English actress, model, and singer, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. Her melancholy beauty and steel-grey eyes have always held a fascination that remains in edge of the viewer’s awareness. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model and later became a fashion icon and muse. She first received wide attention for her ultra sensual role in The Night Porter (1974).
Her early films include “Georgy Girl (1966) and Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1973), plus a great deal of TV. She went on to star in Zardoz (1974), Farewell, My Lovely (1975), Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980), opposite Paul Newman in The Verdict (1982), Long Live Life (1984), Max, Mon Amour (1986), Angel Heart (1987), and The Wings of the Dove (1997). In 2002 she released an album of recordings in the style of cabaret, titled As A Woman.
In the 2000s, she became the muse of French director François Ozon, appearing in his films Under the Sand (2000), Swimming Pool (2003), and Angel (2007). On television, she is known for her role as Evelyn Vogel in Dexter (2013). In 2012 she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, both for her performance in the miniseries Restless. Other television roles include work in Broadchurch and London Spy, for the latter of which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
For her performance in the 2015 film 45 Years, she won the Berlin Film Festival Award for Best Actress, the European Film Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 74th Venice International Film Festival for Hannah.
A four-time César Award nominee, she received an Honorary César in 2001 and France’s Legion of Honour 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. In 2015, she released her autobiography, which she wrote in French, titled Qui Je Suis, or Who I Am. She later worked on an English translation, which was published in March 2017.
In 1972, Rampling married New Zealand actor and publicist Bryan Southcombe and had a son, Barnaby (who became a television director), before divorcing in 1976. The couple was reported to have been living in a ménage à trois with a male model, Randall Laurence.
In 1978, Rampling married French composer Jean-Michel Jarre and had a second son, David Jarre, who became a musician and singer. She raised her stepdaughter, Émilie Jarre, who became a fashion designer. The marriage was publicly dissolved in 1997, when Rampling learned from tabloid newspaper stories about Jarre’s affairs with other women.
Since 1998 Rampling lived in Paris with journalist and businessman Jean-Noël Tassez, until his death in 2015.
Rampling has lived in Paris since the late 1970s. She has suffered from depression.
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