Charli XCX
Birthdate: August 2, 1992 (33 Years Old)
Birthplace: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Charli XCX (birthname: Charlotte Emma Aitchison) is an Emmy-winning electropop singer-songwriter who has also acted in several feature films, beginning with her voice actor performance in the hit Finnish-American animated The Angry Birds Movie (2016), alongside voice cast members Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader and Peter Dinklage under the co-direction of Clay Kaytis and Fergal Reilly, produced by Columbia Pictures/Rovio Animation and released worldwide by Sony Pictures Releasing to a terrific $352.3 million gross.
Charli XCX’s second voice performance in feature animation was as part of the vocal ensemble of UglyDolls (2019), based on the plush toy product created by Sun-Min Kim, with the voices of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Bebe Rexha, Lizzo, Wang Leehom, Emma Roberts and Pitbull under Kelly Asbury’s direction, with story writer Robert Rodriguez as producer, and distributed by STX (which also produced with Reel FX Animation Studios/Alibaba Pictures/Original Force/Troublemaker Studios) along with distributors VVS Films (Canada) and Huaxia Film Distribution (China) to a poor $32.5 million global box office.
Charli XCX starred, co-wrote and produced director/co-writer/producer/cinematographer/editor Pete Ohs’s Warsaw-set indie feature, Erupcja (2025), a project made with the collaboration of playwright Jeremy O. Harris (writer, producer, actor), Lena Gora (writer, actor), Will Madden (writer, actor) and producers Josh Godfrey and Luke Arreguin, launching at the Toronto Film Festival and released by distributor 1-2 Special. Charli XCX was cast in director/writer Julia Jackman’s fantasy romance, 100 Nights of Hero (2025), based on Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, starring Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Richard E. Grant and Felicity Jones, and which premiered in the Venice Film Festival’s Critics Week section before a release by Independent Film Company (U.S.)/Vue Lumiere (U.K.).
Charli XCX joined the colorful ensemble of director/co-writer Cathy Yan’s black comedy, The Gallerist (2026), headed by star-producer Natalie Portman, with Jenna Ortega, Sterling K. Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Daniel Brühl, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Charli XCX’s second 2026 Sundance world premiere was as star/producer—playing a version of herself—in director/co-writer Aidan Zamiri’s music industry-based mockumentary, The Moment (2025), based on Charli XCX’s original idea, with Alexander Skarsgård, Rosanna Arquette, Hailey Benson Gates, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Kylie Jenner, Isaac Powell, and Rachel Sennott, and which was produced and released by A24.
Charli XCX—in her third Sundance ’26 premiere--co-starred in director/co-writer/producer/co-editor Gregg Araki’s erotic thriller, I Want Your Sex (2026), co-written by Karley Sciortino, co-starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho and Roxane Mesquida, and which was produced by Black Bear Pictures. Charli XCX co-starred in director/co-writer Daniel Goldhaber’s horror remake, Faces of Death (date to be announced), co-starring Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, and Jermaine Fowler, and produced by Legendary Entertainment/Divide Conquer/Angry Films.
Charli XCX co-starred with Jessica Alba and Vanessa Burghardt (who also wrote the script) in the drama, A Tree is Blue (date to be announced), directed and produced by Dakota Johnson, and which was produced by Rivulet Films and TeaTime Pictures. Charli XCX has also appeared as herself in feature documentaries and music and concert films, including The F-Word and Me (2015), The 1989 World Tour (2015), Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), and Charli XCX: Alone Together (2022). Charli XCX has also been the co-composer of feature film soundtracks, including Emma Seligman’s and Rachel Sennott’s black comedy, Bottoms (2023), with Leo Birenberg; director/writer/producer Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (2026), with Anthony Willis; and director/writer/producer David Lowery’s psychological drama, Mother Mary (2026), with Jack Antonoff and Daniel Hart.
Personal life
Charli XCX was born and raised in Cambridge, England, by her parents, mother Shameera (flight attendant) and father Jon Aitchison (talent agent). Her mother was of Gujarati Indian descent from Uganda, and her father was born in Scotland. Charli XCX attended Bishop’s Stortford College in Hertfordshire. Charli XCX has been married to Belgian actor-composer George Daniel since 2025. Charli XCX’s height is 5’ 3”. Charli XCX’s estimated net worth is $10 million.
Known For
Charli XCX Movies
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Previous (4)
- 2026 |
The Moment
A rising pop star navigates the complexities of fame and industry pressure while preparing for her arena tour debut.
- 2025 |
100 Nights of Hero
asRosa
When a charming house guest (Galitzine) arrives at a remote castle, the delicate dynamic between a neglectful husband, his innocent bride Cherry (Monroe), and their devoted maid Hero (Corrin), is thrown into chaos.
- 2019 |
- -- | as Bethany
Facts About Charli XCX
First: Charli XCX is the first woman of British Indian origin to be honored with both the ASCAP Global Impact Award (in 2024) and also Gold House’s impactful Asian A100 list.
Hero: Charli XCX has noted in interviews that her music hero is Siouxsie Sioux, lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Bullied: Charli XCX was bullied and felt racist behavior for being, as she has termed it, “a half-Indian girl with frizzy hair.”
