Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress, known for her work in European
arthouse
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films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the
Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model.
She was cast in the role of Meredith in the 1966 film ''
Georgy Girl
''Georgy Girl'' is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama, starring Lynn Redgrave in the titular role, with Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, and James Mason. Directed by Silvio Narizzano, the film was based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster. ...
'', which starred
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave (8 March 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an English actress. She won two Golden Globe Awards throughout her career.
A member of the Redgrave family of actors, Lynn trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962. By ...
. She soon began making French and Italian arthouse films, notably
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
's ''
The Damned'' (1969) and
Liliana Cavani
Liliana Cavani (born 12 January 1933, Carpi, Italy) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She belongs to a generation of Italian filmmakers from Emilia-Romagna that came into prominence in the 1970s, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier P ...
's ''
The Night Porter
''The Night Porter'' ( it, Il portiere di notte) is a 1974 English-language Italian erotic psychological war drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, the film stars Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, with Philippe Leroy, Gabriel ...
'' (1974). She went on to star in many European and English-language films, including ''
Stardust Memories
''Stardust Memories'' is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper and Marie-Christine Barrault. Sharon Stone has a brief role, in her film debut. The film is ab ...
'' (1980); in ''
The Verdict
''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. It stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, an ...
'' (1982); ''
Long Live Life'' (1984), and ''
The Wings of the Dove
''The Wings of the Dove'' is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable ...
'' (1997). In the 2000s, she became the muse of French director
François Ozon
François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...
, appearing in several of his films, notably ''
Swimming Pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built ...
'' (2003). On television, she is known for her role as
Dr. Evelyn Vogel in ''
Dexter'' (2013).
In 2002 she released an album of recordings in the style of
cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...
, titled ''As a Woman''.
In 2012 she was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award
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and a
Screen Actors Guild Award, both for her performance in the miniseries ''
Restless''. For her performance in the 2015 film ''
45 Years'', she won the
Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Silver Bear for Best Actress (german: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chos ...
, the
European Film Award for Best Actress
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, and was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Actress
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. In 2017, she won the
Volpi Cup for Best Actress
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at the
74th Venice International Film Festival
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for ''
Hannah''.
She received an
Honorary César
The César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. The following are the recipients of the Honorary César award since 1976.
Recipients
1970s
1980s
199 ...
in 2001 and France's
Legion of Honour
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in 2002. She was made an
OBE in 2000 for her services to the arts, and received the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from the
European Film Awards
The European Film Awards (or European Film Academy Awards) have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in 19 categories, of which the mo ...
.
In 2015, she released her autobiography, which she wrote in French, titled ''Qui Je Suis''. She later worked on an English translation, ''Who I Am'', which was published in March 2017.
Early life and family
Tessa Charlotte Rampling was born in 1946 in
Sturmer, Essex, the daughter of Isabel Anne (
née
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Gurteen; 1918–2001), a painter, and
Godfrey Rampling (1909–2009), an
Olympic
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Sports
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
* Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...
gold medallist runner and
British Army
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officer. She spent most of her early life in
Gibraltar
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, France and Spain, before she returned to the UK in 1964.
She attended Académie Jeanne d'Arc in
Versailles
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and
St Hilda's School, a
boarding school
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in
Bushey
Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. It has a population of over 25,000 inhabitants. Bushey Heath is a large neighbourhood south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow ...
, Hertfordshire, England. She had one sister, Sarah, who died by
suicide
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in 1966, aged 23. She and Sarah had a close relationship, and they had performed in a
cabaret
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act together during their young years.
Career
1960s: Modelling career, starting as actress
![Sequestro di persona 431](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Sequestro_di_persona_431.png)
Rampling made her stage debut at the age of 14, singing French
chanson
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s with her sister at
Bernays Institute
Bernays Institute is a Victorian building in Stanmore, London Borough of Harrow, England, that currently functions as a community event hall, Bernays Memorial Hall.
History
It was built in the old village of Great Stanmore as a parish hall and o ...
in
Stanmore. She began her career as a model and first appeared in a
Cadbury
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advertisement. She was working as a secretary when she was noticed by a casting agent in the same building. She made uncredited appearances in two films directed by
Richard Lester
Richard Lester Liebman (born January 19, 1932) is an American retired film director based in the United Kingdom.
He is best known for directing the Beatles' films '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) and '' Help!'' (1965), and the superhero films ' ...
, his first film with
the Beatles
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, ''
A Hard Day's Night'' (1964), and as a
water ski
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er in ''
The Knack ...and How to Get It'' (1965). In 1965, she was cast in the role of Meredith in the film ''
Georgy Girl
''Georgy Girl'' is a 1966 British romantic comedy-drama, starring Lynn Redgrave in the titular role, with Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, and James Mason. Directed by Silvio Narizzano, the film was based on the 1965 novel by Margaret Forster. ...
