Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (December 14, 1946 – July 16, 2023) was a British-French actress, singer, and designer. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. In addition to her prolific career in French cinema, she appeared in several English-language films including Blowup (1966), Death on the Nile (1978), Evil Under the Sun (1982), and A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband composer John Barry; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon.

Filmography

• 2024Jane Birkin by Friends
• 2024Pierre Koralnik : cinéaste et visionnaire — Elle-même (archives)
• 2023Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
• 2022Jane Birkin « Oh ! Pardon tu dormais... », le concert — Self : Singer, Author
• 2021Gainsbourg, toute une vie
• Pretend It's a City — Songs
• 2017À la recherche de... Pierre Richard — Self - Actress, singer (archive footage)
• 2016The Railroad Lady — Élise
• 2016Whoever Was Using This Bed — The Caller (voice)
• 2014Bleu Catacombes — Lili Rousseau
• 2014Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
• 2013The French Minister — Molly Hutchinson
• 2013The Gillian Hills Trilogy
• Les Saisons meurtrières — Lily Rousseau
• 2012Twice Born — Psicologa
• 2011If You Die, I'll Kill You — Louise
• 2011Souvenirs of Serge — Narrator / Self (archive footage), Director
• 2010Thelma, Louise et Chantal — Nelly
• 2009Around a Small Mountain — Kate
• 2008Bunker
• 2008The Beaches of Agnès — Self/La croupière
• 2007Boxes — Anna, Screenplay, Director
• 2007In Mom's Head — Jane
• 2007Valkirias — Music
• Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud — Fanny Stevenson
• 2003Thank You, Doctor Rey — Pénélope
• 2003The Very Merry Widows — Renée
• 2001A Hell of a Day — Jane
• 2001This Is My Body — Louise Vernet
• 2000Cinderella — Mab
• 2000The Last September — Francie Montmorency
• 1998A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries — Mrs. Fortescue
• 1997Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
• 1997Same Old Song — Jane
• 1996Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
• 1995Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea — Nikos' Former Love (voice)
• 1995Black for Remembrance — Caroline
• 1995One Hundred and One Nights — The Woman Who Says Stingy
• 1994Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
• 1992La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento — Liz
• Later... with Jools Holland
• 1992Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... — Director, Writer
• 1991La Belle Noiseuse — Liz
• 1991Lest We Forget — Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines"), Director
• 1991Red Fox — Violet Harrison
• 1990Daddy Nostalgia — Caroline
• 1989L'Ex-femme de ma vie — Frankie
• 1989The 15 Year Old Girl — Assistant Director
• 1988Kung-Fu Master! — Mary-Jane, Story
• 1988Mer de Chine: Le pays pour mémoire — Joy
• 1987Comédie ! — Elle
• 1987Keep Your Right Up — Cicada
• 1986The Woman of My Life — Laura
• 1985Beethoven's Nephew — Johanna
• Cinecittà Cinecittà — Jane Birkin
• 1985Dust — Magda
• 1985Leave All Fair — Marie Taylor, Katherine Mansfield
• 1984La Pirate — Alma
• 1984Love on the Ground — Emily
• 1984The Bodyguard — Barbara Penning
• 1983A Friend of Vincent — Marie-Pierre
• 1983Dorothée : Le Show — Jane
• 1983Move Along, There Is Nothing to See! — Hélène Duvernet
• 1982Evil Under the Sun — Christine Redfern
• 1982Famous T & A — archive footage
• 1982Nestor Burma, détective de choc — Hélène Chatelain
• 1981The Prodigal Daughter — Anne
• 1980Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment — Wally Neuziel
• 1979Honey — Inés
• 1979Make Room for Tomorrow — Peggy
• 1979Melancoly Baby — Olga
• 1978Death on the Nile — Louise Bourget
• 1977Animal — La vedette féminine
• 1976Burnt By A Scalding Passion — Virginia Vismara
• 1976I Love You, I Don't — Johnny
• 1976The Devil in the Heart — Linda
• 1975Catherine & Co. — Catherine
• 1975Serious as Pleasure — Ariane Berg
• 1975Seven Deaths by Prescription — Mme Jane Berg
• 1975The Wild Goose Chase — Janet
• Bons baisers de... Tarzan — Jeanne / Jane
• 1974How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby — Jane
• 1974I'm Losing My Temper — Jackie Logan
• 1974Love at the Top — Marie-Paule Allard
• 1973Dark Places — Alta
• 1973Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman — Clara
• 1973Private Screening — Kate / Hélène
• 1973Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye — Corringa
• 1972Seduction Squad — Christine
• 1971Melody — Melody Nelson
• 1971Romance of a Horsethief — Naomi
• 1971The Rage of War — Milja
• 1971Too Small My Friend — Christine Mars / Christine Devone
• 1970Cannabis — Jane Swenson
• 1970May Morning — Flora Finlake
• 1970Sex-Power — Jane
• 1969Katmandu — Jane
• 1969Slogan — Evelyne Nicholson
• 1969The Swimming Pool — Penelope
• 1969Wonderwall — Penny Lane
• 1967Poor Cherry — Judy
• 1966Blow-Up — The Blonde
• 1966Kaleidoscope — Exquisite Thing
• 1966The Idol — Art Student
• 1965The Knack... and How to Get It — Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)
• Armchair Mystery Theatre — Anthea Langridge
• Armchair Theatre — Judy, Babs

