Charlotte Gainsbourg

Born 1971 · French and British actress and singer

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is a French and British actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the age of 15. More than 20 years passed before Gainsbourg released albums as an adult, to commercial and critical success. 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, among many nominations.

Charlotte Gainsbourg, in order

1984 Love Songs: acted · directed by Élie Chouraqui
1985 An Impudent Girl: acted · directed by Claude Miller
1985 La tentation d'Isabelle: acted · directed by Jacques Doillon
1986 Charlotte for Ever: acted · directed by Serge Gainsbourg
1988 Jane B. par Agnès V.: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · critics 100%, audiences 72%
1988 Kung Fu Master: acted · directed by Agnès Varda and Gordon Chan · critics 100%, audiences 72% · streaming on Criterion Channel
1988 The Little Thief: acted · directed by Claude Miller
1990 The Sun Also Shines at Night: acted · directed by Paolo Taviani and Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
1991 Against Oblivion: acted · directed by Alain Corneau and Alain Resnais
1991 In the Eyes of the World: acted · directed by Éric Rochant
1991 Merci la vie: acted · directed by Bertrand Blier
1992 Amoureuse: acted · directed by Jacques Doillon
1993 The Cement Garden: acted · directed by Andrew Birkin
1994 Grosse Fatigue: acted · directed by Michel Blanc · critics 50%, audiences 55%
1996 Anna Oz: acted · directed by Éric Rochant
1996 Jane Eyre: acted · directed by Franco Zeffirelli
1996 Love, etc.: acted · directed by Marion Vernoux
1999 Season's Beatings: acted · directed by Danièle Thompson
1999 The Intruder: acted · directed by David Bailey
2000 Les Misérables (TV movie): acted · directed by Josée Dayan
2000 Nuremberg (TV movie): acted · directed by Yves Simoneau
2000 Passionnément: acted · directed by Bruno Nuytten
2001 Félix et Lola: acted · directed by Patrice Leconte
2001 My Wife Is an Actress: acted · directed by Yvan Attal
2003 21 Grams: acted · directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu · critics 79%, audiences 86%
2004 Happily Ever After: acted · directed by Yvan Attal
2005 L'un reste, l'autre part: acted · directed by Claude Berri
2005 Lemming: acted · directed by Dominik Moll · critics 72%, audiences 61%
2006 I Do: acted · directed by Éric Lartigau
2006 Nuovomondo: acted · directed by Emanuele Crialese
2006 The Science of Sleep: acted · directed by Michel Gondry
2007 I'm Not There: acted · directed by Todd Haynes
2009 Antichrist: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
2009 Persécution: acted · directed by Patrice Chéreau
2009 The City of Your Final Destination: acted · directed by James Ivory
2010 The Tree: acted · directed by Julie Bertuccelli
2011 Melancholia: acted · directed by Lars von Trier · critics 80%, audiences 67% · streaming on fuboTV, Peacock, Philo
2012 Confession of a Child of the Century: acted · directed by Sylvie Verheyde
2012 Do Not Disturb: acted · directed by Yvan Attal
2013 Nymphomaniac: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
2013 Nymphomaniac: Volume I: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
2013 Nymphomaniac: Volume II: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
2014 3 Hearts: acted · directed by Benoît Jacquot
2014 His Wife: acted · directed by Michel Spinosa
2014 Jacky in the Kingdom of Women: acted · directed by Riad Sattouf
2014 Misunderstood: acted · directed by Asia Argento
2014 Nymphomaniac Director's Cut: acted · directed by Lars von Trier
2014 Samba: acted · directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
2015 Every Thing Will Be Fine: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 28%, audiences 24% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
2016 Dark Crimes: acted · directed by Alexandros Avranas
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence: acted · directed by Roland Emmerich · critics 29%, audiences 30%
2016 Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer: acted · directed by Joseph Cedar
2017 Ils sont partout: acted · directed by Yvan Attal
2017 Ismael's Ghosts: acted · directed by Arnaud Desplechin
2017 Promise at Dawn: acted · directed by Éric Barbier
2017 The Snowman: acted · directed by Tomas Alfredson · critics 7%, audiences 19% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
2018 I Think We're Alone Now: acted · directed by Reed Morano · critics 63%, audiences 39% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
2019 Haut les filles: acted · directed by François Armanet
2019 Lux Æterna: acted · directed by Gaspar Noé
2019 My Dog Stupid: acted · directed by Yvan Attal
2021 Jane by Charlotte: directed, wrote, acted
2021 Sundown: acted · directed by Michel Franco
2021 The Accusation: acted · directed by Yvan Attal
2022 The Pale Blue Eye: acted · directed by Scott Cooper
2022 The Passengers of the Night: acted · directed by Mikhaël Hers
2023 Alphonse (TV series): acted · directed by Nicolas Bedos
2023 Life for Real: acted · directed by Dany Boon
2024 Meet the Leroys: acted · directed by Florent Bernard
2025 The Phoenician Scheme: acted · directed by Wes Anderson
2025 Étoile (TV series): acted
2026 Alpha Gang: acted · directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner · critics 74%
2026 Women on Trial: acted
Belle: acted · directed by Benoît Jacquot
Only What We Carry: acted · directed by Jamie Adams
The Almond and the Seahorse: acted · directed by Celyn Jones and Tom Stern