Carmen Chaplin (born c. 1972[1][2]) is an English and 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.[3]
Chaplin was born in London, United Kingdom, to actor Michael Chaplin, who is of English and Irish heritage, and his second wife, Patricia Betaudier, daughter of the interracial Irish and Trinidadian couple,[4] and was raised in France and Spain.[5] 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.