Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet

• Name — Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet • Born — 1986 • Birthplace — Royan, France • Education — Sorbonne University • Occupation — * Director • screenwriter • actress • Years Active — 2014–present • Partner — Emmanuel Carrère

Bourgeois-Tacquet was born and raised in Royan; her mother taught English and her father was a furniture importer. She became interested in acting at the age of 14 after seeing Isabelle Huppert in the play Medea in La Rochelle. She attended the Lycée Cordouan in Royan and later moved to Paris to enroll in the khâgne program at the Lycée Fénelon. She then earned a licence de lettres and a master's degree in literature from Sorbonne University. After failing the agrégation de lettres exam to teach literature, she applied for an internship at the publishing house Éditions Grasset, from where she was later offered a full-time position.

Bourgeois-Tacquet began her career working as an editorial assistant at Éditions Grasset for three years. Through her work connections, she secured small roles in films by Lucas Belvaux, Philippe Le Guay, and Mia Hansen-Løve. At the age of 25, she met producer Philippe Carcassonne and sent him two screenplays, one of which became her first short film, Joujou. Her second short film, Pauline asservie, was screened in the Critics' Week section of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. Principal photography on her debut feature film, Anaïs in Love, took place in 2020. The film was partly inspired by an affair she had with a married man, and was screened out of competition in the Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature film, A Woman's Life, premiered in the main competition of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.

Bourgeois-Tacquet's partner is French writer Emmanuel Carrère.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes — Reference • 2016 — Joujou — Short film • 2018 — Pauline asservie — Short film • 2021 — Anaïs in Love • 2026 — A Woman's Life

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Reference • 2014 — Not My Type — Woman in the Cinémathèque • 2015 — Qui c'est les plus forts? — Nurse • 2015 — Floride — Saleswoman • 2016 — Things to Come — Department manager at Éditions Cartet • 2016 — Joujou — Pauline — Short film • 2021 — Between Two Worlds — Charline • 2024 — Suspended Time — Journalist