Jane Mallory Birkin was born on the 14th December 1946, in Marylebone, London, England, and is an actress and singer who has actually lived in France since the late 1960s. Birkin is best known for her duet with her then-husband Serge Gainsbourg, “Je t’aime … moi non plus” in 1969. She was awarded among others the French Ordre National du Merite and the Order of the British Empire. Birkin has been active in the entertainment industry since 1966.
How much is the net worth of Jane Birkin? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of her wealth is as much as $20 million, as of the data presented in early 2017.
Jane Birkin Net Worth $20 Million
To begin with, she comes from a family that made its fortune in the industry of lace in Nottinghamshire. Her great-aunt, Winifred May Birkin, then married with William Dudley Ward, was mistress of the Prince of Wales. Jane Birkin is the second daughter of Major David Birkin and actress and singer Judy Campbell. Jane turned to theatre, following in the footsteps of her mother.
At the beginning of the 1960s, she entered the pop scene of swinging London and made her debut as an actress at the age of 17. At that time she met the composer John Barry, who encouraged her to debut as a singer and with whom she ended up marrying at age 19. In the film “Blow Up” (1966) by Michelangelo Antonioni, the actress carried out her first controversial scene (appearing naked), which caused a great scandal in her native city. After the marriage failure and the birth of her daughter Kate in 1967, Jane moved to France. There she met Serge Gainsbourg, with whom she formed one of the fashionable couples in the Parisian scene, where they became famous in 1969 with the song “Je t’aime … moi non plus”, a sensual and provocative song that became worldwide success. In 1971, her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg was born.
A fragile, tenuous voice remained as her hallmark, and was intelligently used by Gainsbourg, who adapted the songs to Jane’s voice, composing several works especially for her to interpret. They stayed together for 12 years, becoming a popular couple for the public and in the media. In the early 1980s, her personal and professional life suffered a severe setback due to her divorce from Serge Gainsbourg. (In 1982, she had another daughter, Lou Doillon, with the French film director Jacques Doillon.) Serge Gainsbourg continued composing for Birkin. The album “Baby alone in Babylon” was a great success in 1983. In 1985, she won the Best Actress Award at the Orleans Film Festival for her role in the film “Leave All Fair” (1985) as well as the Best Actress Award in the Venice Film Festival for her role in the film “Dust” (1985). In 1987, she gave her first concert in the Paris. She has also performed at the Casino de Paris in 1991, two months after the death of Gainsbourg and dedicated the concert to him.
In 1998, Birkin released her first album without Serge Gainsbourg “A la légère” with songs written by 12 contemporary French composers. Since 1998, she has released her own recordings, some of them with famous artists such as Djamel Ben Yelles, Manu Chao, Brian Molko, Bryan Ferry and Beth Gibbons.
Birkin was an honorary member of the festival Viennale 2005. In her honour, some of her films were performed during the festival, such as “Je t’aime”, “La Pirate” and “Daddy Nostalgia. In 2006, her album “Fictions” was released in which she again collaborated with contemporary musicians such as Beth Gibbons, Johnny Marr and Rufus Wainwright.
Finally, as previously mentioned, in the personal life of Birkin, she was married to John Barry (1965 – 1968). She partnered Serge Gainsbourg (1968–1980) and Jacques Doillon (1982–1991). Jane has three children Kate Barry, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon.
French Ordre National du Merite, Order of the British Empire, César Award - Best Actress (1976), Silver Lion prize - Venice Film Festival (1985)
Record Labels
Fontana Records
Albums
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg (1969), Lolita go home (1975), Ex fan des sixties (1978), Baby alone in Babylone (1983), Lost song (1987), Amours des feintes (1990), Jane Birkin au Bataclan (1987), Integral au Casino de Paris (1992), Versions Jane (1996)
Nominations
César Award for Best Actress, César Award for Best Supporting Actress, Molière Award for Best Actress
Movies
The Swimming Pool (1969), Blow-Up (1966), Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973), Dark Places (1973), The Pirate (1984), Dust (1985), The Beautiful Troublemaker (1991), A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), Merci Docteur Rey (2002)
#
Quote
1
At eighteen, I was the oldest virgin in Chelsea.
2
I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I was very conventional because I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I rather wish I had now, seeing all the fun everyone else was having. I just remember being married to [composer] John Barry and trying to be the best wife in the world. Newsweek magazine came over to London and did an interview with him and they wrote about "John Barry and his E-type Jaguar and his E-type wife." I remember thinking, "I'm not sure this is entirely a compliment" - on the contrary. But that's exactly what I was. And when John went off to America with another girl, what should have been a disaster for me was, in fact, the thing that actually made me have to go and do something for the first time in my life, because I had my baby, Kate, to support. So I went to France.
