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'''Jane Mallory Birkin''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɜːr|k|ɪ|n}}; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023) was a British-French actress and singer. She had a prolific career as an actress, mostly in [[French cinema]].
A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, appearing in minor roles in [[Michelangelo Antonioni]]'s ''[[Blowup]]'' (1966), and ''[[Kaleidoscope (1966 film)|Kaleidoscope]]'' (1966). In 1968, she met [[Serge Gainsbourg]] while co-starring with him in ''[[Slogan (film)|Slogan]]'', which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/jane-birkin-serge-gainsbourg-vogue|title=From The Archive: When Vogue Captured Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg In Love|website=British Vogue|date=8 April 2020|language=en-GB|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> The duo released
Birkin lived mainly in France from the late 1960s onwards
After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin continued to work as both an actress and a singer, appearing in various independent films and recording numerous solo albums. In 2016, she starred in the [[Academy Award]]-nominated short film ''[[La femme et le TGV]]'', which she said would be her final film role.▼
▲After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin continued to work
▲Birkin lived mainly in France from the late 1960s onwards, and would acquire French citizenship.<ref name="leparisien">{{cite news|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/mort-de-jane-birkin-a-lage-de-76-ans-16-07-2023-HI4OIU7ASFFHXBRF2F3NFUFY4Q.php|title=Jane Birkin est morte à l'âge de 76 ans|last=Décugis|first=Jean-Michel|date=16 July 2023|newspaper=[[Le Parisien]]|access-date=16 July 2023 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="auto6">{{Cite web |date=16 July 2023 |title=Franco-British singer and actress Jane Birkin dies in Paris aged 76 |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/07/16/franco-british-singer-and-actress-jane-birken-dies-in-paris-aged-76 |publisher=[[Euronews]] |quote=A naturalised French citizen, Birkin moved to France in the late 1960s}}</ref> She was the mother of photographer [[Kate Barry (photographer)|Kate Barry]], with her first husband [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]; actress and singer [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], with Serge Gainsbourg; and musician [[Lou Doillon]], with [[Jacques Doillon]]. In addition to her acting and musical credits, she lent her name to the [[Hermès]] [[Birkin bag|Birkin handbag]].
== Early life ==
Jane Mallory Birkin was born on 14 December 1946,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Vezin, Annette |author2=Vezin, Luc |year=200|title=The 20th Century Muse|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|page=1180|isbn= 978-0-8109-9154-5}}</ref> in [[Marylebone]], London.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNRNDwAAQBAJ&dq=jane+birkin+born+marylebone&pg=PT117 | title=Deadlier Than the Male: Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema | date=17 January 2016 | publisher=BearManor Media }}</ref> Her father, David Leslie Birkin (1914-1991), grandson of [[Sir Thomas Birkin, 1st Baronet]] and a member of the wealthy [[Birkin baronets|Birkin family]], was a [[Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy)|Royal Navy lieutenant commander]] and World War II [[espionage|spy]], whose first cousin was [[Freda Dudley Ward]], a mistress of [[Edward VIII]] while he was [[Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.genealogics.org/pedigree.php?personID=I00453163&tree=LEO | title=Pedigree Chart for Jane Birkin: Genealogics }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.genealogics.org/relationship.php?altprimarypersonID=I00024839&savedpersonID=I00037380&secondpersonID=I00453160&maxrels=1&disallowspouses=0&generations=6&tree=LEO&primarypersonID=I00024839 | title=Relationship Calculator: Genealogics }}</ref> Her father was also a cousin of English film director [[Carol Reed]], whom Birkin turned to for advice about becoming an actress when she was a teenager.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/jane-birkin-interview | title=Jane Birkin on Her Regrets, Romances, and Renewed Sense of Self | date=15 December 2020 }}</ref> Reed told her it all depended on if the camera loved her. Her mother, [[Judy Campbell|Judy Mary Campbell]], was an English actress, best known for her work on stage, whose family was acquainted with the family of [[Margaret Thatcher]], while living in [[Grantham]].
