English actress and singer
Mother of photographer Kate Barry (with John Barry ), Charlotte Gainsbourg (with Serge Gainsbourg ) and Lou Doillon (with Jacques Doillon ).
Sister of Andrew Birkin
Daughter of actress Judy Campbell and Lieutenant-Commander David Birkin.
Living together with Jacques Doillon
She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queens Birthday Honours List for her services to acting and British French cultural relations.
Aunt of David Birkin and Ned Birkin.
French design house Herms named and designed a handbag for her in 1984. The now famous "Birkin" bag is one of their most popular (and expensive at at least $6000 a piece) handbags to date.
The 1969 album "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg" included the highly controversial track "Je TAime...Moi Non Plus" which, though sung entirely in French, was banned by several radio stations due to the simulated "aural" sex that consisted of various explicit "gasps," "sighs" and "moans" interspersed throughout the French lyrics. Despite its notoriety, the single went on to top the British charts in October 1969, eventually scoring in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Holland and Sweden. By early 1970 it had sneaked onto the American charts where it enjoyed modest success
Her mother was a second half-cousin of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
Is a descendant of King Charles II Stuart of England and Scotland.
Grandmother of Roman de Kermadec, born in 1987, (Kate Barry s son), Ben Attal, born in 1997, Alice Attal, born in 2002 (Charlotte Gainsbourg s children), and Marlowe-Tigger Mitchell, born in 2002 (Lou Doillon s son).
Has a bulldog named Dora.
In the 1980s a purse/bag - the Hermes Birkin Bag - was named after her. In 2015, after a film circulated by PETA demonstrated animal mistreatment at a Texan leather-farm allegedly used by the firm as a supplier, she asked for her name to be removed.
Miller Harris LAir de Rien perfume was created for her especially by perfumer Lyn Harris.
(January 2007) She visited Argentina for 3 days.
Invited by Morrissey to perform at the Meltdown Festival in June 2004.
Granddaughter of J.A. Campbell.
She and the 6th Baronet Birkin, TV director John Birkin both come from the lineage of the 1st Baronet Birkin; their great-grandfathers were his sons.
Big Ben . . . hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.
At eighteen, I was the oldest virgin in Chelsea.
When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time.
