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Use British English|date=May 2011Use dmy dates|date=May 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Charlotte Gainsbourg| image = Charlotte Gainsbourg (2010).jpg| image_size = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg| alias =| Born = Birth date and age|1971|7|21|df=yes London, England, United Kingdom| death_date =| origin = Paris, France| instrument =| genre = French pop , folk rock , electro | occupation = actress, singer| years_active = 1986–present| label = Phonogram Records , Atlantic Records , Because Music , Vice Records|Vice Recordings | parents = Serge Gainsbourg (father) Jane Birkin (mother) Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is an Nationality|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 two albums as an adult ( 5:55 and IRM (album)|IRM ) 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 Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award . She is the daughter of United Kingdom|British actress Jane Birkin and France|French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg .
Personal life
Gainsbourg was born in London to Jane Birkin and Serge GainsbourgSource of real name and birth date: birth certificate provided by the French Ministère des affaires étrangères , according to http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php? nom=GAINSBOURG%20Charlotte& from= this web site 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 (film)|The Cement Garden . She attended École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel in Paris.
Gainsbourg's longtime partner is French-Israeli actor/director Yvan Attal ,Mapes, Marty. (2002-07-25) http://www.moviehabit.com/essays/gainsbourg_attal_02.shtml Interview with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal. Movie Habit. Retrieved on 2011-08-24. with whom she has three children: Son Ben (born on 12 June 1997) and daughters Alice (born on 8 November 2002) and Joe (born on 16 July 2011).fr icon http://www.gala.fr/les_stars/leurs_bio/charlotte_gainsbourg Charlotte Gainsbourg bio : biographie de Charlotte Gainsbourg – Gala. Gala.fr. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
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.cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/charlotte-gainsbourg/30949|title=Charlotte Gainsbourg has emergency brain surgery|work=NME |location=UK | date= 6 September 07
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 (film)|The Cement Garden , written and directed by her uncle, Andrew Birkin . She made her stage debut in 1994 in David Mamet 's Oleanna (play)|Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse . In 1996, Gainsbourg starred as the Jane Eyre (character)|title character in Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre , a film adaption of Charlotte Brontë 's 1847 novel.
In 2006, Gainsbourg appeared alongside Gael García Bernal in Michel Gondry 's La Science des rêves ( 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 (song)|Just Like a Woman " to the I'm Not There (soundtrack)|film soundtrack .
In 2009, she won the award for Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actress at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for the film Antichrist (film)|Antichrist .cite web |url= http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10893001/year/2009.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Antichrist |accessdate=9 May 2009|work=festival-cannes.com
Gainsbourg has finished filming an French/Australian production, The Tree (2010 film)|The Tree released in 2010. Her next project will be the Lars von Trier science fiction disaster film, Melancholia (2011 film)|Melancholia . http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp? NID=27390 Latest On Von Trier's Melancholia Empire online. 25 March 2010 In late December she will begin filming an adaptation of Alfred de Musset 's ''La Confession d'un Enfant du Siècle . She will star alongside the British musician Pete Doherty . http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/film-role-for-peter-doherty-2154999.html Film role for Peter Doherty The Independent. 9 December 2010
On 19 December 2011, she was announced as being on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival , scheduled to be held in February 2012.cite web|url= http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_11861.html |title=Berlinale 2012: International Jury |date=2011-12-19 |accessdate=2011-12-21 |work=berlinale.de
Music
Gainsbourg made her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemon Incest " in 1984.cite news| url= http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article1849617.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=Charlottes web | first=Lydia | last=Slater | date=3 June 2007 | accessdate=28 April 2010 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 (entertainer)|Madonna album Music (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 (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 (album)|IRM ,cite web|url= http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/111148/une-fin-d-annee-sous-le-signe-de-charlotte-gainsbourg/| title=Une fin d'année sous le signe de Charlotte Gainsbourg|date=29 July 2009 which was produced by Beck .cite web|url= http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/beck%20to%20appear%20on%20charlotte%20gainsbourg%20album_1087044| title=BECK TO APPEAR ON CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG ALBUM| publisher=Contact Music|date =19 November 2008cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/beck/41142| title=Beck collaborates with Charlotte Gainsbourg on new album|work=NME |location=UK |date =18 November 2008 One of the influential factors in the album's creative process was her time spent filming Antichrist (film)|Antichrist .cite web|url= http://thequietus.com/articles/03158-charlotte-gainsbourg-interview-antichrist-5-55-irm-2| title=FROM THE DARKNESS OF SHADOWS: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG INTERVIEWED| publisher=The Quietus|date =4 November 2009 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."cite web|url= http://drewtewksbury.com/2010/02/07/charlotte-gainsbourgs-skull-sessions/| title=Charlotte Gainsbourg's Skull Sessions|date=L.A. Weekly. 7 February 2010
Her song "Heaven Can Wait" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week on 2 March 2010. http://www.mark-heringer.com/2010/03/charlotte-gainsbourg-featuring-beck.html Charlotte Gainsbourg (featuring Beck) – Heaven Can Wait. www.mark-heringer.com (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
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. http://www.thegreysanatomywiki.com/page/6.16+Perfect+Little+Accident 6.16 Perfect Little Accident – Grey's Anatomy Thegreysanatomywiki.com. Retrieved on 2011-08-24. and was used in the 2012 Teleflora Super Bowl advertisement featuring supermodel Adriana Lima.
Filmography
Film
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
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
Label: Because Music / Atlantic Records|Atlantic / Vice Records|Vice
1
41
15
2
38
99
57
12
-
196
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA : Platinum http://www.atlanticrecords.com/charlottegainsbourg/news/article/? id=atlnewsarticle35800020 Atlantic Records :: Charlotte Gainsbourg News
2009
IRM http:/ / pitchfork.com/ news/ 36353-charlotte-gainsbourgbeck-album-details/ Charlotte Gainsbourg/ Beck Album Details. Pitchfork. Retrieved on 2011-08-24. ref>
Released: 4 December 2009
Label: Because Music / Elektra Records|Elektra
4
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35
8
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46
28
62
69
2011
Stage Whisper
Released: 13 December 2011
Label: Because Music / Elektra Records|Elektra
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References
Reflist
External links
Commons
Official website|1= http://www.charlottegainsbourg.fr
IMDb name|1250|Charlotte Gainsbourg
http://www.dvdlyrics.com/albums-c-charlotte_gainsbourg-stage_whisper.html Charlotte Gainsbourg Stage Whisper Album Track Lyrics
http://subculturemagazine.com/reviewdetails.php? id=313 Review of 5:55 on Subculture Magazine
http://membres.lycos.fr/cgainsbourg/officiel.html Interview with Jean-Paul Enthoven, '' L'Officiel , September 2001
Charlotte GainsbourgPrix d'interprétation féminine 2000–2019 Persondata | NAME =Gainsbourg, Charlotte | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =21 July 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Gainsbourg, Charlotte Category:1971 births Category:Atlantic Records artists Category:British female singers Category:César Award winners Category:English emigrants to France Category:English-language singers Category:English people of French descent Category:French actors Category:French female singers Category:French-language singers Category:French people of English descent Category:French people of Jewish descent Category:French people of Russian descent Category:Living people Category:Actors from London Category:Actors from Paris