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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as 1st Wife
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
2025
as Cléa
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
2025
as Self
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
2024
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
2024
as Self
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
2024
as Sandrine Leroy
A man takes his wife and their teenage children on a road trip down memory lane while facing divorce.

Tout sauf l’ennui
2023
as Charlotte Gainsbourg

Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023
as Self - Actress
A portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishing, fascinating, damaged and poetic work.

Life For Real
2023
as Roxane
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
2022
as Patsy
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
2022
as Toni
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
2022
as Self
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
2022
as Elisabeth
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
2022
as Alice Bennett
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
2022
as Self
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
2022
Director, Producer, Screenplay
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
2021
as Claire Farel
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
2021
as Suzanna
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
2021
A lone waiter observes a group of party guests as they search for one another throughout a strange, cavernous venue.

April 2020 Paris
2020
as Frances
A breezy story of everyday connections, set during Paris’s first lockdown.

Lux Æterna
2020
as Charlotte
Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches.

Le festival des festivals
2020
as Self

Agnes V. by Jane B.
2020
as Self (Archive Footage)
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
2019
as Cécile Mohen
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!
2019
as Self
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
2018
as Self
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
2018
as Violet
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
2018
Thanks
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
2017
as Nina Kacew
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
2017
as Rakel
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.

Ismael's Ghosts
2017
as Sylvia
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
2016
as Kasia
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
2016
as Dr. Catherine Marceaux
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'
2016
as Self
Interviews about the making of the film and behind the scenes footage

The Jews
2016
as Mathilde
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
2016
as Alex Green
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
2015
as Kate
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
2014

Samba
2014
as Alice
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
2014
as Sylvie Berger
A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.

Misunderstood
2014
as Madre
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
2014
as Catherine de Rosa
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
2014
as La colonelle Bubunne XVII
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
2013
as Joe
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
2013
as Joe
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
2012
as Self (archive footage)

Do Not Disturb
2012
as Lilly
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
2012
as Brigitte
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
2011
as Claire
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
2011
as Self (archive footage)
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
2010
as Dawn O'Neil
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
2010
as Self - Daughter (voice)
Provocative, misunderstood, unloved, cynical poet... Serge Gainsbourg as seen by the women in his life: Juliette Gréco, Vanessa Paradis, Jane Birkin, ...

Persecution
2009
as Sonia
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
2009
as She
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
2009
as Arden Langdon
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
2008
as Self (archive footage)
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
2008
as Self
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
2007
as Claire
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
2006
as Emma
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
2006
as Lucy Reed
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
2006
as Stéphanie
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

French Beauty
2005
A story about the riddle of femininity in French cinema.

Lemming
2005
as Bénédicte Getty
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
2005
as Judith
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
2004
as Gabrielle
Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

21 Grams
2003
as Mary Rivers
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
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
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
2002
as (voice)
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
2001

Felix and Lola
2001
as Lola
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
2001
as Charlotte
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
2000
as Alice Almeida
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
1999
as Milla Robin
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
1999
as Catherine Girard
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.
1996
as Marie
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
1996
as Anna Oz
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
1996
as Jane Eyre
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
1994
as Charlotte Gainsbourg
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
1994

The Cement Garden
1993
as Julie
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
1992
as Marie
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
1991
as Self
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
1991
as Juliette Mangin
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
1991
as Camille Pelleveau
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
1990
as Matilda
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
1988
as Janine Castang
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!
1988
as Lucy
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.
1988
as J's Daughter
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
1986
as Charlotte
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
1985
as Charlotte Castang
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
1985
as The child
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
1984
as Charlotte Marker
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.
N/A
as Self
A 2010 interview with actor Charlotte Gainsbourg on the film Antichrist.
An Ocean Apart
N/A
as Simone de Beauvoir
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
Follows the lawyer Gisèle Halimi and her historic defense of Basque individuals accused of crimes committed during the conflict in Basque Country.