Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe-nominated role) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1967, and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (1973), alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L. A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît (1976) and Love on the Ground (1984). She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría Cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin límites (2002), and was nominated again for The Orphanage (2007). Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Filmography

• 2023Luka — The General
• 2023Seneca — Lucia
• Glow and Darkness
• 2020The Barefoot Emperor — Lady Liz
• 2019Holy Beasts — Vera
• 2019The Rodriguez and the Beyond — Isabel
• 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom — Iris
• 2018Red Land — Giulia Visantrin
• 2018Sinuous Road — Miny Barrios
• 2017Anchor and Hope — Germaine
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams — Irma Louise Gordon
• 2017The Broken Key — Tower Woman
• 2016A Monster Calls — The Head Teacher (uncredited)
• Beyond the Walls — Rose
• The Crown — Wallis Simpson
• 2015Lines of the Hand
• 2015Marguerite & Julien — La mère de Lefebvre
• 2015Me and Kaminski — Therese
• 2015Once and Forever — Marie Donovan
• 2015Sand Dollars — Anne
• 2015The Forbidden Room — Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
• 2015Valentin Valentin — Jane
• 2014Amapola — Memé
• 2014Wax — Producer
• 2013Another Me — Mrs. Brennan
• 2013Panzer Chocolate — Frau Frida
• 2013Three-60 — Jean Christophe
• 2012All Together — Annie Colin
• 2012Hostias (Un amor de película) — Jean
• 2012The Apostle — Dorinda (voice)
• The Hollow Crown — Alice
• 2012The Impossible — Old Woman
• 2011Americano — Linda
• 2011Memories of My Melancholy Whores — Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
• 2011The Monk — L’abbesse
• 2011There Be Dragons — Abileyza
• 2011What's a Bear For? — Josephine
• 2010L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo — Alma
• 2010The Making of Plus One — Geri - the casting director
• 2010The Mosquito Net — María
• 2010The Wolfman — Maleva
• 2009Imago Mortis — Contessa Orsini
• 2009Parc — la mère de Paul Marteau
• 2009The Island Inside — Victoria
• 2008Diary of a Nymphomaniac — Abuela de Valére
• 2008Inconceivable — Frances Church-Chappel
• 2008Ramírez — Galerist
• 2008Tell Me About Love — Amelie
• 2007Boxes — Mommy
• 2007Miguel and William — Owner
• 2007The Orphanage — Aurora
• 2007The Totenwackers — Salgado
• 2007Theresa: The Body of Christ — Priora
• 2006BloodRayne — Fortune Teller
• Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud — Maggie
• 2005Heidi — Rottenmeier
• 2005Melissa P. — Nonna Elvira
• 2004A Christmas Carol — Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Mrs Fane
• 2004The Bridge of San Luis Rey — The Abbess
• 2003Winter Solstice — Gloria Blundell
• Winter Solstice — Gloria Blundell
• 2002Dinotopia — Oriana
• Dinotopia — Oriana
• 2002Talk to Her — Katerina Bilova
• 2002The City of No Limits — Marie
• 2002The Faces of the Moon — Joan Turner
• 2001Just Run! — Madre
• In the Beginning — Jochebed
• 1999Beresina — Charlotte De
• 1999Finisterre, donde termina el mundo — Madre
• 1999Mary, Mother of Jesus — Elizabeth
• 1999To Walk with Lions — Victoria Anrecelli
• 1998Cousin Bette — Adeline
• 1997Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor — Mother Teresa
• 1997The Eyes of Asia — Jane Powell
• The Odyssey — Eurycleia
• 1996Crimetime — Thelma
• Gulliver's Travels — Empress Munodi
• 1996Jane Eyre — Miss Scatcherd
• 1995Home for the Holidays — Aunt Glady
• 1995To Hear the Birds Singing — Catherine
• 1994Words Upon the Window Pane — Miss McKenna
• 1993A Foreign Field — Beverley