'' and was given a role by
John Boulting
John Edward Boulting (21 December 1913 – 17 June 1985) and Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting (21 December 1913 – 5 November 2001), known collectively as the Boulting brothers, were English filmmakers and identical twins who became known for thei ...
in the comedy ''
Rotten to the Core''. In 1967, she starred opposite
Yul Brynner
Yuliy Borisovich Briner (russian: link=no, Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian-born actor. He was best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in th ...
in the adventure film ''
The Long Duel
''The Long Duel'' is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling and Harry Andrews. It is set in British-ruled India of the 1920s but was filmed in Spain.
Plot
Superintende ...
''. She also appeared alongside
Franco Nero
Francesco Clemente Giuseppe Sparanero (born 23 November 1941), known professionally as Franco Nero, is an Italian actor, producer, and director. His breakthrough role was as the title character in the Spaghetti Western film '' Django'' (1966), ...
in the Italian film ''
Sardinia Kidnapped
''Sardinia Kidnapped'' ( it, Sequestro di persona, "Kidnapped"), also known as ''Ransom in Sardinia'', ''Island of Crime'' and ''Unlawful Restraint'', is a 1968 Italian poliziotteschi film directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi and starring Franco Ner ...
'' (''Sequestro di persona'') (1968), directed by
Gianfranco Mingozzi
Gianfranco Mingozzi (5 April 1932 – 7 October 2009) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Mingozzi got a degree in Law, then enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1 ...
.
On television, Rampling played the
gunfighter
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Hana Wilde in "The Superlative Seven", a 1967 episode of ''
The Avengers''. In 1969, she starred opposite
Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor. Waterston is known for his work in theater, television and, film. He has received a Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award, and has receive ...
in the romance-drama ''
Three
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3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month
Books
* '' Three of Them'' (Russian: ', literally, "three"), a 1901 ...
'', and in 1972, she starred opposite
Robert Blake Robert Blake may refer to:
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in the drama ''
Corky'' and portrayed
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key ...
in the costume drama ''
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
''Henry VIII and His Six Wives'' is a 1972 British historical film adaptation, directed by Waris Hussein, of the BBC 1970 six-part miniseries '' The Six Wives of Henry VIII''. Keith Michell, who plays Henry VIII in the TV series, also portrays ...
''. After this, her acting career blossomed in both English and French cinema.
Despite an early flurry of success, she told ''
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publis ...
'': "We weren't happy. It was a nightmare, breaking the rules and all that. Everyone seemed to be having fun, but they were taking so many drugs they wouldn't know it anyway."
Rampling has performed controversial roles. In 1969, in
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, stage director, and screenwriter. A major figure of Italian art and culture in the mid-20th century, Visconti was one of the fat ...
's ''
The Damned'' (''La Caduta degli dei''), she played a young wife sent to a
Nazi concentration camp
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps, (officially) or (more commonly). The Nazi concentration camps are distinguished from other types of Nazi camps such as forced-labor camps, as well as concen ...
. Critics praised her performance, and it cast her in a whole new image: mysterious, sensitive, and ultimately tragic. "The Look," as her co-star
Dirk Bogarde
Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as ''Doctor in the House'' (1954) for the Rank Organ ...
called it, became her trademark.
1970–early 1980s: mature roles, Hollywood, and Italian cinema
She appeared in the cult classic ''
Vanishing Point
A vanishing point is a point on the image plane of a perspective drawing where the two-dimensional perspective projections of mutually parallel lines in three-dimensional space appear to converge. When the set of parallel lines is perpendicul ...
'', in a scene deleted from the U.S. theatrical release (included in the U.K. release). Lead actor
Barry Newman remarked that the scene was of aid in the allegorical lilt of the film.
![Sequestro di persona 525](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Sequestro_di_persona_525.png)
In 1974's ''
The Night Porter
''The Night Porter'' ( it, Il portiere di notte) is a 1974 English-language Italian erotic psychological war drama film. Directed and co-written by Liliana Cavani, the film stars Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, with Philippe Leroy, Gabriel ...
'', in which she again appears alongside Dirk Bogarde, she plays a former
concentration camp
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inmate who, after
World War II
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, reunites with a former camp guard (Bogarde) with whom she had had an ambiguous,
sadomasochistic
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relationship. Their relationship resumes, and she becomes his mistress and victim once again. In ''
Max mon amour'', she played a woman who falls in love with a
chimpanzee. In 1974, she posed nude for ''
Playboy
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K ...
'' photographs by
Helmut Newton. In 1976 she co-presented for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Award with
Anthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolad ...
at the
48th Academy Awards.
