a stranger enters, gradually insinuating himself i...

Antichrist

Antichrist

2009

as She

6.6
Acting

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course...

The City of Your Final Destination

The City of Your Final Destination

2009

as Arden Langdon

5.7
Acting

28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get throu...

The Beaches of Agnès

The Beaches of Agnès

2008

as Self (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with t...

Etienne Daho : An Evening with Daho

Etienne Daho : An Evening with Daho

2008

as Self

Acting

An Evening with Daho is a live DVD live from Étienne released in December 2008. The DVD includes all tracks of the Album L'Invitation, including seve...

I'm Not There

I'm Not There

2007

as Claire

6.5
Acting

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger...

I Do

I Do

2006

as Emma

6.4
Acting

Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and f...

Golden Door

Golden Door

2006

as Lucy Reed

6.5
Acting

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all ...

The Science of Sleep

The Science of Sleep

2006

as Stéphanie

7.0
Acting

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

French Beauty

French Beauty

2005

Acting

A story about the riddle of femininity in French cinema.

Lemming

Lemming

2005

as Bénédicte Getty

6.7
Acting

After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of ...

One Stays, the Other Leaves

One Stays, the Other Leaves

2005

as Judith

5.2
Acting

A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his...

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

2004

as Gabrielle

5.9
Acting

Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

as Mary Rivers

7.3
Acting

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of t...

Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes

2003

Thanks

A documentary directed by Birkin's friend, who produced the Birkin's Arabesque concert at the Odeon in Paris as well as published a book of photos of ...

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Acting

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

La merveilleuse odyssée de l'idiot Toboggan

2002

as (voice)

Acting

This program of short films by Vincent Ravalec (Never twice, Le Masseur and Les Mots de l'amour) deals with themes such as desire and death through th...

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés

2001

7.5
Acting
Felix and Lola

Felix and Lola

2001

as Lola

6.0
Acting

Félix, operator of dodgem cars in a fairground, becomes obsessed by one of his customers, a mysterious young woman named Lola. Félix soon discovers th...

My Wife Is an Actress

My Wife Is an Actress

2001

as Charlotte

6.2
Acting

A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems i...

Passionnément

Passionnément

2000

as Alice Almeida

3.0
Acting

On the island of Porquerolles, Alice spies on Bernard, a man who has returned to France after living in Brazil for some years. The two had once been l...

Season's Beatings

Season's Beatings

1999

as Milla Robin

5.9
Acting

Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; ...

The Intruder

The Intruder

1999

as Catherine Girard

4.1
Acting

Catherine meets Nick by accident and, after a whirlwind romance, the two get married and Catherine moves into Nick's apartment only that's the start o...

Love, etc.

Love, etc.

1996

as Marie

5.6
Acting

A triangle: love, obsession, and choice. Pierre, a ladies' man who has little cash and no fixed residence, describes his best friend Benoît as the wor...

Anna Oz

Anna Oz

1996

as Anna Oz

4.0
Acting

This taut psychological chiller tells the twisted story of Anna, a woman living in Paris, whose dreams of her Venetian counterpart, a secretive young ...

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1996

as Jane Eyre

6.9
Acting

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

Dead Tired

Dead Tired

1994

as Charlotte Gainsbourg

6.0
Acting

Stressed and overworked, famous French movie star Michel Blanc is beginning to wear down, physically and mentally, from the pressure and demands of fa...

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

1994

6.0
Acting
The Cement Garden

The Cement Garden

1993

as Julie

6.8
Acting

After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to ...

Lover

Lover

1992

as Marie

5.4
Acting

Marie lives with Antoine, but while he is away she meets Paul, a filmmaker visiting from Canada. Paul is instantly smitten and wants her to marry him....

Against Oblivion

Against Oblivion

1991

as Self

6.5
Acting

Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea ...

In the Eyes of the World

In the Eyes of the World

1991

as Juliette Mangin

5.5
Acting

Bruno's girlfriend, who lives in another town, doesn't believe he loves her. Therefore, he decides to prove his love by doing something "crazy" and en...

Thank You, Life

Thank You, Life

1991

as Camille Pelleveau

6.4
Acting

Camille, a naïve schoolgirl, meets an intriguing influence in Joelle, a slightly older and much more experienced spirit. Camille follows her new frien...

Night Sun

Night Sun

1990

as Matilda

5.5
Acting

Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel, Father Sergius, Night Sun stars Julian Sands as Sergio, a nobleman in 18th-century Italy who is expected to marry a duch...

The Little Thief

The Little Thief

1988

as Janine Castang

6.3
Acting

In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; ...

Kung-Fu Master!

Kung-Fu Master!

1988

as Lucy

6.5
Acting

A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt ...

Jane B. by Agnès V.

Jane B. by Agnès V.

1988

as J's Daughter

6.8
Acting

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend t...

Charlotte for Ever

Charlotte for Ever

1986

as Charlotte

5.0
Acting

Once a successful Hollywood screenwriter, Stan is now a depressive alcoholic who spends most of his time mooching about his house whilst pouring out h...

An Impudent Girl

An Impudent Girl

1985

as Charlotte Castang

6.5
Acting

Charlotte Castang is a working-class 13-year-old girl, who lives in a drab, run-down neighbourhood, and is ready to become an adult. Her mother died g...

The Temptation of Isabelle

The Temptation of Isabelle

1985

as The child

5.6
Acting

Bruno devises a mean to test the love of his girlfriend Isabelle. Since Isabelle had been in love with Alain in the past, Bruno invites Alain to a sur...

Paroles et musique

Paroles et musique

1984

as Charlotte Marker

5.1
Acting

When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also ...

Charlotte etc.

Charlotte etc.

N/A

as Self

Acting

A 2010 interview with actor Charlotte Gainsbourg on the film Antichrist.

An Ocean Apart

N/A

as Simone de Beauvoir

Acting

Set in Paris and Chicago in the late 1940s, "An Ocean Apart" revolves around the passionate, tempestuous love affair between Left Bank feminist writer...

Gisèle

N/A

as Gisèle Halimi

Acting

Follows the lawyer Gisèle Halimi and her historic defense of Basque individuals accused of crimes committed during the conflict in Basque Country.