• 1993The Age of Innocence — Mrs. Welland
• 1992Chaplin — Hannah Chaplin
• 1992Duel of Hearts — Mrs Miller
• 1992Off Season — Anarchist
• 1991Buster's Bedroom — Diana Daniels
• 1990Gentille Alouette — Angela Duverger
• 1990The Children — Joyce Wheater
• 1989I Want to Go Home — Terry Amstrong
• Screen One — Beverly
• 1989The Return of the Musketeers — Queen Anne
• 1988The Moderns — Nathalie de Ville
• 1987White Mischief — Nina Soames
• 1985The Corsican Brothers — Madame Savilia de Franchi
• 1984Love on the Ground — Charlotte
• 1983Casting — Star
• 1983Life Is a Bed of Roses — Nora Winkle
• My Cousin Rachel — Contessa Rachel Sangalletti
• 1981Bolero — Suzan / Sara Glenn
• 1981The House of Mirth — Lily Bart
• 1980A Sweet Journey — Lucie
• 1980The Mirror Crack'd — Ella Zielinsky
• 1979Adoption — Catherine
• 1979Mais où et donc Ornicar — Isabelle
• 1979Mama Turns 100 — Ana
• 1979The Widow of Montiel — Adelaida Montiel
• 1978A Page of Love — Lise
• 1978A Wedding — Rita Billingsley
• 1978Blindfolded Eyes — Emilia
• 1978Remember My Name — Emily
• 1978Short Letter to the Long Goodbye — Judith Seldan
• The Word — Naomi Dunn
• 1977Elisa, My Life — Elisa Santamaría
• 1977In Memoriam — Paulina Arevalo
• 1977Roseland — Marilyn
• 1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson — The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
• 1976Cria! — María
• 1976Noroît (Une Vengeance) — Morag
• 1976Scrim — Ann
• 1976Welcome to L.A. — Karen Hood
• 1975Nashville — Opal
• 1974Summer of Silence — Anne Zimmler
• 1974The Four Musketeers — Queen Anne of Austria
• 1974¿... Y el prójimo? — Luisa
• 1973Anna and the Wolves — Ana
• 1973Marriage a la Mode — Marie-des-Anges
• 1973Nefertiti and Akhenaten — Nefertiti
• 1973The Three Musketeers — Anna of Austria
• 1973Yankee Dudler — Kate Elder
• 1972A House Without Boundaries — Lucía Alfaro
• 1972Innocent Bystanders — Miriam Loman
• 1972Z.P.G. — Carol
• 1971Carlos — Lisa
• 1971Perched on a Tree — Mme Muller
• 1970The Garden of Delights — Invitada comunión (uncredited)
• 1970The Hawaiians — Purity Hoxworth
• 1969Honeycomb — Teresa, Screenplay
• 1968Stress Is Three — Teresa
• 1967A Countess from Hong Kong — Girl at Dance
• 1967Casino Royale — Keystone Kop (uncredited)
• 1967I Killed Rasputin — Mounia Golovine
• 1967Peppermint Frappé — Elena
• 1967Stranger in the House — Angela Sawyer
• 1966La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
• 1966We'll Go to the City — Lenka Vitas
• 1965Crime on a Summer Morning — Zelda van Willie
• 1965Doctor Zhivago — Tonya Gromeko
• 1952Limelight — Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Mme. Savilia de Franchi
• The Wind Blew On

Appearances as themselves (25)

• 2025Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp — Self
• 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Cannes 1968, révolution au palais — Self
• 2016Madres de los dioses — Self
• Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel — Self
• 2003Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years — Self
• 2003Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin — Self
• Menschen bei Maischberger — Self
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self - Guest
• 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
• Morgenmagazin — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Goldene Kamera — Self
• Unknown Chaplin — Self (archive footage)
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self (archive footage)
• 1965David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago — Self
• Dim Dam Dom — Self
• 1965Moscow in Madrid — Self
• 1965Pasternak — Self (archive footage)
• 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean — Self
• 1964Dernier Soir — Self
• Reflets de Cannes — Self
• What's My Line? — Self - Mystery Guest