Editing Charlotte Gainsbourg (section)

== Background ==
[[File:Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin (2011).jpg|thumb|Gainsbourg with her mother Jane Birkin in 2010]]
Gainsbourg was born on 21 July 1971<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Vogue Italia]]|title=Born between July 15th and July 21st|access-date=5 September 2018|url=https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/birthday-of-the-day/2013/07/born-between-12th-and-21st-july?refresh_ce=|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614045116/https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/birthday-of-the-day/2013/07/born-between-12th-and-21st-july?refresh_ce=|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the [[Marylebone]] area of Central London. Her mother was English actress and singer [[Jane Birkin]]. Her father was [[Jewish]] French musician [[Serge Gainsbourg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/charlotte-gainsbourg-je-viens-de-decouvrir-que-mes-origines-juives-russes-sont-ukrainiennes-7010159.php#:~:text=Je%20viens%20en%20fait%20de,jaune%2C%20mais%20en%20d%C3%A9dramatisant%20beaucoup |title=Charlotte Gainsbourg Je Viens de Découvrir que mes Origines Juives russes sont Ukrainiennes |publisher=Télérama |access-date=2025-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?nom=Gainsbourg%20Charlotte |title=Source of real name and birth date: birth certificate provided by the French Foreign Ministry, according to lesgensducinema.com |access-date=19 July 2016 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818034252/http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?nom=Gainsbourg%20Charlotte |url-status=live }}</ref> Gainsbourg was born at the height of her parents' fame; they had made headlines three years earlier with the sexually explicit song "[[Je t'aime... moi non plus]]" and by that point had become notorious for their turbulent relationship and multiple artistic collaborations.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/serge-gainsbourg-histoire-de-melody-nelson.htm |title=Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire De Melody Nelson – On Second Thought |magazine=Stylus Magazine |access-date=2 August 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194100/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_second_thought/serge-gainsbourg-histoire-de-melody-nelson.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=omm>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/the10/story/0,,1487369,00.html|title=The 10 most x-rated records|last=Spencer|first=Neil|date=22 May 2005|work=Observer Music Monthly|publisher=Guardian Newspapers|access-date=3 August 2010|location=London|archive-date=13 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213184115/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/the10/story/0,,1487369,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, her childhood was well publicised.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahdawi |first1=Arwa |title=Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'Everything now is so politically correct. So boring' |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=26 October 2019 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/26/charlotte-gainsbourg-everything-now-so-politically-correct-boring|access-date=18 May 2024|quote=But Gainsbourg spent her childhood in the public eye, with a mother who epitomised 60s cool and a father whose provocative and often alcohol-soaked antics often made headlines.}}</ref>

At birth, she received the surname of Gainsbourg, her father's stage name, but at the age of 18 she changed her surname to [[Ginsburg]], her father's legal surname.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mahdawi |first1=Arwa |title=Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'Everything now is so politically correct. So boring' |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=26 October 2019 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/26/charlotte-gainsbourg-everything-now-so-politically-correct-boring?CMP=twt_gu |access-date=26 October 2019 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727202228/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/26/charlotte-gainsbourg-everything-now-so-politically-correct-boring?CMP=twt_gu |url-status=live }}</ref> She has continued to use the Gainsbourg name professionally.