Birkin was raised in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]],<ref name="mclean">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/jane-birkin-interview-if-my-songs-seem-painful-it-s-for-my-daughter-kate-a3639371.html|work=[[Evening Standard]]|title=Jane Birkin interview: If my songs seem painful — it's for my daughter Kate|date=20 September 2017|access-date=23 September 2017|author=McLean, Craig}}</ref> and described herself as a "shy English girl".<ref name="mother">{{cite AV media|title=Jane Birkin: Mother of All Babes|year=2003|publisher=[[Sundance TV]]|url=http://www.sundance.tv/films/jane-birkin-mother-of-all-babes|people=Crawford, Gabrielle (director)}}</ref> She said that she was bullied for her looks; "I suffered a lot because of my physique, especially at boarding school. The others said I was half boy, half girl. I had no breasts, not even a developing bosom. It was horrible."<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Julia Llewellyn |date=19 June 2023 |title=Jane Birkin: Do I have a health routine at 75? No! |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jane-birkin-interview-3kp3h67ml |access-date=20 June 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> She said she wanted to be as pretty as [[Jean Shrimpton]], calling herself a "bad version" of her.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Birkin: 'I learned French off a tape recorder. All the French people laughed' {{!}} Jane Birkin {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/apr/22/jane-birkin-i-learned-french-off-a-tape-recorder |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=amp.theguardian.com|date=22 April 2017 }}</ref> Her middle name, "Mallory", was invented by her mother; it was partly inspired by the name of Arthurian author Sir [[Thomas Malory]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Munkey Diaries| date=20 August 2020 | isbn=978-1-4746-1772-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hn3TDwAAQBAJ&dq=jane+mallory+birkin+named&pg=PT14 | access-date=17 July 2023 | last1=Birkin | first1=Jane | publisher=Orion }}</ref>
Birkin attended [[Miss Ironside's School]] in Kensington.<ref name="Walsh1997">{{cite web |title=The French miss |first=John |last=Walsh |work=The Independent |date=15 February 1997 |access-date=7 October 2022 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-french-miss-1278625.html}}</ref><ref name="Ironside1995">{{cite web |title=A funny little girl in socks and sandals| first = Virginia |last=Ironside |work=The Independent |date=9 January 1995 |access-date=7 October 2022 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/a-funny-little-girl-in-socks-and-sandals-1567231.html}}</ref> She was also educated at [[Ryde School with Upper Chine|Upper Chine School]], [[Isle of Wight]].<ref name=":2" /> In 2021, she said she started taking sleeping pills at 16 and never stopped. At the age of 17, she met composer [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], whom she married in 1965, and had her first daughter, [[Kate Barry (photographer)|Kate]], in 1967. After Barry left for the United States, the couple divorced in 1968 and Birkin returned to live with her family in London.<ref name=":1" /> She began auditioning for film and television roles in England and in Los Angeles.<ref name=mother />▼
▲Birkin attended [[Miss Ironside's School]] in Kensington
== Career ==
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=== Collaborations with Serge Gainsbourg ===
In 1969, Gainsbourg and Birkin released the duet "[[Je t'aime... moi non plus]]" ("I love you ... me neither"). Gainsbourg had originally written the song for [[Brigitte Bardot]] and Birkin said it was "jealousy" that drove her to sing the song.<ref name=":1" /> Shortly after making the recording, Birkin and Gainsbourg went for dinner at the Hotel des Beaux Arts in Paris and without saying anything, Gainsbourg put the
{{quote box|width=22%|align=left|bgcolor=cornsilk|style=font-size:100%|quote=[It is] very flattering to have the most beautiful songs, probably, in the French language written for [you]. [But] how much talent did I really have? Perhaps not that much.|source=— Birkin reflecting on her working relationship with Gainsbourg, 2013<ref name=owen />}}
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During the 1970s she released three albums, all mainly written by Gainsbourg: ''[[Di doo dah]]'' (1973), ''[[Lolita Go Home]]'' (1975) and ''[[Ex fan des sixties]]'' (1978).
