Charlotte Rampling
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Charlotte Rampling, OBE (born February 5, 1946 in Sturmer, Essex) is an English actress and former model (her height is 170 cm (5' 7")). She attended Jeanne d'Arc Academie pour Jeunes Filles in Versailles and St. Hilda's school in Bushey, England.
After working as a model for a while Rampling's first screen role was uncredited as a water skier in Richard Lester's film The Knack... and how to get it in 1965 which was followed a year later by the role of Meredith in the film Georgy Girl. After this her acting career blossomed in both English and French cinema. She often takes roles which portray her as the villain or as a 'bitch'.
In 1972, she married the actor Bryan Southcombe, they had one child, Barnaby, before divorcing in 1976. Barnaby is now a successful television director. In 1978, she married the French composer Jean-Michel Jarre and had one child, the magician David Jarre. The marriage was dissolved in the late 1990s when she found out (via tabloid newspaper stories) about Jarre's affairs with other women. In 2005, she is due to marry her business consultant fiancé Jean-Noel Tassez.
Trivia
- In the 2000 new year honours list Rampling was awarded the OBE.
- Kinky Machine's song "Charlotte Rampling" includes the lyric "I always wanted to be your trampoline."
- In 1995, Empire (magazine) voted her #97 out of 100 of the Sexiest Stars in history while she was one of People Magazines "50 Most Beautiful People" in May 2001.
- Her father, Godfrey Rampling, won a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 4x400m relay.
- In 2006 she was president of the jury of the 56th Berlin International Film Festival.
- Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater's "The Boss" is based on her image.
| Year | Title | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | The Knack ...and How to Get It(uncredited) | Water Skier |
| 1965 | Rotten to the Core | Sara Capell |
| 1966 | Georgy Girl | Meredith |
| 1967 | The Long Duel | Jane |
| 1968 | Sequestro di persona | Christina |
| 1969 | Target: Harry | Ruth Carlyle |
| 1969 | La Caduta degli dei | Elisabeth Thallman |
| 1969 | Three | Marty |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point (scenes deleted) | Hitchhiker |
| 1971 | Addio, fratello crudele | Annabella |
| 1971 | The Ski Bum | Samantha |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Anne Boleyn |
| 1972 | Corky | Corky's Wife |
| 1972 | Asylum | Barbara |
| 1974 | Zardoz | Consuella |
| 1973 | Giordano Bruno | Fosca |
| 1974 | Caravan to Vaccares | Lila |
| 1974 | Il Portiere di notte | Lucia Atherton |
| 1975 | Yuppi du | Silvia |
| 1975 | La Chair de l'orchidée | Claire |
| 1975 | Farewell, My Lovely | Helen Grayle |
| 1976 | Foxtrot | Julia |
| 1976 | Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV) | Irene Adler |
| 1977 | Un taxi mauve | Sharon |
| 1977 | Orca | Rachel Bedford |
| 1980 | Stardust Memories | Dorrie |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Laura Fischer |
| 1983 | Infidelities | TV Flaminia |
| 1984 | Viva la vie! | Catherine Perrin |
| 1985 | On ne meurt que 2 fois | Barbara Spark |
| 1985 | Tristesse et beauté | Léa Uéno |
| 1986 | Max, Mon Amour | Margaret Jones |
| 1987 | Angel Heart | Margaret Krusemark |
| 1987 | Mascara | Gaby Hart |
| 1988 | Paris by Night | Clara Paige |
| 1988 | D.O.A. | Mrs. Fitzwaring |
| 1989 | Rebus | Miriam, contessa di Du Terrail |
| 1992 | La Femme abandonnée | Fanny de Lussange (TV) |
| 1993 | Hammers Over the Anvil | Grace McAlister |
| 1993 | Asphalt Tango | Marion |
| 1994 | Murder In Mind (TV) | Sonya Davies |
| 1994 | Time Is Money | Irina Kaufman |
| 1995 | Samson le magnifique (TV) | Isabelle de Marsac |
| 1996 | La Dernière fête (TV) | La marquise |
| 1996 | Invasion of Privacy | Deidre Stiles, Josh's Attorney |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Aunt Maude |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham |
| 1999 | The Cherry Orchard | Ranyevskaya |
| 2000 | "My Uncle Silas"(TV Series) | Sylvia Featherstone |
| 2000 | Signs & Wonders | Marjorie |
| 2000 | Hommage à Alfred Lepetit | |
| 2000 | Aberdeen | Helen |
| 2000 | Sous le sable | Marie Drillon |
| 2001 | The Fourth Angel | Kate Stockton |
| 2001 | Superstition | Frances Matteo |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Anna Cathcart |
| 2002 | Embrassez qui vous voudrez | Elizabeth Lannier |
| 2003 | I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Helen |
| 2003 | Swimming Pool | Sarah Morton |
| 2003 | Imperium: Augustus (TV) | Livia |
| 2003 | The Statement | Nicole |
| 2004 | Jerusalemski sindrom | |
| 2004 | Immortel (ad vitam) | Elma Turner |
| 2004 | Le Chiavi di casa | Nicole |
| 2005 | Lemming | Alice Pollock |
| 2005 | Vers le sud | Ellen |
| 2006 | Basic Instinct 2 (post-production) | Milena Gardosh |