Carmen Chaplin is a British/Irish actress and film director. Carmen is the daughter of Michael Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Her mother is the British-Irish painter Patricia Betaudier, daughter of Trinidadian artist Patrick Betaudier. Background Chaplin was born on 27 July 1972 in London, United Kingdom to a well-known actor Michael Chaplin, who is of English and Irish heritage and his second wife Patricia Betaudier, daughter of the interracial Irish and Trinidadian couple, and was raised in France and Spain.<ref>Frank Heer: [http://www.annabelle.ch/leben/kultur/carmen-chaplin-wie-lebt-es-sich-als-enkelin-einer-ikone-43213 Carmen Chaplin, wie lebt es sich als Enkelin einer Ikone?]. Annabelle, 2016-6-28 (interview, German)</ref> She made her film debut in Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World (1991), and has since appeared in several films, such as My Favourite Season (1993), The Serpent's Kiss (1997), and the US action comedy All About the Benjamins (2002). She has directed one short film, Tryst in Paname'', starring her real-life sister Dolores Chaplin and Bambou Gainsbourg. Filmography Ancestry References External links Living people Actresses from London English film actresses Carmen English film directors British people of American descent British people of Trinidad and Tobago descent British people of English descent British people of Irish descent British expatriates in Spain British expatriates in France 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses 1972 births