Charlotte Gainsbourg
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| Birth name | Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg |
| Born | 21 July 1971 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | French pop, folk rock, electro |
| Occupations | actress, singer |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Phonogram Records, Atlantic Records, Because Music, Vice Recordings |
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released three albums as an adult (5:55, IRM and Stage Whisper) to commercial and critical success. Gainsbourg has also appeared in many films, including several directed by Lars von Trier, and has received both a César Award and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award. She is the daughter of British actress Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.
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Personal life
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Gainsbourg was born in London to Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg1 and was raised in Paris. Her maternal grandmother was actress Judy Campbell and her uncle is the screenwriter Andrew Birkin, who directed her in The Cement Garden. She attended École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel in Paris and Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland.
Gainsbourg's longtime partner is French-Israeli actor/director Yvan Attal,2 with whom she has three children: a son, Ben (born on 12 June 1997) and daughters Alice (born on 8 November 2002) and Joe (born on 16 July 2011).34
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 waterskiing accident in the United States several weeks prior.5
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 1993, Gainsbourg made her English speaking debut in The Cement Garden, written and directed by her uncle, Andrew Birkin. She made her stage debut in 1994 in David Mamet's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse. In 1996, Gainsbourg starred as the title character in Jane Eyre, a film adaption of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel.
In 2006, Gainsbourg appeared alongside Gael GarcÃa Bernal in Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep. In 2007, she appeared as Claire in the Todd Haynes-directed Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, also contributing a cover of the Dylan song "Just Like a Woman" to the film soundtrack. In 2009, she won the award for Best Actress at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for the film Antichrist.6 Gainsbourg starred in the French/Australian production, The Tree, released in 2010, and in Lars von Trier's science fiction disaster film, Melancholia.7 She was on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.8 May 2012 will see the premiere of Confession of a Child of the Century, where she will star alongside the British musician Pete Doherty.9
Music
Gainsbourg made her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" in 1984.10 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).
In late 2009, Gainsbourg released her third studio album, IRM,11 which was produced by Beck.1213 One of the influential factors in the album's creative process was her time spent filming Antichrist.14 Gainsbourg's head injury in 2007 influenced the title of the album "IRM", an abbreviation for the French translation of "magnetic resonance imaging". While receiving a brain scan, she began to think about music. "When I was inside that machine," she said, "it was an escape to think about music. It's rhythm. It was very chaotic."15
Her song "Heaven Can Wait" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week on 2 March 2010.16
Her song "Trick Pony" appeared at the beginning of the Grey's Anatomy episode "Perfect Little Accident" (Season 6, Episode 16 / airdate: 25 February 2010). "Trick Pony" is also featured in the FIFA 11 soundtrack.17 and was used in the 2012 Teleflora Super Bowl advertisement featuring supermodel Adriana Lima.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 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 | |
| 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 Nominated-César Award for Best Actress |
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| 1990 | Il sole anche di notte | Matilda | |
| 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 | |
| 1994 | Grosse Fatigue | Herself | aka Dead Tired |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre | |
| Anna Oz | Anna Oz | Éric Rochant film | |
| Love, etc. | Marie | Marion Vernoux film Nominated-César Award for Best Actress |
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| 1999 | The Intruder | Catherine Girard | |
| La Bûche | Milla Robin | aka Season's Beatings César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
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| 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 | ||
| 2006 | Nuovomondo | Lucy Reed | aka The Golden Door |
| Prête-moi ta main | Emma | aka I Do/Rent a Wife Nominated-César Award for Best Actress |
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| La Science des rêves | Stéphanie | aka The Science of Sleep Nominated-Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress |
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| 2007 | I'm Not There | Claire | |
| 2008 | The City of Your Final Destination | Arden Langdon | |
| 2009 | Antichrist | She | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Bodil Award for Best Actress Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actress Nominated-Scream Award for Best Actress Nominated-Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress Nominated-European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated-Robert Festival for Best Actress |
