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 ONeill After beginnings in dance and modeling she turned her attention to acting and made her Englishlanguage acting debut and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globenominated role in her portrayal of Tonya in David Leans Doctor Zhivago 1965 She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellmans The Little Foxes in 1967 and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araizas Nefertiti and Akhenaton 1973 alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altmans Nashville 1975 She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to LA 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 In 2018 she starred in Red Land Rosso Istria Italian movie by Maximiliano Hernando Bruno based on Norma Cossetto and the foibe massacres In 2019 she played the Duchess of Windsor in season 3 of the Netflix period drama series The Crown Description above from the Wikipedia article Geraldine Chaplin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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