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Carmen Chaplin (right), with her sister Dolores Chaplin in Deauville in 2011
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Occupation | Film actress, film director |
Years active | 1991–present |
Parent(s) |
Michael Chaplin Patricia Betaudier |
Carmen Chaplin (born 1972) is a British and French actress and film director. She is the daughter of Michael Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin and great-granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Her mother is the French painter Patricia Betaudier, daughter of Trinidadian artist Patrick Betaudier.
She was born 1972 in London, Chaplin grew up in France and Spain. She made her film debut in 1991 in Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World, and has since appeared in several films, such as My Favourite Season (1993), The Serpent's Kiss (1997) and All About the Benjamins (2002). She has directed one short film, Tryst in Paname, starring her sister Dolores Chaplin and Bambou Gainsbourg.