| Persécution | Sonia | ||
| 2010 | The Tree | Dawn | Nominated-César Award for Best Actress |
| 2011 | Melancholia | Claire | Robert Festival for Best Supporting Actress Pending-Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated-Bodil Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated-European Film Award for Best Actress |
| 2012 | Confession of a Child of the Century |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | Nuremberg | Marie Claude Vaillant-Couturier | Miniseries |
| Les Misérables | Fantine | Miniseries |
Discography
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
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| FRA 18 |
AUT 19 |
BE (Vl) 20 |
BE (Wa) 21 |
GER 22 |
NLD 23 |
SWE 24 |
SWI 25 |
UK 26 |
US 27 |
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| 1986 | Charlotte for Ever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2006 | 5:55
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1 | 41 | 15 | 2 | 38 | 99 | 57 | 12 | - | 196 | |
| 2009 | IRM 29
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4 | - | 35 | 8 | - | - | 46 | 28 | 62 | 69 | |
| 2011 | Stage Whisper
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84 | - | - | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
References
- ^ Source of real name and birth date: birth certificate provided by the French Ministère des affaires étrangères, according to this web site
- ^ Mapes, Marty. (2002-07-25) Interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal. Movie Habit. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
- ^ (French) Charlotte Gainsbourg bio : biographie de Charlotte Gainsbourg – Gala. Gala.fr. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
- ^ "Charlotte Gainsbourg a accouché d'une petite Joe". Voici.fr. July 22, 2011. http://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/charlotte-gainsbourg-a-accouche-d-une-petite-joe-417086. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
- ^ "Charlotte Gainsbourg has emergency brain surgery". NME. UK. 6 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 9 May 2009.
- ^ Latest On Von Trier's Melancholia Empire online. 25 March 2010
- ^ "Berlinale 2012: International Jury". berlinale.de. 2011-12-19. http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_11861.html. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
- ^ Film role for Peter Doherty The Independent. 9 December 2010
- ^ Slater, Lydia (3 June 2007). "Charlottes web". The Times (London). http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article1849617.ece. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Une fin d'année sous le signe de Charlotte Gainsbourg". 29 July 2009. http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/111148/une-fin-d-annee-sous-le-signe-de-charlotte-gainsbourg/.
- ^ "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. UK. 18 November 2008. http://www.nme.com/news/beck/41142.
- ^ "FROM THE DARKNESS OF SHADOWS: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG INTERVIEWED". The Quietus. 4 November 2009. http://thequietus.com/articles/03158-charlotte-gainsbourg-interview-antichrist-5-55-irm-2.
- ^ "Charlotte Gainsbourg's Skull Sessions". L.A. Weekly. 7 February 2010. http://drewtewksbury.com/2010/02/07/charlotte-gainsbourgs-skull-sessions/.
- ^ Charlotte Gainsbourg (featuring Beck) – Heaven Can Wait. www.mark-heringer.com (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
- ^ 6.16 Perfect Little Accident – Grey's Anatomy Thegreysanatomywiki.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
- ^ "Discographie Charlotte Gainsbourg". Lescharts.com. http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Charlotte Gainsbourg". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Charlotte Gainsbourg". ultratop.be/nl. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg&titel=5%3A55&cat=a. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Chart Stats - Charlotte Gainsbourg". ultratop.be/fr. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Gainsbourg, Charlotte / Longplay (German)". musicline.de. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/GAINSBOURG%2CCHARLOTTE/longplay. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
- ^ "Discografie Charlotte Gainsbourg". DutchCharts.nl. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Discography Charlotte Gainsbourg". SwedishCharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Discography Charlotte Gainsbourg". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Charlotte+Gainsbourg. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Discography Charlotte Gainsbourg". theofficialcharts.com. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/charlotte%20gainsbourg/. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Discography Charlotte Gainsbourg". .billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/charlotte-gainsbourg/chart-history/259784. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ Atlantic Records :: Charlotte Gainsbourg News
- ^ Charlotte Gainsbourg/Beck Album Details. Pitchfork. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Charlotte Gainsbourg |
- Official website
- Charlotte Gainsbourg at the Internet Movie Database
- Charlotte Gainsbourg Stage Whisper Album Track Lyrics
- Review of 5:55 on Subculture Magazine
- Interview with Jean-Paul Enthoven, L'Officiel, September 2001
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