Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress
Jane Birkin and French singer and songwriter
Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song "Lemon Incest" at the age of twelve, she released an album with her father at the age of fifteen. More than twenty years passed before she released three albums as an adult (
5:55,
IRM and
Stage Whisper) 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
Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award.