Charlotte Gainsbourg Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend & More)

Charlotte Gainsbourg is a British-French actress and also a  singer. She was born on 21st July 1971, in London, England, UK. Her birth name is Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg. She is the daughter of an English actress and a French Musician.

She has her first musical debut with her own father at the age of twelve in the song called Lemon Incest and she has also released an album at the age of fifteen in which she was along with her father.

It was 20 whole yeasts of time that passed before she released the album as an adult and to make it a commercial and critical success. She has shown herself in many movies which were directed by Lars von Trier, and she got a César Award and the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award.

Charlotte Gainsbourg Biography (Age, Height, Weight, Boyfriend & More)

Personal Details

Full NameCharlotte Lucy Gainsbourg
Nick NameCharlotte
Date of BirthJuly 21, 1971
Age54 Years old as of December 2025
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
Original InhabitantsLondon, United Kingdom
EthnicityWhite (British-French)
ReligionChristian
NationalityBritish
OccupationsActress
EducationNot known
Net Worth$8 Million USD as of 2025
Marital StatusMarried
Debut
  • 1984- Paroles et Musique (Film)

Physical Appearance

Eye ColourDark Brown
Hair ColourDark Brown
Figure37-26-36
Height
  • In Feet- 5’8″ ft
  • In Meter- 1.73 m
  • In Centimeter- 173 cm
Weight
  • In Kilogram- 65 kg
  • In Pound- 143 lbs

Personal Life (Family, Friends, Boyfriends, Children)

FatherSerge Gainsbourg
MotherJane Birkin
SiblingNot known
Boyfriend / HusbandYvan Attal (partner since 1991)
ChildrenBen Attal, Alice Attal, and Joe Attal

Early life, Family and Relationship

Charlotte Gainsbourg was born in the Marylebone area of Central London to the French musician Serge Gainsbourg and English actress and singer Jane Birkin.

Britist Charlotte Gainsbourg was born during the period her parents were at the height of their life in their fame-filled time and they also made headlines in the newspapers for many years prior to the sexually explicit song, Je t’aime… moi non plus and which became the notorious for their turbulent relationship and they had multiple artist collaborations and as a result of these incidents, her birth and childhood was very much publicised.

Charlotte has her surname as Gainsbourg which is her father’s stage name and later of which when she was eighteen years old teenager she changed it to Ginsburg, her father’s legal surname. Though she did that she continued with her father’s stage name as a surname in professional criteria which is Gainsbourg.

Marriage, Spouse, Husband, Boyfriend,Partner

In 1991, she met Yvan Attal on the set of Aux yeux du monde, and from that moment, their love story began. Yvan, a talented French-Israeli actor and director, became her lifelong partner.

Though they have never married, they have built a beautiful life together and are still happily by each other’s side. The couple have three children Ben Attal, who has followed in their footsteps as an actor, and their daughters Alice Attal and Joe Attal.

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Charlotte Gainsbourg Success and career

Charlotte Gainsbourg was raised with exposure to film sets and both her parents were involved in the film industry and she has stated once that her mother pushed her into acting. Because she believed that she wanted to be an actress and also have supported and encouraged her in making her first motion film debut in the film Paroles et Musique as Catherine Deneuve’s daughter in the year of 1984. She grew with it and made her spot on her way to a career and made it home.

Awards

  • In 1986 she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her work in An Impudent Girl.
  • In 2000 she won the César Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Season’s Beatings.
  • In 2008 she won the  Independent Spirit Awards for Robert Altman Award for her work in I’m Not There.
  • In 2009 she won two awards- Cannes Film Festival for Best Actress for her work in Antichrist and Bodil Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Antichrist.
  • In 2012 she won Robert Awards for  Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in Melancholia.
  • In 2014 she won Bodil Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in Nymphomaniac.
  • In 2018 she won Victoires de la Musique for Female Artist of the Year.
  • In 2022 she won Zurich Film Festival for Golden Eye Award.

Movies and Television Shows List

Film:

YearTitleWorked As
UpcomingOnly What We CarryJosephine Chabrol
2025The Phoenician Scheme1st Wife
2024We, the LeroysSandrine Leroy
2023Life for RealRoxane
2022The Pale Blue EyePatsy
2022The Almond and the SeahorseToni
2022The Passengers of the NightElisabeth
2021The AccusationClaire Farel
2021SundownAlice Bennett
2021Jane by CharlotteHerself
2020Suzanna AndlerSuzanna Andler
2019My Dog StupidCécile Mohen
2019Lux ÆternaCharlotte
2018The House that Jack BuiltClaire/Joe
2018I Think We’re Alone NowViolet
2017Promise at DawnNina Kacew
2017The SnowmanRakel Fauke
2017Ismael’s GhostsSylvia
2016Dark CrimesKasia
2016NormanAlex Green
2016Independence Day: ResurgenceDr. Catherine Marceaux
2016The JewsMathilde Bensoussan
2015Every Thing Will Be FineKate
2014MisunderstoodMother
2014Three HeartsSylvie Berger
2014SambaAlice
2014Son épouseCatherine de Rosa
2014Jacky in Women’s KingdomLa colonelle
2013NymphomaniacJoe
2012Do Not DisturbLilly
2012Confession of a Child of the CenturyBrigitte
2011MelancholiaClaire
2010The TreeDawn
2009PersécutionSonia
2009AntichristShe
2008The City of Your Final DestinationArden Langdon
2007I’m Not ThereClaire Clark
2006The Science of SleepStéphanie
2006I DoEmma
2006NuovomondoLucy Reed
2005LemmingBénédicte Getty
2005L’un reste, l’autre partJudith
2004Happily Ever AfterGabrielle
2004Une star internationaleHerself
200321 GramsMary Rivers
2002La merveilleuse odyssée de l’idiot TobogganVoice
2001My Wife Is an ActressCharlotte
2001Félix et LolaLola
2000PassionnémentAlice Almeida
1999Season’s BeatingsMilla Robin
1999The IntruderCatherine Girard
1996Love, etc.Marie
1996Anna OzAnna Oz
1996Jane EyreJane Eyre
1994Dead TiredHerself
1993The Cement GardenJulie
1992AmoureuseMarie
1991Aux yeux du mondeJuliette Mangin
1991Merci la vieCamille Pelleveau
1990The Sun Also Shines at NightMatilda
1988The Little ThiefJanine Castang
1988Jane B. par Agnès V.Jane Birkin’s daughter
1988Kung Fu MasterLucy
1986Charlotte for EverCharlotte
1985An Impudent GirlCharlotte Castang
1985La tentation d’IsabelleThe child
1984Paroles et MusiqueCharlotte Marker

Television:

YearTitleWorked As
2025ÉtoileGeneviève Lavigne
2023AlphonseMargot
2022In TherapyClaire Brunet
2020Call My Agent!Herself
2000Les MisérablesFantine
2000NurembergMarie Claude Vaillant-Couturier

Leser Known Facts

  • Charlotte’s hobbies are traveling, shopping, and photography.
  • She is the goddaughter of Yul Brynner, the popular actor, director, and producer who was born on July 11, 1920, and died on October 10, 1985.
  • She has been the face of the Gerard Darel brand since 2003.

 

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