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Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Birthday: 1944-07-31 | Place of Birth: Santa Monica, California, USA

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe-nominated role) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1967, and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (1973), alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L. A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît (1976) and Love on the Ground (1984). She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría Cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin límites (2002), and was nominated again for The Orphanage (2007). Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
2023
Seneca

as    Lucia

2023
Luka

as    The General

2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin

as    Self (archive footage)

2020
The Barefoot Emperor

as    Lady Liz

2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond

as    Isabel

2019
Holy Beasts

as    Vera

2018
Anchor and Hope

as    Germaine

2018
Red Land

as    Giulia Visantrin

2017
The Broken Key

as    Tower Woman

2016
Beyond the Walls

as    Rose

2016
Madres de los dioses

as    Self

2015
Sand Dollars

as    Anne

2015
Valentin Valentin

as    Jane

2015
Marguerite & Julien

as    La mère de Lefebvre

2015
The Forbidden Room

as    Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance

2015
Me and Kaminski

as    Therese

2014
Reincarnation

as    Coco Chanel

2014
Reincarnation

as    Coco Chanel

2014
Amapola

as    Memé

2014
Another Me

as    Mrs. Brennan

2014
Wax

as    Producer

2013
Panzer Chocolate

as    Frau Frida

2013
Three-60

as    Jean Christophe