 In 1993, Gainsbourg made her English-speaking debut in "The Cement Garden", written and directed by her uncle, Andrew Birkin.Her stage debut was in 1994, in David Mamet's "Oleanna" at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse.In 1996, Gainsbourg starred as the title character in "Jane Eyre", a film adaption of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel.