Studied at Jeanne d'Arc Académie Pour Jeunes Filles at Versailles, France when her family moved there.
The British rock band Kinky Machine wrote a song about her, simply called "Charlotte Rampling." It includes the line "I always wanted to be your trampoline".
The character she played in François Ozon's Swimming Pool (2003), "Sarah Morton", was named after her elder sister, Sarah, who committed suicide at age 23. She told The Guardian, "I thought that after such a very long time of not letting her be with me that I would like to bring her back into my life".
Was included as one of People Magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in May 2001.
Winner of a Honorary Cesar from the French Academy of Cinema in recognition of her work (2001).