She took a break from acting in 1971–1972, but returned as Brigitte Bardot's lover in ''[[Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman]]'' (1973).<ref name="ALLMUSIC">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jane-birkin-mn0000216846/biography|work=AllMusic|author=Bush, John|title=Jane Birkin Biography & History|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> She called Bardot "fabulously beautiful", saying: "I observed Bardot in the tiniest detail to find a flaw in her. Her mouth, her nose, her skin, her hair... She was fabulously beautiful."<ref name=":1" /> The same year, she had a supporting role in the horror film ''[[Dark Places (1973 film)|Dark Places]]'' with [[Christopher Lee]] and [[Joan Collins]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fenton |first1=Harvey |last2=Flint |first2=David |title=Ten Years of Terror: British Horror Films of the 1970s |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BglGZUvGQmQC |publisher=FAB Press |year=2001 |page=180 |isbn=978-1-903254-08-0}}</ref> In 1975, she appeared in Gainsbourg's first film as a director, ''[[Je t'aime moi non plus (film)|Je t'aime moi non plus]]'', which created a stir for its frank examination of sexual ambiguity, and was banned in the United Kingdom by the [[British Board of Film Classification]]. For this performance, she was nominated for a Best Actress [[César Award]].<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /> In 1978, Birkin modeled in trade advertisements for [[Lee Cooper]] jeans.<ref name="vogue" />
=== Later performances and recordings ===
[[File:Jane Birkin07.JPG|thumb|upright=0.8|Birkin in 1985]]
[[File:Jane Birkin Cannes 2001.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Birkin at the 2001 [[Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Gainsbourg kept writing
▲Gainsbourg kept writing her music after their breakup, including ''[[Baby Alone in Babylone]]'' (1983) and ''[[Amours des feintes]]'' (1990). The latter was the last album he wrote before his death in 1991, and the former was their first collaboration after their separation in 1980. Birkin has said: "This was the album of the break-up when everything changed. All of a sudden, Serge got me to sing of his wounds and his feminine side. It was very unsettling to sing about the wounds that you have triggered." While recording the album, she sang as high as she could and said she had become "tired of singing as the little girl who excites gentlemen in trains". She also chose "Les Dessous chics", as "a portrait of Serge." She said: "It represents the modesty of feelings, made up outrageously in blood red. Les Dessous chics means keeping one's true feelings deep inside, as fragile as a silk stocking."<ref name=":1" /> ''Lost Song'' (1987) was also written by Gainsbourg.
She worked with director Herbert Vesely on ''[[Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung]]'' in 1980, appearing as the mistress of Austrian artist [[Egon Schiele]], played by [[Mathieu Carrière]]. She
▲She starred in two films directed by [[Jacques Doillon]]: as Anne in ''La fille prodigue'' (The Prodigal Daughter, 1981) and as Alma in ''[[La pirate]]'' (1984, nominated for a César Award). She said ''The Prodigal Daughter'' (1981) was the first time her performance was well received and "It touched [her] deeply to be taken seriously". Before working with Doillon she didn't know about his work and said: "No one had ever offered me a part like that or asked me to have a nervous breakdown". She cited this film as her favorite, saying: "[[Michel Piccoli|Piccoli]] and I were really good. If I die, I would like the film to be shown on television, even at midnight." Upon screening at Cannes, it caused a scandal, which led to an invitation for Birkin from [[Patrice Chéreau]] to star on stage in ''[[La Fausse suivante]]'' by [[Marivaux]] at [[Nanterre]]. Recalling her experience on the stage, she said: "That was my first stage experience, which finally gave me the courage to sing at the [[Bataclan (theatre)|Bataclan]]."<ref name=":1" />
▲She worked with director Herbert Vesely on ''[[Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung]]'' in 1980, appearing as the mistress of Austrian artist [[Egon Schiele]], played by [[Mathieu Carrière]]. She then appeared in the [[Agatha Christie]] films ''[[Death on the Nile (1978 film)|Death on the Nile]]'' (1978) and ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'' (1982). [[Jacques Rivette]] collaborated with her in ''Love on the Ground'' (1983) and ''[[La Belle Noiseuse]]'' (1991, Nominated [[César Awards|Césars]] best supporting actress). In 1985, she co-starred with [[John Gielgud]] in ''[[Leave All Fair]]'' (1985). She won Female Artist of the Year in the 1992 [[Victoires de la Musique]].<ref name="ALLMUSIC" />
She appeared in [[Merchant Ivory Productions|Merchant Ivory]]'s ''[[A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (film)|A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries]]'' (1998) (which also used her song "Di Doo Dah") and in ''[[Merci Docteur Rey]]'' (2002). The end title song for ''[[Le Divorce]]'' (2003) featured her singing "L'Anamour", composed by Gainsbourg.<ref>{{cite web|work=AllMusic|title=Le Divorce [Original Score]|access-date=23 September 2017|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/le-divorce-mw0000041422|author=Phares, Heather}}</ref> In 2006, she played [[Electra|the title role]] in ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'', directed by Philippe Calvario in France.<ref name="ALLMUSIC" />