Appearances as themselves (76)

• 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Alain Souchon - One Day, One Fate — Self
• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Jane Birkin et nous — Self
• 2022Jane by Charlotte — Self
• 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Unis pour l'Ukraine — Self
• Abers Road — Self
• 2021Undressing a Legacy — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Agnes V. by Jane B. — Self
• 2020Le festival des festivals — Self
• 2020Les Secrets de la belle endormie — Self
• 2020Live @ Echoes with Jehnny Beth — Self
• 2020Numéro un - Demis Roussos — Self
• 2020Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me — Self
• 2019Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau — Self (archive footage)
• Bonsoir bonsoir! — Self
• 2019Fifty Years Later — Self
• 2019Jane Birkin: Simply an Icon — Self - Singer (archive footage)
• 2019Les années Bouvard : le rire et l’impertinence — Self (archive footage)
• Bonsoir ! — Self - Guest
• La hora musa — Self
• 2017Birkin, Hardy, Sanson, une vie à aimer — Self
• 2017Jane Birkin - Alcaline le Concert — Self
• 2017Taratata fête ses 25 ans 100% live au Zénith — Self
• 2016Vadim Mister Cool — Self (archive footage)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest
• 2013Du sang sur la neige — Self
• 2013Nobody's Daughter Haewon — Self
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World — Self
• 2010Gainsbourg and His Girls — Self - Singer (voice)
• 2007Turn Me On — Self - Host
• On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest
• 2005French Beauty — Self
• 2005Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre — Self
• 2003Jane Birkin... Mother of All Babes — Self
• 2002Jane Birkin - Arabesque — Self
• 2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère — Self
• Star Academy — Self
• 2000Beck: @NPA Paris — Self
• 2000De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre 1958-1991 — Self
• Le Grand Tralala — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Vivement dimanche prochain — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• Taratata — Self
• 1991Jane Birkin au Casino de Paris — Self
• Stars 90 — Self
• 1988Jane B. by Agnès V. — Self / Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Joan Arc
• 1987Jane Birkin au Bataclan — Self - Chant
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• Téléthon — Self
• Victoires de la musique — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Na sowas! — Self
• 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' — Self / Christine Redfern
• 1981Electric Blue 006 — Self (archive footage)
• 1979Death on the Tagus — Self
• 30 millions d'amis — Self
• Cérémonie des César — Self - Host
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Numéro un — Self, Self - Host, Self (archive footage)
• Système 2 — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Midi trente — Self
• Cadet Rousselle — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• À bout portant — Self
• Dim Dam Dom — Self
• Die Drehscheibe — Self
• Discorama — Self