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Date of Birth

21 July 1971, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse

Yvan Attal

(? - present) 2 children

Trivia

Father is Serge Gainsbourg

Mother is Jane Birkin

Two children with Yvan Attal:a son, Ben, born in June 1997, and a daughter, Alice,born in November 2002.

The words spoken at the beginning of Madonna's 'What it feels like for a girl' (2001) is actually a line that Charlotte said in The Cement Garden (1993).

Measurements: 32-24-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu engaged her in his movie 21 Grams (2003) because he was a fan of her father Serge Gainsbourg. But he said that he then "fell in love" with her.

At school the other pupils were not always friendly, because she was the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg.

Half-sister of Lucien Gainsbourg, Natacha (b. 1964) and Paul (b. 1968), from her father side.

Half-sister of Lou Doillon and Kate Barry (whose father is composer John Barry) from her mother's side.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001

At the age of 13, she recorded a duet with her father, Serge Gainsbourg, called "Lemon Incest", which featured on Serge's 1984 album "Love on the beat". The song raised a lot of controversy.

Got to know her future husband Yvan Attal during the shooting of Aux yeux du monde (1991).

Goddaughter of Yul Brynner.

Granddaughter of actress Judy Campbell.

The face of the brand Gerard Darel since 2003.

Personal Quotes

"I like to play roles different from myself so I can hide behind them."

Where Are They Now

(June 2005) Filming Nuovomondo (2006) in Argentina.

(December 2006) Filming The City of Your Final Destination (2007) in Argentina, during December 2006 - January 2007.

(September 2007) Recovered from emergency brain surgery, according to the clinic where she was treated. The 36-year-old had surgery to treat a hematoma caused by a shock to the head.

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