Birkin recorded the song "Beauty" on French producer [[Hector Zazou]]'s album ''Strong Currents'' (2003).<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /> The album brought together a number of well-known soloists
[[File:2017.04.19. Jane Birkin Warsaw Poland Fot Mariusz Kubik.JPG|thumb|left|Birkin performing in [[Warsaw]] in 2017]]
The cover art of ''[[Have You Fed the Fish?]]'' (2002) by singer-songwriter [[Badly Drawn Boy]] featured her image. The album included backing vocals by her daughter, [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]].<ref name="ALLMUSIC" /> In
In 2016 Birkin appeared in a campaign for [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]] shot by [[Hedi Slimane]] On 24 March 2017, Birkin released ''Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique'', a collection of songs Gainsbourg had written for her during and after their relationship, reworked with full orchestral arrangements.<ref name=mclean /> In September 2017, she performed live in [[Brussels]] to promote the album.<ref name=mclean />
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On 16 October 1965, Birkin married British composer and conductor [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], 13 years her senior, in a private ceremony at [[Chelsea Register Office]], London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/year-old-jane-birkin-currently-starring-in-the-lead-role-of-news-photo/871153748|title=18-year-old Jane Birkin, currently starring in the lead role of...|website=Getty Images|date=6 November 2017 }}</ref> They met in 1964 when Barry cast Birkin in his musical ''[[The Passion Flower Hotel#Stage adaptation|Passion Flower Hotel]]''. Their daughter was photographer [[Kate Barry (photographer)|Kate Barry]] (1967–2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/chanson/jane-birkin/biography|title=Jane Birkin|work=RFI Music|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807055152/http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/chanson/jane-birkin/biography|archive-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their marriage ended in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/time-and-place-jane-birkin-dqdqsccdqh6|title=Time and place: Jane Birkin|last=Brophy|first=Gwenda|date=15 February 2009|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=16 July 2023|language=en-GB}}</ref> She said she was insecure during the relationship and "couldn't believe that this sophisticated, talented genius chose [her] and not any of the other girls." She did not want him to see her with her "tiny, piggy eyes" so she would sleep with an eye pencil under her pillow and put it on if he woke up in the night. He eventually went to the United States and left Birkin with their daughter in England.<ref name=":1" />
Birkin had a romantic and creative relationship with French musician [[Serge Gainsbourg]], 18 years her senior, whom she met on the set of ''[[Slogan (film)|Slogan]]'' in 1968. They were together for 12 years<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4568113/Jane-Birkin-marching-to-her-own-tune.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4568113/Jane-Birkin-marching-to-her-own-tune.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jane Birkin: marching to her own tune|last=Auld|first=Tim|date=13 February 2009|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=26 September 2011 |language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref> but never married, despite rumours and misreporting to the contrary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2007/11/gainsbourg200711|title=The Secret World of Serge Gainsbourg|last=Robinson|first=Lisa|date=November 2007|magazine=Vanity Fair|access-date=3 September 2011|quote=Contrary to rumors, Jane and Serge never did marry. "He said in France I'd need to be fingerprinted and have a blood sample", Jane says, "and I was slightly offended and said, 'What on earth for?' I also had a secret fear that marriage changed things, and so, in fact, we weren't."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704476604576158323145370698|title=Death Is Not the End|last=McKie|first=Andrew|date=25 February 2011|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=26 September 2011|quote=Serge Gainsbourg and actress Jane Birkin often referred to each other as husband and wife, but in fact they were never married, according to Ms. Birkin's agent. An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to Ms. Birkin twice as Gainsbourg's third wife}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1956411,00.html#ixzz1Va7NJr9U|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129050454/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1956411,00.html?#ixzz1Va7NJr9U|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2010|title=French Chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg|last=Adams|first=William Lee|date=26 January 2010|magazine=Time|access-date=26 September 2011|quote=My parents weren't married so I don't have an ideal image of marriage that I'm hoping for.|language=en-US}}</ref> She eventually became a French citizen.<ref name="leparisien" /><ref name="auto6" />
[[File:Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin 2010 b.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|Birkin with her second daughter [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] in 2010]]