In 1974, Rampling starred in
John Boorman
Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as ''Point Blank'' (1967), ''Hell in the Pacific'' (1968), ''Deliverance'' (1972), ''Zardoz'' (1974), '' Exorcist II: The Heretic'' (1977), ...
's science-fiction film ''
Zardoz
''Zardoz'' is a 1974 science fantasy film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman and starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling. It depicts a post-apocalyptic world (which Boorman says, in the audio commentary, may or may not be mat ...
'' opposite
Sean Connery
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. She also starred with
Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus O'Toole (; 2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013) was a British stage and film actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic ...
in ''
Foxtrot
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'' (1976) and with
Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in '' This Sporting ...
in ''
Orca
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'' (1977). She gained recognition from American audiences as the leading lady in a well-received remake of
Raymond Chandler's detective story ''
Farewell, My Lovely
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'' (1975) starring
Robert Mitchum
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as
Philip Marlowe
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, and later with
Woody Allen
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's ''
Stardust Memories
''Stardust Memories'' is a 1980 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Allen, Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper and Marie-Christine Barrault. Sharon Stone has a brief role, in her film debut. The film is ab ...
'' (1980), and in ''
The Verdict
''The Verdict'' is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. It stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, an ...
'' (1982), an acclaimed drama directed by
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), ''Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976), ...
that starred
Paul Newman
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.
Middle 1980s and 1990s
Rampling starred in
Claude Lelouch
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's 1984 film ''
Viva la vie (Long Live Life)'', before going on to star in the cult-film ''
Max, Mon Amour
''Max, Mon Amour'' ''Max, My Love'' is a 1986 film directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starring Charlotte Rampling, Anthony Higgins, Victoria Abril, Pierre Étaix and Milena Vukotic. The screenplay was written by Ōshima and Jean-Claude Carrière, an ...
'' (1986), and appear in the thriller ''
Angel Heart
''Angel Heart'' is a 1987 American neo-noir psychological horror film, an adaptation of William Hjortsberg's 1978 novel ''Falling Angel''. The film was written and directed by Alan Parker, and stars Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, an ...
'' (1987). For a decade she withdrew from the public eye due to depression. In the late 1990s, she appeared in ''
The Wings of the Dove
''The Wings of the Dove'' is a 1902 novel by Henry James. It tells the story of Milly Theale, an American heiress stricken with a serious disease, and her effect on the people around her. Some of these people befriend Milly with honourable ...
'' (1997), played
Miss Havisham
Miss Havisham is a character in the Charles Dickens novel '' Great Expectations'' (1861). She is a wealthy spinster, once jilted at the altar, who insists on wearing her wedding dress for the rest of her life. She lives in a ruined mansion wit ...
in a BBC television adaptation of ''
Great Expectations
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'' (1998), and starred in the film adaptation of
Anton Chekov
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’s ''
The Cherry Orchard
''The Cherry Orchard'' (russian: Вишнёвый сад, translit=Vishnyovyi sad) is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by ''Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition ...
'' (1999), directed by
Michael Cacoyannis
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.. In 1997, she was a jury member at the
54th Venice International Film Festival
The 54th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 27 August to 6 September 1997.
Jury
The following people comprised the 1997 jury:
* Jane Campion (New Zealand) (head of jury)
* Ronald Bass (USA)
* Véra Belmont (France)
* ...
.
2000s
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Rampling credits
François Ozon
François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...
with drawing her back to film in the 2000s, a period when she came to terms with the death of her elder sister Sarah who, after giving birth prematurely in 1966, died by suicide at 23. She told ''
The Guardian
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'': "I thought that after such a long time of not letting her be with me. I would like to bring her back into my life."
The character she played in Ozon's ''
Swimming Pool
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'' (2003), Sarah Morton, was named in her sister's honour.
For most of Rampling's life, she would say only that her sister had died of a
brain haemorrhage
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; when she and her father learned of Sarah’s death, they agreed they would never let her mother know the truth. They kept their secret until Rampling's mother died in 2001.
Rampling appeared in
Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as ''Top Gun'' (1986), ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''Day ...
's ''
Spy Game
''Spy Game'' is a 2001 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. The film grossed $62 million in the United States and $143 million worldwide on a $115 million budget, and received mostly ...
'' (2001), and she earned
César Award nominations for ''
Under the Sand
''Under the Sand'' (french: Sous le sable, ) is a 2000 French drama film directed and written by François Ozon. The film was nominated for three César Awards and was critically well received. It stars Charlotte Rampling and Bruno Cremer.
Cast ...