Her maternal grandmother was actress [[Judy Campbell]], and her uncle is screenwriter [[Andrew Birkin]], who directed her in ''[[The Cement Garden (film)|The Cement Garden]]''. She is a cousin of theatre and opera director [[Sophie Hunter]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dallach|first=Christoph|title=Melodien für Millionen|date=30 October 2006|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/kulturspiegel/d-49383495.html|website=[[Der Spiegel]]|language=de|trans-title=Melodies for Millions|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507202935/http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/kulturspiegel/d-49383495.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Les Heures Ou Je M'Eclipse|url=http://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/2005-06-06/les-heures-ou-je-m-eclipse|website=Record of the Day|access-date=16 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044656/http://www.recordoftheday.com/record-of-the-day/2005-06-06/les-heures-ou-je-m-eclipse|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guy & Sophie Hunter Chambers: Isis Project |url=http://www.wowhd.co.nz/CD/guy-sophie-hunter-chambers-isis-project/dp/14227677 |website=WowHD |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626110732/http://www.wowhd.co.nz/CD/guy-sophie-hunter-chambers-isis-project/dp/14227677 |archive-date=26 June 2015 }}</ref> Gainsbourg's father was [[Jewish]], whereas her mother is from a Protestant background.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.humo.be/humo-archief/21128/de-7-hoofdzonden-volgens-jane-birkin |title=De 7 Hoofdzonden volgens Jane Birkin – Humo: The Wild Site |publisher=Humo.be |date=11 April 2006 |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818002210/http://www.humo.be/humo-archief/21128/de-7-hoofdzonden-volgens-jane-birkin |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="forward">{{Cite web |url=https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/430941/charlotte-gainsbourg-not-your-typical-jewish-mother/ |title=Charlotte Gainsbourg: Not Your Typical Jewish Mother |date=6 September 2019 |website=[[The Forward]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909014650/https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/430941/charlotte-gainsbourg-not-your-typical-jewish-mother/ |archive-date=9 September 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=27 October 2021 }}</ref> Gainsbourg attended [[École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel]] in Paris and [[Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paris-match.ch/charlotte-gainsbourg/|title=CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "J'AI ÉCRIT POUR RÉINVESTIR MON HISTOIRE"|date=13 December 2018|website=Paris Match Suisse|language=fr-FR|access-date=2 June 2019|archive-date=2 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602084911/https://paris-match.ch/charlotte-gainsbourg/|url-status=live}}</ref> in Switzerland. French is Gainsbourg's first language, but she is also fluent in English.

Gainsbourg was raised in Paris alongside her half-sister, [[Kate Barry (photographer)|Kate Barry]], from her mother's marriage to composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]. Kate Barry died in 2013 after falling out of a window. According to [[Jane Birkin|Birkin]], both parents were somewhat neglectful,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keegan|first=Rebecca|date=7 July 2021|title=Why Charlotte Gainsbourg Created a "Selfish" Portrait of Mother Jane Birkin in New Documentary|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlotte-gainsbourg-mother-documentary-1234975207/|access-date=7 July 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707121117/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlotte-gainsbourg-mother-documentary-1234975207/|url-status=live}}</ref> often spending their nights going out to parties and drinking.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barlow|first1=Helen|title=A bit twisted|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/film/a-bit-twisted/2007/06/07/1181089228142.html?page=3|website=Smh.com.au|access-date=21 September 2015|date=9 June 2007|archive-date=15 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115141723/http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/a-bit-twisted/2007/06/07/1181089228142.html?page=3|url-status=live}}</ref> She has a young brother, Lucien "Lulu" Gainsbourg, born in 1986 from her father's relationship with [[Caroline Paulus|Bambou]]. On her father's side she also had two older siblings born from his second marriage to Françoise-Antoinette "Béatrice" Pancrazzi.

By 1980, her parents' relationship had dissolved and her mother left her father for the director [[Jacques Doillon]]. Her half-sister [[Lou Doillon]] was born in 1982 as a result of the union. Gainsbourg would go on to work with her stepfather in the film ''The Temptation of Isabelle'' in 1985 and later in ''Amoureuse'' in 1992, which also starred her future partner [[Yvan Attal]].

In 1987, she was the target of a bungled kidnapping.<ref>Serge of French logic, Stuart Wavell. The Guardian (1959–2003) [London (UK)] 12 March 1987: 36.</ref>

After her parents separated, Gainsbourg's father descended into alcoholism, eventually dying of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1991. Gainsbourg remained devoted to preserving his legacy and preserved his home, saying she hoped to eventually turn it into a museum. [[Maison Gainsbourg]] opened in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=Lisa|title=The Secret World of Serge Gainsbourg|website=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=15 October 2007|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/gainsbourg200711|access-date=21 September 2015|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308134032/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/gainsbourg200711|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=8 secret music destinations you need to visit right now|url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/39106/8-secret-music-destinations-you-need-to-visit-right-now|work=Faster Louder|publisher=Faster Louder Pty Ltd|access-date=18 April 2014|author=Jody Macgregor|date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420153904/http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/features/39106/8-secret-music-destinations-you-need-to-visit-right-now|archive-date=20 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>