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Geraldine Chaplin is an American-Spanish actor, dancer, and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California, in 1944. She began her work period in 1952 and is known for roles in notable works such as *Doctor Zhivago*, *Nashville*, and *Chaplin*. Her parents are Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill, and she has siblings including Victoria Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, and Christopher Chaplin.
Chaplin has received several awards, including the Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, the Order of Christopher Columbus, and a gold medal. She is the mother of Oona Chaplin and was formerly in a partnership with Carlos Saura. She speaks and writes in English and Spanish, with English as her native language.
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp — Self2025
- Seneca — Lucia2023
- Luka — The General2023
- The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage)2021
- Glow and Darkness2021
- The Barefoot Emperor — Lady Liz2020
- Holy Beasts — Vera2019
- The Rodriguez and the Beyond — Isabel2019
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — Iris2018
- Sinuous Road — Miny Barrios2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Santa Monica
- Child
- Oona Chaplin
- Father
- Charlie Chaplin
- Mother
- Oona O'Neill
- Sibling
- Charles Chaplin
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Chaplin
- Image
- Geraldine Chaplin, Berlinale 2023.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Geraldine Chaplin
- date of birth
- 1944-07-31
- unmarried partner
- Carlos Saura
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- name in native language
- Geraldine Chaplin
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American-born English actress whose long career has included multilingual roles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German films.
Geraldine is a daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of his eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill, and thus a granddaughter of playwright Eugene 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) as 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 ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (Nefertiti y Aquenatos) (1973) alongside 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.
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