Charlotte Gainsbourg – Marie Claire France – September 2025

The choice of wardrobe speaks volumes. This isn’t the structured Balenciaga she’s championed for years, nor the Saint Laurent sophistication that has become her red-carpet armor. Instead, we see Gainsbourg in flowing silk—a deliberate softness that mirrors her current life phase. The magazine feature coincides with her latest creative renaissance, as she prepares to embody iconic feminist lawyer Gisèle Halimi in an upcoming biographical film while simultaneously promoting her Prime Video series “Étoile.”

The Marie Claire feature arrives at a pivotal moment in her career. Her upcoming role as Gisèle Halimi represents perhaps her most significant dramatic challenge yet, requiring her to embody one of France’s most formidable legal minds and feminist pioneers. The choice to photograph her in this relaxed, almost vacation-ready state creates intriguing contrast with the intensity of her professional commitments.

There’s also something generational happening here—a passing of the torch that feels both natural and necessary. While her parents represented the rebellious creativity of the 1960s and 70s, Charlotte has evolved into something more nuanced: an artist who can traverse comedy and tragedy, fashion and film, with equal aplomb.