3
Any film I see at two o'clock in afternoon with my mother seems to cast a strange spell that means we both come out sobbing.
4
By meeting people in Sarajevo I realized I had nothing to complain about--they'd lost children crossing the road trying to find water. I stopped thinking about my problems and would sit with women in underground places, singing songs.
5
Big Ben . . . hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.
6
As there is no one to be pleased or unpleased with me, I'm actually rather merrier with my cat.
7
David Attenborough... has that wonderful, breathy voice and he's always so fascinated by what he's seeing. There's nothing about him that I can't find attractive.
#
Fact
1
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.
Invited by Morrissey to perform at the Meltdown Festival in June 2004. [2004]
4
She visited Argentina for 3 days. [January 2007]
5
Miller Harris' L'Air de Rien perfume was created for her especially by perfumer Lyn Harris.
6
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.
7
Has a bulldog named Dora.
8
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).
9
Is a descendant of King Charles II Stuart of England and Scotland.
10
Her mother was a second half-cousin of philosopher Bertrand Russell.
11
The 1969 album "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg" included the highly controversial track "Je T'Aime...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
12
French design house Hermès 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.
She was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to acting and British French cultural relations.
Comment réussir... quand on est con et pleurnichard
1974
Jane
Le mouton enragé
1974
Marie-Paule
Projection privée
1973
Kate / Hélène
Seven Dead in the Cat's Eye
1973
Corringa
Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman)
1973
Clara
Dark Places
1973
Alta
Trop jolies pour être honnêtes
1972
Christine
Melody
1971
TV Short
Melody Nelson
Romansa konjokradice
1971
Naomi
Devetnaest djevojaka i jedan mornar
1971
Milja
Trop petit mon ami
1970
Christine Mars / Christine Devone
French Intrigue
1970
Jane Swenson
Alba pagana
1970
Flora Finlake
Sex-Power
1970
Jane
The Pleasure Pit
1969
Jane
Slogan
1969
Evelyne Nicholson
La Piscine
1969
Pénélope
Wonderwall
1968
Penny Lane
Armchair Theatre
1967-1968
TV Series
Babs / Judy
Blow-Up
1966
The Blonde
Kaleidoscope
1966
Exquisite Thing
The Idol
1966
Art Student (uncredited)
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1965
TV Series
Anthea Langridge
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mongrels
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
90210
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Willkommen Österreich
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Banda sonora
2008
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sicko
2007
Documentary performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus"
29 und noch Jungfrau
2007
TV Movie performer: "Je t'aime... moi non plus"
La tête de maman
2007
performer: "La vie te va mieux qu'à moi", "These foolish things", "La ballade de Johnny-Jane", "Fuir le bonheur de peur qu'il ne se sauve", "Di doo dah"
Uranya
2006
performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus"
Daltry Calhoun
2005
performer: "Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus"
L'ex-femme de ma vie
2004
performer: "Parlez-moi d'amour"
Le dernier jour
2004
performer: "In Every Dream Home A Heartache
Plus belle la vie
2004
TV Series performer: "La gadoue"
Le divorce
2003
performer: "L'Anamour"
The Good Thief
2002
performer: "Je T'aime-Moi Non Plus"
Lukas
2001
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Lindenstraße
2001
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Mad Cows
1999
performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus"
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
1998
performer: "Di Doo Dah"
Suite 16
1998
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Harmoniques
1998
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Same Old Song
1997
performer: "Quoi"
The Full Monty
1997
"Je t'aime...moi non plus" 1969
Addicted to Love
1997
performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus"
3000 scénarios contre un virus
1994
TV Series performer - 1 episode
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991
1994
Video documentary performer: "Je t'aime, moi non plus", "69, année érotique"
Motzki
1993
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Marienhof
1992
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Derrick
1986-1991
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
Daddy Nostalgia
1990
performer: "These Foolish Things"
The Rise and Fall of Ivor Dickie
1978
Documentary performer: "Je T'aime"
Emmanuelle 3
1977
performer: "Goodbye Emmanuelle"
The French Woman
1977
performer: "Yesterday Yes a Day"
French Shampoo (Homage to W. B.)
