Charlotte Gainsbourg

Here's my new Fave Actress and Singer.

Biography

Gainsbourg was born in London, England and raised in Paris, France. Her father is the late Serge Gainsbourg, and her mother is Jane Birkin. Her uncle is the screenwriter Andrew Birkin who directed her in The Cement Garden.

Career

Gainsbourg made her motion picture début playing Catherine Deneuve's daughter in the 1984 film Paroles et musique. She made her musical debut with her father on the song Lemon Incest.^[1]

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 1994, Gainsbourg made her stage debut in David Mamet's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse.

Gainsbourg has sung the title song in three of her films and has released two albums. In 2004, she sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If".

Gainsbourg's longtime boyfriend, and now spouse according to some sites,^[2] is the French actor and director Yvan Attal, and they have two children, Ben and Alice.