In 1971, Birkin and Gainsbourg had a daughter, actress and singer [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]]. The couple separated in 1980,
On 4 September 1982, she gave birth to her third daughter, [[Lou Doillon]], from her relationship with director [[Jacques Doillon]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 July 2023 |title=Jane, Kate, Charlotte et Lou : le clan des filles Birkin |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/jane-kate-charlotte-et-lou-le-clan-des-filles-birkin-20230716 |access-date=16 July 2023|website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref> She said: "Meeting Jacques was a real turning point in my career. In my private life, after I left Serge, Jacques and I lived together for thirteen years, and had Lou."<ref name=":1" /> She said she was surprised and happy to find out that Doillon was not "an old man". They separated in 1993. ''[[The Observer]]'' reported in 2007 that Doillon "could not compete with her grief for Gainsbourg" (who died in 1991), and that she had lived alone since their separation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/28/worldmusic.paris|title=A charmed life|last=Adams|first=Tim|date=28 October 2007|work=The Observer|access-date=26 September 2011}}</ref> Birkin said that Doillon lost interest in casting her in his movies, and she felt "pain for Jacques going off with all these young girls making all these films all the time". Later, Birkin had a relationship with French writer [[Olivier Rolin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9788193/Birkin-girl-no-pain-no-Jane.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/9788193/Birkin-girl-no-pain-no-Jane.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Birkin girl: no pain, no Jane|first=Julia Llewellyn|last=Smith|date=14 January 2013|website=Telegraph.co.uk|language=en-GB}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2002, she was diagnosed with [[leukaemia]] and underwent rounds of treatment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/06/jane-birkin-stroke-american-film-festival-france|title=Jane Birkin doing well after stroke, say her family|first=Ben|last=Quinn|date=6 September 2021|accessdate=17 July 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Birkin often spent time with her six grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D'Silva |first=Beverley |date=14 January 2018|title=A Life in the Day: Jane Birkin |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/a-life-in-the-day-jane-birkin-fksrmrww2 | website= [[The Times]] |access-date=16 July 2023|issn=0140-0460|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rocca |first=Jane |date=23 March 2017 |title=Jane Birkin: my travelling mishap inspired the Birkin bag |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/jane-birkin-my-travelling-mishap-inspired-the-birkin-bag-20170322-gv3us2.html |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en-AU}}</ref> Her daughter, Kate Barry, died in December 2013 after falling from
Birkin mainly resided in Paris from the late 1960s onwards.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Le Vaillant|first1=Luc|title=Jane Birkin, 49 ans, entame deux mois de tournée. Quittant maisons et souvenirs, elle se risque sur ses routes à elle. Jane Bis|url=http://next.liberation.fr/culture/1996/10/02/jane-birkin-49-ans-entame-deux-mois-de-tournee-quittant-maisons-et-souvenirs-elle-se-risque-sur-ses-_185265|website=Libération|access-date=16 June 2017|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809010246/https://next.liberation.fr/culture/1996/10/02/jane-birkin-49-ans-entame-deux-mois-de-tournee-quittant-maisons-et-souvenirs-elle-se-risque-sur-ses-_185265|url-status=dead|language=fr}}</ref><ref name=mclean /> She was described as "a fixture of the [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] neighbourhood on the Left Bank".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/jane-birkin-paris-apartment|title=Inside Jane Birkin's Parisian apartments|date=18 July 2023|website=House & Garden}}</ref> In 2020, recalling 1970s Paris, she said: "it was a time of great innocence, and I don't think social problems were as they are today."<ref name=":0" /> On 6 September 2021, it was reported that Birkin was doing well after having a [[stroke]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/06/jane-birkin-stroke-american-film-festival-france |title=Jane Birkin doing well after stroke, say her family |work=[[TheGuardian.com]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123030347/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/sep/06/jane-birkin-stroke-american-film-festival-france |archive-date=23 November 2021 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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=== Philanthropy ===
Birkin's humanitarian interests led her to work with [[Amnesty International]] on immigrant welfare and the [[HIV/AIDS]] epidemic. Countries she visited included [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Rwanda]]
=== Political views and activism ===
As a child, Birkin demonstrated in the streets of London against [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|capital punishment]]. In the 1970s, she campaigned for the right to abortion and appeared at the