1975
performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus" - uncredited
Between You and Me
1974
performer: "Je t'aime... moi non plus" - uncredited
La sculacciata
1974
performer: "Je t'aime, moi non plus"
Armed Servicers
1974
performer: "Je t'aime... moi non plus" - uncredited
You Are Sexually Invited to a 'Masqued Ball'
1973
performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus" - uncredited
French Intrigue
1970
"Jane Dans La Nuit"
Pornography in Denmark: A New Approach
1970
Documentary performer: "Je t'aime... moi non plus" - uncredited
Une chronique de Xavier Durringer
2017
Short performer: "Je t'aime... moi non plus" - uncredited
Ochéntame... otra vez
2016
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
By the Sea
2015
performer: "Jane B"
Britain's Got Talent
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
2014
TV Movie documentary performer: "Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus"
Guapas
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Gintberg på kanten
2012-2014
TV Series documentary performer - 2 episodes
My Mad Fat Diary
2014
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Spise med Price
2013
TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode
Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10
2012
TV Movie documentary performer: "Je t'aime moi non plus"
No me la puc treure del cap
2012
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rude Tube
2009-2011
TV Series performer - 3 episodes
What About Boys?
2010
Short performer: "Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus"
Gossip Girl
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Boxes
2007
3000 scénarios contre un virus
1994
TV Series 1 episode
Oh pardon! Tu dormais...
1992
TV Movie
Contre l'oubli
1991
segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippine"
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Boxes
2007
written by
Oh pardon! Tu dormais...
1992
TV Movie
Le petit amour
1988
story
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Film Istanbul
2014
Short performed by - synchronized score
La sculacciata
1974
ending theme / singer
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991
1994
Video documentary draughtsman
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 15 Year Old Girl
1989
assistant director: Precious help
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Piggies
1970
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jane Birkin: Arabesque
2002
Video documentary executive producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Je suis venu vous dire...
2012
Documentary grateful thanks
Little Joe
2009
Documentary thanks
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991
1994
Video documentary thanks
Le petit amour
1988
dedicatee - as Jane B.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Poet of Sound and Image
Documentary completed
Jane Birkin
On n'est pas couché
2007-2017
TV Series
Herself
Même le dimanche
2017
TV Series
Herself
Thé ou café
1999-2017
TV Series
Herself
C à vous
2010-2017
TV Series
Herself
20 heures le journal
1999-2017
TV Series
Herself
Téléthon
2016
TV Series
Herself
L'invité
2004-2016
TV Series
Herself
La vie secrète des chansons
2015-2016
TV Series
Herself
Le grand journal de Canal+
2004-2015
TV Series documentary
Herself
Etienne Daho, un itinéraire pop moderne
2015
Documentary
Herself
Je t'aime. The story of French song with Petula Clarke
2015
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Film Istanbul
2014
Short
Herself
Du sang sur la neige
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Tony Frank devant l'objectif
2013
Documentary
Herself
Nugu-ui ttal-do anin Hae-won
2013
Herself
Vivement dimanche
1999-2013
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Main guest / Herself - Main Guest
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998-2013
TV Series
Herself - Main Guest / Herself / Herself - Main guest
Ballade pour une reine
2012
TV Movie documentary
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Documentary
Herself
Anyone for Demis? How the World Invaded the Charts
2011
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Cinema 3
1984-2011
TV Series
Herself
Charlotte Gainsbourg effrontément
2010
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Empreintes
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
Rencontres de cinéma
2010
TV Series
Herself
Hors Série
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
Gainsbourg Imperial
2009
TV Movie
Herself
Cinémas
2009
TV Series
Herself
Un jour, un destin
2009
TV Series documentary
Herself
Jane Birkin: Reflections
2009
TV Movie
Herself
Sidaction 2009
2009
TV Special
Herself (segment "Music Video - Fuir le bonheur)
La traversée du miroir
2009
TV Series
Herself
Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie
2008
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Les plages d'Agnès
2008
Documentary
Herself / La croupière
Sex und 68
2008
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Les derniers jours d'une icône
2008
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols
2007
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Turn Me On
2007
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Host
En aparté
2006-2007
TV Series documentary
Herself
Ce soir (ou jamais!)