'' (2000), ''Swimming Pool'' (2003), and ''
Lemming
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'' (2005). At 59, she appeared in
Laurent Cantet
Laurent Cantet (; born 11 April 1961) is a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film ''Entre les murs'' ('' The Class'') won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
Biography
Laurent Cantet was born in 1961 in the town ...
's ''
Heading South
''Heading South'' (french: Vers le sud) is a 2005 French-Canadian-Belgian drama film directed by Laurent Cantet and based on three short stories by Dany Laferrière. It depicts the experiences of three middle-aged white women in the late 1970s, tr ...
'' (''Vers le Sud''), a 2005 film about
sexual tourism
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. She appeared as Ellen, a professor of
French literature
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, who holidays in 1970s
Haiti
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to get the sexual attention she does not get at home.
Hideo Kojima
is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer and writer. He is regarded as an auteur of video games. He developed a strong passion for action/adventure cinema and literature during his childhood and adolescence. In 1986, he was hired ...
used Rampling's likeness for
The Boss, the main antagonist of his game ''
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', released in 2004.
On her choice of roles, Rampling said, "I generally don't make films to entertain people. I choose the parts that challenge me to break through my own barriers. A need to devour, punish, humiliate or surrender seems to be a primal part of human nature, and it's certainly a big part of sex. To discover what normal means, you have to surf a tide of weirdness."
The actress has continued to work in sexually provocative films, such as ''
Basic Instinct 2
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'' (2006). In 2008, she portrayed
Countess Spencer, the mother of
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Righton (; née Knightley, born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Known for her work in both independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received several accolades, including nominations for ...
's title character, in ''
The Duchess'' and played the High Priestess in
post-apocalyptic
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thriller ''
Babylon A.D.'' In 2002, she recorded an album titled ''Comme Une Femme'', or ''As A Woman''. It is in both French and English, and includes passages that are
spoken word
Spoken word refers to an oral poetic performance art that is based mainly on the poem as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities. It is a late 20th century continuation of an ancient oral artistic tradition that focuses on the aesthetics of ...
as well as selections which Rampling sang.. In February 2006, Rampling was named as the jury president at the
56th Berlin International Film Festival.
She has been seen on the covers of ''
Vogue
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* ''Vogue'' (magazine), a US fashion magazine
** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
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'', ''
Interview
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'' and ''
Elle
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'' magazines and
CRUSHfanzine'. In 2009, she posed nude in front of the
Mona Lisa
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for
Juergen Teller
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Maj ...
. In 2009, Rampling appeared in
Todd Solondz
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's ''
Life During Wartime''.
2010s
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In 2010, she completed filming ''
Cleanskin'', a terrorist thriller, and played Miss Emily in the dystopian romantic fantasy ''
Never Let Me Go''. She also appeared as Helena in the dance drama ''
StreetDance 3D
''StreetDance 3D'' (also called ''StreetDance'') is a 2010 British 3D dance comedy-drama film which was released on 21 May 2010. The film was released in RealD 3D, XpanD 3D, and Dolby 3D with Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini directing it. ''Britain's ...
'' and the nun Mary in ''
The Mill and the Cross'' with
Michael York
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and
Rutger Hauer
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Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series ' ...
. 2011 saw Rampling play Elizabeth Hunter in the Fred Schepisi directed adaptation of Australian Nobel laureate Patrick White's novel, ''The Eye of the Storm'' (with Judy Davis and Geoffrey Rush). In 2011 she also appeared in
Lars Von Trier
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's ''
Melancholia
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''. For her role in the 2012 miniseries ''
Restless'', Rampling was nominated for a
Primetime Emmy Award
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and a
Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2013, she appeared as Dr. Evelyn Vogel in the eighth season of ''
Dexter''. Rampling also appeared as Alice in the drama ''
Jeune et Jolie'' and the elderly Adriana do Prado in ''
Night Train to Lisbon
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''. Other television roles include the
ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
drama ''
Broadchurch
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'' (2015) and the
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'' (2015). In 2014, she was named the new face of
''. The film is about a couple preparing to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary when new information regarding the husband's missing previous lover arises. ''45 Years'' was screened in the main competition section of the
.
.
.
In 2016, Rampling said that efforts to boycott that year's Oscars ceremony over a
". Her comments were called "offensive, outrageous and ignorant" by
. Rampling later apologised for her comments and expressed regret that her statements were misinterpreted.
That same year, Rampling backed children's fairytales app, GivingTales, in aid of
. It had its world premiere at the
in January 2017. Her next film was in
'', where she portrayed the title role of the wife of a man imprisoned on uncertain charges. For her role, she was awarded the
.
.
''.
In 1972, Rampling married New Zealand actor and publicist Bryan Southcombe and had a son, Barnaby Southcombe (who became a television director), before divorcing in 1976. The couple was reported to have been living in a