Charlotte Rampling and her mysterious gaze. In the early Sixties, when Twiggy makes the eye wide open look so fashionable and popular for millions of girls, another young British prepares to bewitch the screens of Swinging London with feline green eyes and projects a very different spell from the ingenuous freshness then in vogue.
A few years and a few roles later, Charlotte Rampling becomes the kinky queen with the dark role of a survivor of Nazi concentration camps in the sombre film “Night Porter”.
The film definitely made her a star and fame will never leave the beautiful english actress, her career continues, but its mystery, real or imagined, is often strongest, and some of her film roles are sometimes almost silent.
In her fifties and while great beauties leave the screens to younger actresses she made a sudden comeback with the French film ” Under the Sand ” whose theme is grief, giving her career a new boost, then Rampling adds comedy to her acting range which shows her in the most verbose role ever.
She has without doubt aged, but her singular beauty gives her a special place, a beauty that claims to have stayed away from the temptation of cosmetic surgery and unlike the myriads of celebs who claim to have had no work done at all even though they have perfectly Botox foreheads and “pillow faces”, we do believe her.
Now 68 years old, Charlotte Rampling has been chosen to be the image of Nars makeup and she will be photographed by François Nars himself to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the brand. She is a fantastic inspiration for the increasing number of women who refuse to believe that only youthful looks can be beautiful, Charlotte Rampling is the living proof that older women can do cool, poised, alluring and sexy. With her makeup style kept fairly natural, almost minimal to just enhances her amazing green eyes and beautiful and unusual shaped lips Charlotte Rampling is simply and truly an icon.
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Charlotte Rampling photographed by Francois Nars