Birkin campaigned against the [[Far-right politics|far-right]] in France, participating in a protest denouncing the qualification of [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] in the second round of the [[2002 French presidential election|2002 presidential election]]. In 2017, she performed at a free concert at the [[Place de la République]] organised in opposition to [[Marine Le Pen]] in the [[2017 French presidential election|2017 presidential election]].<ref name="Herreros"/>
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== Awards and honours ==
Birkin won the "Best Actress" award at the 1985 Orleans Film Festival for ''[[Leave All Fair]]''. The jury of the 1985 [[Venice Film Festival]] recognised Birkin's performance in ''Dust'' as amongst the best of the year
[[File:Jane Birkin Cannes 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Birkin at the 2016 [[Cannes Film Festival]]]]
In the diplomatic and overseas list of the [[2001 Birthday Honours]], Birkin was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] "for services to acting and UK-French cultural relations".<ref>''[[The London Gazette]]'', 16 June 2001, Supplement 56237, [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56237/supplement/24 p. 24]</ref> She received the Order from the [[Charles III|Prince of Wales]] in April 2002.<ref>{{cite web | title=BIRKIN BAGS OBE | website=British Vogue | date=18 April 2002 | url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/birkin-bags-obe | access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref>
In 2013, she and her daughter, [[Lou Doillon]], were appointed to the ''[[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]]'' as ''Chevaliers''.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.purepeople.com/media/jane-birkin-invitee-et-sa-fille-lou_m1277241 |date=10 April 2013 |title=Jane Birkin et sa fille Lou Doillon qui reçevait le 10 avril 2013 à Paris les insignes de chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres des mains de la ministre de la Culture et de la Communication Aurélie Filippetti.}}</ref> In 2022, she was raised to the highest rank in the order
In 2018, she was awarded the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] in the Spring Conferment for her efforts in promoting cultural exchanges between Japan and France.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watanabe |date=18 September 2019 |title="Why is Birkin bag expensive? Here are the reasons!" |url=https://www.jackroad.co.jp/shop/pages/hermes_birkin_en.aspx |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=www.jackroad.co.jp}}</ref>
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== In popular culture ==
=== Birkin basket ===
Birkin was described as having carried a hand-woven straw basket from [[Castro Marim]] in [[Algarve]], [[Portugal]], everywhere she went,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morreu a atriz e cantora Jane Birkin |url=https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/jane-birkin/obito/morreu-a-atriz-jane-birkin/20230716/64b3d82ed34e3ae5b8c3c09b |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=CNN Portugal |language=pt}}</ref>
=== Birkin bag ===
[[File:Hermes Ostrich Birkin Bag.jpg|thumb|right|Hermès ostrich [[Birkin bag]]]]
In 1983, [[Hermès]] chief executive [[Jean-Louis Dumas]] was seated next to Birkin on a flight from Paris to London. Birkin had just placed her straw basket in the overhead compartment of her seat when the contents fell out onto the floor, leaving her scrambling to recover them. Birkin explained to Dumas that it had been difficult to find a leather weekend bag she liked.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150116-the-ultimate-status-symbol|work=BBC|title=The Birkin bag: Fashion's ultimate status symbol|date=16 January 2015|author=Foreman, Katya|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref> In 1984, he created a black supple leather bag for her: the [[Birkin bag]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1611284,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711203203/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1611284,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2007|title=In the Bag|work=Time magazine|date=17 April 2007|access-date=19 October 2010}}</ref> based on a 1982 design. She used the bag initially, but later changed her mind because she was carrying too many things in it: "What's the use of having a second one?" she said laughingly. "You only need one and that busts your arm; they're bloody heavy. I'm going to have an operation for [[
In 2015, Birkin wrote a public letter to Hermès requesting her name be removed from the bag,<ref name="maura" /> stating she wanted the company to "debaptise the Birkin Croco until better practices in line with international norms can be put in place", referring to the cruel methods used to acquire the skins for the [[crocodile skin|crocodile]] variant of the bags.<ref>"Jane Birkin Asks Hermes To Take Name Off Crocodile Handbag," [https://news.yahoo.com/jane-birkin-asks-hermes-name-off-crocodile-handbag-180847733.html AFP], 28 July 2015.</ref> Hermès announced soon afterwards that it had satisfied Birkin with new reassurances on this.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dombey|first1=Daniel|title=Hermès satisfies Birkin on farming crocodiles for bags|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f66b1faa-5867-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f66b1faa-5867-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=Financial Times|date=11 September 2015|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
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