Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg fascinates me because she turned an impossible inheritance into raw material. Being the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin could have flattened her into a footnote; instead she ran toward the most exposed work available, from Lars von Trier's brutal films to whisper-close albums, and made vulnerability her signature. What I admire most is her refusal to perform confidence: on screen and on record she sounds unguarded, almost provisional, and that fragility reads as honesty rather than weakness. Her Cannes Best Actress win was deserved, but her real achievement is quieter — she made the Gainsbourg name mean her.

Name (English)

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Name (Japanese)

シャルロット・ゲンズブール

Reading

しゃるろっと・げんずぶーる

Born

July 21, 1971 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

Marylebone, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / singer / film screenwriter / erotic photography model / film director

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• 2014 Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
• 2018 Victoires de la Musique – Female artist of the year
• 1985 César Award for Best Female Revelation
• 2000 César Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 2009 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
• 2016 Officer of Arts and Letters
• César Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.charlotte-gainsbourg.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/charlottegainsbourg/
• Xhttps://x.com/cgainsbourg
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• actor
• singer
• film screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.