Carmen Chaplin
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Carmen Chaplin is an actress, who belongs to the family of Charlie Chaplin
.
is an English multicultural actress, director and writer.
She belongs to a long lineage of artists. On her father's side, Carmen is the granddaughter of actor, writer, director, composer producer
Charlie Chaplin
and great grand daughter of the playwright
Eugene O'Neill
. On her mother's side, she is the grand daughter of the renowned Caribbean painter
Patrick Betaudier.
Born in London, she grew up in France, Spain and she currently works between Paris and New York.
Her film career started with director Wim Wenders
in "Until the end of the world".
She worked with directors such as André Téchiné
along with Catherine Deneuve
, Chiara Mastroianni
and Daniel Auteuil
, in "My Favorite Season" which opened the Cannes Film Festival 1999.
She co-starred with Ewan McGregor
in Philippe Rousselot
’s "The Serpent’s Kiss" and in the romantic comedy "Snapshots“with Burt Reynolds
and Julie Christie
.
Carmen Chaplin
, stars in "Day on Fire" directed by Jay Anania with Olympia Dukakis
and Martin Donovan
.
She appears in "Sabrina" directed by Sydney Pollack
and "All about the Benjamins" directed by Kevin Bray
with Eva Mendes
.
She just completed 'Tryst in Paname', a short film starring Dolores Chaplin and Bambou Gainsbourg, that she wrote and directed in Paris.
She is currently preparing "Bombay nights" a feature film that she wrote and will direct next year in India.
Chaplin family
The Chaplin family is an English/American/Swiss acting family. There are the descendants of Hannah Chaplin, chiefly known as the mother of Charlie Chaplin, the Academy Award-winning English comedic actor and filmmaker. Hannah Chaplin's mother was half-Roma...
.
Family
Carmen ChaplinCarmen Chaplin
Carmen Chaplin is an actress, who belongs to the family of Charlie Chaplin.-Family:Carmen Chaplin is an English multicultural actress, director and writer....
is an English multicultural actress, director and writer.
She belongs to a long lineage of artists. On her father's side, Carmen is the granddaughter of actor, writer, director, composer producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
and great grand daughter of the playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
. On her mother's side, she is the grand daughter of the renowned Caribbean painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
Patrick Betaudier.
Born in London, she grew up in France, Spain and she currently works between Paris and New York.
Her film career started with director Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
in "Until the end of the world".
She worked with directors such as André Téchiné
André Téchiné
André Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
along with Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
, Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Charlotte Mastroianni is a French actress and singer.-Biography:Mastroianni was born in Paris, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. Her elder half-brother is Christian Vadim; her elder half-sister is Barbara Mastroianni.She had relationships with the actors Benicio...
and Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil is a French film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Algiers, French Algeria.-Career:...
, in "My Favorite Season" which opened the Cannes Film Festival 1999.
She co-starred with Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...
in Philippe Rousselot
Philippe Rousselot
Philippe Rousselot is a French director of photography.Rousselot was born in Briey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. After having studied cinema at l'École Louis Lumière, he graduated in 1966 with, among others, François About, Eduardo Serra, Noël Very, and Jean-François Robin...
’s "The Serpent’s Kiss" and in the romantic comedy "Snapshots“with Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds
Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...
and Julie Christie
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie is a British actress. Born in British India to English parents, at the age of six Christie moved to England, where she attended boarding school....
.
Carmen Chaplin
Carmen Chaplin
Carmen Chaplin is an actress, who belongs to the family of Charlie Chaplin.-Family:Carmen Chaplin is an English multicultural actress, director and writer....
, stars in "Day on Fire" directed by Jay Anania with Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck...
and Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust , Surviving Desire , Simple Men , Flirt , Amateur , and The Book of Life...
.
She appears in "Sabrina" directed by Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where he later taught acting...
and "All about the Benjamins" directed by Kevin Bray
Kevin Bray
Kevin Gerald Bray is an American film, television, commercial and music video director and producer. Bray attended the University of Michigan and the Sorbonne before completing his studies at New York University Film School...
with Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes
Eva Mendes is an American actress.She began acting in the late 1990s, and after a series of minor roles and performances in several smaller films such as Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror and Urban Legends: Final Cut , she broke into the mainstream, appearing in leading roles in Hollywood...
.
She just completed 'Tryst in Paname', a short film starring Dolores Chaplin and Bambou Gainsbourg, that she wrote and directed in Paris.
She is currently preparing "Bombay nights" a feature film that she wrote and will direct next year in India.
Partial filmography
- Until the End of the WorldUntil the End of the WorldUntil the End of the World is a 1991 film by the German film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey, from a story by Wenders and Solveig Dommartin. An initial draft of the screenplay was written by American filmmaker Michael Almereyda...
(1991) - La Nuit sacrée (1993) as Fatima
- My Favorite SeasonMy Favorite SeasonMy Favorite Season is a 1993 French drama film directed by André Téchiné and starring Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil and Marthe Villalonga. The story concerns two middle age siblings, a brother and sister, who resume their fragile relationship when they are forced to care for their ailing mother...
(1993) as Khadija - Highlander: The SeriesHighlander: The SeriesHighlander: The Series is a fantasy-adventure television series featuring Duncan MacLeod of the Scottish Clan MacLeod, as the Highlander. It was an offshoot and another alternate sequel of the 1986 feature film with a twist: Connor MacLeod did not win the prize and Immortals still exist post-1985...
(TV) (1995) as Maria Campalo - The Serpent's KissThe Serpent's KissThe Serpent's Kiss is a 1997 film directed by Philippe Rousselot. It is a story about a Dutch garden architect named Meneer Chrome who has been hired by a wealthy metalworker to create an extravagant garden. The film also stars Greta Scacchi and Richard E...
(1997) as Thea/Anna - Post coïtum animal triste (1997) as Copine Narou
- Why Not Me?Why Not Me? (film)Why Not Me? is a 1999 French comedy film written and directed by Stéphane Giusti. It is about a group of gay French friends living in Barcelona who decide to have a dinner party and come out to their parents.-Cast:* Amira Casar as Camille...
(1999) as Lili - All about the BenjaminsAll about the BenjaminsAll About the Benjamins is a 2002 action movie/comedy movie directed by Kevin Bray, and starring Ice Cube and Mike Epps as a bounty hunter and repeat offender who join forces to find a group of diamond thieves, the former for glory, and the latter to retrieve a winning lottery ticket.-Cast:*Ice...
(2002) as Ursula - Day on FireDay on Fire (film)Day on Fire is an American film which was produced by Lodestar Entertainment and filmed in New York City and Israel in 2006. It is written and directed by Jay Anania, stars Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis, Carmen Chaplin, Alyssa Sutherland and Martin Donovan and is produced by William Fisch...
(2006) as Najia - Prisoners of the SunPrisoners of the Sun (film)Prisoners of the Sun is an upcoming movie directed by Roger Christian starring John Rhys-Davies, David Charvet, Carmen Chaplin, Emily Holmes, Nick Moran, Joss Ackland, Michael Higgs and Gulshan Grover.-Plot :...
(2009) as Sarah Masterton