2007
TV Series
Herself
Jour de fête
2007
TV Series
Herself
On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde
2001-2006
TV Series
Herself
Le journal de 20 heures
1995-2006
TV Series
Herself
Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre
2005
Video documentary
Herself
French Beauty
2005
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Victoires de la musique
1998-2005
TV Series
Herself
Rendez-vous avec Jane
2005
Video documentary
Herself
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
2005
TV Movie documentary
Les enfants de la télé
1997-2004
TV Series
Herself
20h10 pétantes
2003-2004
TV Series
Herself
Sex 'n' Pop
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
La mandrágora
2004
TV Series
Herself
Get Up, Stand Up
2003
TV Series documentary
Herself - Interviewee
V Graham Norton
2003
TV Series
Herself
Jane Birkin: Arabesque
2002
Video documentary
Chanteur
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002
TV Special documentary
Herself
Y a un début à tout
2002
TV Series
Herself
Recto verso
2002
TV Series
Herself - Main guest
Ombre et lumière
2002
TV Series documentary
Herself
Tout le monde en parle
2001
TV Series
Herself
La nuit des Césars
1977-2001
TV Series documentary
Herself / Herself - Presenter / Herself - Host
So Graham Norton
2001
TV Series
Herself
Legends
2000
TV Series documentary
Herself - Interviewee
Comme au cinéma
1998-2000
TV Series documentary
Herself
La nuit des Molières
1999
TV Series documentary
Herself
Union libre
1998
TV Series
Herself
Fête de la liberté: Du côté de chez Bedos
1998
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Le cercle de minuit
1993-1997
TV Series
Herself
Taratata
1993-1997
TV Series
Herself
Les enfants de l'Olympia
1997
TV Movie
Herself
Brunch
1997
TV Series
Herself
Les Enfoirés
1994-1997
TV Series
Herself
Les enfants de la guerre
1996
TV Movie
Herself
Si on chantait
1996
TV Series
Herself
Fréquenstar
1995
TV Series documentary
Herself
Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet
1995
TV Movie
Herself
De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958 - 1991
1994
Video documentary
Herself
Bouillon de culture
1992
TV Series documentary
Herself
Contre l'oubli
1991
Herself (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippine")
Champs-Elysées
1982-1990
TV Series
Herself
Mardi cinéma
1982-1988
TV Series documentary
Herself
Embarquement immédiat
1987-1988
TV Series
Herself
Springtime in Bourges
1987
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Le divan
1987
TV Series documentary
Herself
Cap d'any a TV3
1985
TV Movie
Herself - Host
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
1985
TV Series
Herself
Àngel Casas Show
1984
TV Series
Herself
Cadence 3
1983-1984
TV Series
Herself
Cinéma cinémas
1984
TV Series documentary
Herself
Ladybirds
1983
TV Series
Herself
Portrait de Jean-Louis Trintignant
1982
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
TV Short documentary
Herself / Christine Redfern
Jeudi cinéma
1981
TV Series
Herself
Numéro 1
1975-1980
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Host
Les rendez-vous du dimanche
1977-1980
TV Series
Herself
Morte no Tejo
1979
Documentary
Midi-Première
1978
TV Series
Herself
Esta noche... fiesta
1977
TV Series
Herself
Gala de l'union
1972-1976
TV Series
Herself / Herself - Co-Host
À bout portant
1975
TV Series
Herself
Les copains d'abord
1975
TV Series
Herself
Monsieur Cinéma
1975
TV Series
Herself
Top à...
1972-1974
TV Series
Herself
Film '72
1973
TV Series
Herself
Samedi soir
1971
TV Series
Herself
Die Drehscheibe
1970
TV Series
Herself
Paris aktuell
1970
TV Series documentary
Herself
Dim Dam Dom
1969
TV Series
Herself - Host / Herself
Call My Bluff
1969
TV Series
Herself
The Girls
1968
Documentary short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
¿Qué fue de Jorge Sanz? Buena racha
2017
TV Movie
Vadim Mister Cool
2016
TV Movie
Herself
No me la puc treure del cap
2012
TV Series
Herself
Je suis venu vous dire...
2012
Documentary
Herself
P.O.V.
2010
TV Series documentary
Elle-même / La croupière
Saucy 70's Volume 2
2010
Video documentary
Génération duo
2008
TV Movie
Herself
Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista
2007
TV Movie
Inés
Les grands du rire
2007
TV Series
Herself
The Agatha Christie Code
2005
TV Movie documentary
Christine Redfern
Ciclo Agatha Christie
2005
TV Series documentary
Herself
Les enfants de la télé
2005
TV Series
Herself
Podium
2005
TV Series
Herself
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
Video documentary
Herself
Harmoniques
1998
TV Series documentary
Herself
Famous T & A
1982
Video documentary
Clara (uncredited)
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978
TV Short
Louise Bourget
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1985
Golden Ciak
Venice Film Festival
Best Actress
Dust (1985)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Grand Prix
Bratislava International Film Festival
Boxes (2007)
2007
Golden Camera
Cannes Film Festival
Boxes (2007)
1992
César
César Awards, France
Best Supporting Actress (Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle)