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107-713: Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg ( French: [ʃaʁlɔt ɡɛ̃zbuʁ] ; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg . After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemon Incest " at the age of 12, she released an album with her father at the age of 15. More than 20 years passed before Gainsbourg released albums as an adult ( 5:55 , IRM , Stage Whisper and Rest ) to commercial and critical success. She has acted in many films, including collaborations with Lars von Trier , and received two César Awards and Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award 2009 for

214-400: A cover version of the song " Hey Joe ", recorded with Beck, for the soundtrack of the film Nymphomaniac , in which she was the lead actress. Her music influenced artists such as Tove Lo , who cited the simplicity and quirky lyrical content of Charlotte's IRM as the main inspiration behind her career in music and said that it "opened a new world" for her as regards sound, and she performed

321-481: A heart attack in 1991. Gainsbourg remained devoted to preserving his legacy and preserved his home, saying she hoped to eventually turn it into a museum. Maison Gainsbourg opened in 2023. Gainsbourg grew up on film sets, as both of her parents were involved in the film industry. She stated that her mother had pushed her into acting, believing that she wanted to be an actress and encouraging her to make her motion picture debut playing Catherine Deneuve 's daughter in

428-729: A bilingual cover of " The Maiden's Prayer " in French and English as the opening tune for the Anglo-French crime thriller television serial The Tunnel . Since 2014, Gainsbourg has been supporting the Hear the World Foundation as ambassador . In her role she advocates for equal opportunities and a better quality of life for people with hearing loss . She was featured in the Hear the World Calendar 2014,

535-1117: A car accident a few months after the movie opened. That same year she starred in Luis Buñuel 's psychological erotic drama Belle de Jour (1967). Deneuve stars as a young woman who spends her midweek afternoons as a high-class prostitute , while her husband is at work. For her performance, she received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . Melissa Anderson writing for Criterion declared, "Deneuve's performance in Belle de jour turned out to be one of her most iconic". In 1969, Deneuve starred in Stuart Rosenberg 's American romantic comedy film The April Fools , starring opposite Jack Lemmon . That same year she acted in François Truffaut 's romantic crime drama Mississippi Mermaid acting alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo . The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby praised

642-519: A collection of songs Gainsbourg had written for her during and after their relationship, reworked with full orchestral arrangements. In September 2017, she performed live in Brussels to promote the album. On 16 October 1965, Birkin married British composer and conductor John Barry , 13 years her senior, in a private ceremony at Chelsea Register Office , London. They met in 1964 when Barry cast Birkin in his musical Passion Flower Hotel . Their daughter

749-490: A completely foreign-language record. Birkin appeared on Gainsbourg's 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson , portraying the Lolita -like protagonist in song and on the cover. Reflecting on being a muse and collaborator of Gainsbourg's, Birkin commented: "[It is] very flattering to have the most beautiful songs, probably, in the French language written for one. [But] how much talent did I really have? Perhaps not that much." During

856-423: A daughter, actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg . The couple separated in 1980, because of his alcoholism and violence. She described him as "a very difficult man to live with", and said that during recording sessions he would scream at her and hit her with a ruler if she could not sing a part. She took credit for helping him to develop his style later in life, saying: "It's all about me, he listened to me

963-743: A debut album, Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg , in 1969, and Birkin appeared in the film Je t'aime moi non plus in 1976 under Gainsbourg's direction. She mostly worked in France, where she had become a major star, and occasionally appeared in English-language films such as the Agatha Christie adaptations Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982), as well as James Ivory 's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998). Birkin lived mainly in France from

1070-522: A different career." 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. 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

1177-701: A different direction. I wanted to express [my grief] not only with sadness but with anger." The lyrics are in English and French. In September 2017, music videos for the singles "Rest" and "Deadly Valentine" were released, both are directed by Gainsbourg herself. The music videos feature her children. The album was released on 17 November 2017. A companion EP for Rest was released the following year, titled Take 2 . Gainsbourg additionally featured on Akchoté's second studio album Thirst in November 2019. Throughout late November 2020, Gainsbourg posted images to social media of her in

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1284-531: A female friend they say: we've always known that." Reports from 2000 said her beau was a 25-year-old technician she had met on a recent film, but no writer could identify him. In 2006, Deneuve told The Daily Telegraph that she was in a relationship, though she did not disclose his name. A 2020 biography of Johnny Hallyday by Gilles Lhote says the singer maintained a carefully hidden, 56-year affair with Deneuve that started when they were teenagers in 1961 and continued until Hallyday's death in 2017. Deneuve

1391-462: A leather weekend bag she liked. In 1984, he created a black supple leather bag for her: the Birkin bag , 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 tendinitis in

1498-753: A lot." On 4 September 1982, she gave birth to her third daughter, Lou Doillon , from her relationship with director Jacques Doillon . 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." 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. 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

1605-500: A maternal half-sister, Danièle, whom their mother had out of wedlock in 1936 with Aimé Clariond . Deneuve used her mother's maiden name, which she chose for her stage name, in order to differentiate herself from her sisters. Deneuve attended Catholic schools. Deneuve made her film debut with a small role in André Hunebelle 's Les Collégiennes (1957) with her younger sister Sylvie Dorléac who, like their older half-sister Daniele,

1712-441: A pedophiliac relationship between a father and daughter and led people to believe that the material was autobiographical. Gainsbourg, who was 13 at the time of the song's release, later stated that she had just begun boarding school and was therefore unaware of the controversy regarding the song until she was much older. In 1986, she released her debut album Charlotte for Ever , which was produced by her father. In 2000, Gainsbourg

1819-732: A public relationship since her breakup with Lescure in 1991, with whom she remains friends; Deneuve's two children consider him their stepfather. According to Gala , in late 2019 Deneuve relied on Lescure while she recuperated from a stroke. In 2020, she told Paris Match that the two still talk to each other every day. Throughout her 20s and 30s, Deneuve reportedly dated actors Sami Frey , Clint Eastwood , Franco Nero , Burt Reynolds and John Travolta as well as directors Roman Polanski , Jerry Schatzberg , François Truffaut and Milos Forman , talent agent Bertrand de Labbey  [ fr ] , singer Serge Gainsbourg , though she denies an intimate relationship with Gainsbourg. She

1926-462: A rape. Birkin campaigned against the far-right in France, participating in a protest denouncing the qualification of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round of the 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 presidential election . Birkin also demonstrated support for immigrants, denouncing

2033-531: A result, her childhood was well publicised. At birth, she received the surname of Gainsbourg, her father's stage name, but at the age of 18 she changed her surname to Ginsburg , her father's legal surname. She has continued to use the Gainsbourg name professionally. Her maternal grandmother was actress Judy Campbell , and her uncle is screenwriter Andrew Birkin , who directed her in The Cement Garden . She

2140-510: 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. Jane Mallory Birkin was born on 14 December 1946, in Marylebone , London. Her father, David Leslie Birkin (1914-1991), grandson of Sir Thomas Birkin, 1st Baronet and a member of

2247-552: A total of nearly 99 million spectators in theaters, making her the working actress with the most admissions in France. In 1985, she succeeded Mireille Mathieu as the official face of Marianne , France's national symbol of liberty. She has received numerous accolades over her career including two César Awards and the Venice Film Festival 's Volpi Cup for Best Actress as well as nominations for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award . She has received honorary awards, including

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2354-459: A window. According to Birkin , both parents were somewhat neglectful, often spending their nights going out to parties and drinking. She has a young brother, Lucien "Lulu" Gainsbourg, born in 1986 from her father's relationship with Bambou . On her father's side she also had two older siblings born from his second marriage to Françoise-Antoinette "Béatrice" Pancrazzi. By 1980, her parents' relationship had dissolved and her mother left her father for

2461-412: A winsome-looking type that other directors have forced to act, here is allowed to be herself. She etches a fine portrait of a 16-year-old in love." The same year she acted in several films including the anthology film The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers in a segment directed by Claude Chabrol and the comedy Male Hunt directed by Édouard Molinaro . In her English-language debut, Deneuve played

2568-676: Is French-Israeli actor/director Yvan Attal whom she met on the set of the 1991 film Aux yeux du monde . Gainsbourg and Attal are not married, and Gainsbourg has attributed her reluctance to her parents never marrying. Attal publicly proposed to Gainsbourg on 19 June 2013, during an awards ceremony when he received the French National Order of Merit . In April 2014, Attal confirmed that they were still unmarried, with no plans to marry. Together they have three children, born in 1996, 2002, and 2011. Gainsbourg identifies as Jewish and celebrates Jewish holidays with her partner's family. Gainsbourg

2675-643: Is a cousin of theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter . Gainsbourg's father was Jewish , whereas her mother is from a Protestant background. Gainsbourg attended École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel in Paris and Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil in Switzerland. French is Gainsbourg's first language, but she is also fluent in English. Gainsbourg was raised in Paris alongside her half-sister, Kate Barry , from her mother's marriage to composer John Barry . Kate Barry died in 2013 after falling out of

2782-446: Is also rumoured to have had a brief relationship with TV host Carlos Lozano  [ es ] . In recent decades, Deneuve's highly private life has prompted speculation about her sexual orientation, which she acknowledged in a 2002 interview with Knack magazine: "Now that people know nothing about my private life, they start guessing: is there still a man in her life and who is he then? When they see me two or three times with

2889-461: Is considered the muse of designer Yves Saint Laurent ; he dressed her in the films Belle de Jour , La Chamade , La sirène du Mississipi , Un flic , Liza , and The Hunger . In 1992, she became a model for his skincare line. In 2001, she was chosen as the new face of L'Oréal Paris . In 2006, Deneuve became the third inspiration for the M•A•C Beauty Icon series and collaborated on

2996-639: The Chicago Tribune awarded a full four stars out of four and wrote that "violence takes a back seat to character development and storytelling techniques that are classical. Hustle is the kind of picture you don't want to see end. It's going to be a cult favorite." That same year, she acted in Jean-Paul Rappeneau 's adventure film Le Sauvage (1975) with Yves Montand . The following year, she acted in Claude Lelouch 's Second Chance (1976). In

3103-695: The 6th arrondissement of Paris . From 1989 to 2014, she also owned Château de Primard, a mansion in Guainville . Deneuve has been married once: to photographer David Bailey from 1965 to 1972, though they separated in 1967. She has lived with director Roger Vadim , actor Marcello Mastroianni , cinematographer Hugh Johnson , and Canal+ tycoon Pierre Lescure . Deneuve has two children: actor Christian Vadim (born 18 June 1963), from her relationship with Roger Vadim, and actress Chiara Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972), from her relationship with Marcello Mastroianni. She has five grandchildren. Deneuve has not had

3210-453: The Agnes Varda fantasy film Les Créatures and Jean-Paul Rappeneau 's A Matter of Resistance . The following year, she reunited with Demy for another musical The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) acting alongside George Chakiris and Gene Kelly . She played a twin to her real-life older sister, Françoise Dorléac (as Solange), in what would be their only film together, Dorléac died in

3317-716: The Berlin International Film Festival 's Golden Bear in 1998 and the Venice Film Festival 's Golden Lion in 2022. In 2000, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California , Walk of Stars was dedicated to her. In 2013, she was honored for her lifetime achievement at the 26th European Film Awards . In 2015, she received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Orange Award from International Antalya Film Festival , Turkey. In 2020, The New York Times ranked her number 21 in its list of

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3424-507: The Berlin International Film Festival 's Golden Bear in 1998, the Cannes Film Festival 's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2005, and the Venice Film Festival 's Golden Lion in 2022. Deneuve was born Catherine Fabienne Dorléac in Paris, the daughter of French stage actors Maurice Dorléac and Renée Simonot . Deneuve had two sisters, Françoise Dorléac (21 March 1942 – 26 June 1967) and Sylvie Dorléac (born 14 December 1946), as well as

3531-513: The David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, and Régis Wargnier 's Indochine (1992). She received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Indochine and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress for Belle de Jour (1968). She received the Venice Film Festival 's Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her role in Place Vendôme (1998). She also received numerous honorary accolades including

3638-522: The French government's policy towards undocumented migrants in 2010. The same year, she protested outside the residence of the Minister of Immigration, Éric Besson . She also announced that she was sponsoring a young Congolese who had requested political asylum. In 2015, she marched in Paris in support of refugees. In September 2018, following the resignation of French environment minister Nicolas Hulot , Birkin

3745-499: The HIV/AIDS epidemic. Countries she visited included Bosnia , Rwanda and Palestine . As a child, Birkin demonstrated in the streets of London against capital punishment . In the 1970s, she campaigned for the right to abortion and appeared at the Bobigny trial in support of four women accused of having helped the high school student Marie-Claire Chevalier to have an abortion following

3852-703: The Isle of Wight . In 2021, she said she had started taking sleeping pills at 16 and never stopped. At the age of 17 she met composer John Barry , whom she married in 1965 and had her first daughter, 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. She began auditioning for film and television roles in England and in Los Angeles. Birkin emerged in

3959-526: The Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood on the Left Bank". 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." On 6 September 2021, it was reported that Birkin was doing well after having a stroke . On 16 July 2023, Birkin was found dead at home in Paris. She was 76. No cause of death was disclosed. The premiere of

4066-772: The Silver Lion prize. 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". She received the Order from the Prince of Wales in April 2002. In 2013, she and her daughter, Lou Doillon , were appointed to the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres as Chevaliers . In 2022, she

4173-597: The Swinging London scene of the 1960s, appearing in an uncredited part in The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965). She had a small role in Michelangelo Antonioni 's Blowup (1966) as a brunette model. At the time, the movie gained notoriety because of Birkin's nude scene, which she later said she did because John Barry had told her she would not have the courage to show up naked on set. Birkin also said that on

4280-660: The Todd Haynes -directed Bob Dylan biographical film I'm Not There , also contributing a cover version of the Dylan song " Just Like a Woman " to the film soundtrack . In 2009, she won the award for Best Actress at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival for the film Antichrist . Gainsbourg starred in the French/Australian production The Tree , released in 2010, and in Lars von Trier 's science fiction disaster film Melancholia . She

4387-498: The Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for her performance in Place Vendôme . In the late 1990s, Deneuve continued to appear in a large number of films such as 1999's five films Est-Ouest , Le temps retrouvé , Pola X , Belle maman , and Le Vent de la nuit . Deneuve's part in Lars von Trier 's musical drama Dancer in the Dark (2000), alongside Icelandic singer Björk

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4494-503: 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). 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

4601-539: The 1980s, Deneuve's films included François Truffaut 's Le Dernier métro (1980) with Gérard Depardieu for which she won the César Award for Best Actress and the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress . She gained acclaim for her role in Tony Scott 's The Hunger (1983) as a bisexual vampire, co-starring with David Bowie and Susan Sarandon , a role which brought her a significant lesbian following, mostly among

4708-417: The 1996 film Independence Day . In 2017, she starred alongside Michael Fassbender and Rebecca Ferguson in the crime thriller film The Snowman . In 2020, she had a cameo role playing herself in the first episode of the fourth season of Call My Agent! . Gainsbourg made her musical debut on the controversial song " Lemon Incest " in 1984. Sung by Gainsbourg and her father Serge , the lyrics implied

4815-409: The United States and left Birkin with their daughter in England. Birkin had a romantic and creative relationship with French musician Serge Gainsbourg , 18 years her senior, whom she met on the set of Slogan in 1968. They were together for 12 years but never married, despite rumours and misreporting to the contrary. She eventually became a French citizen. In 1971, Birkin and Gainsbourg had

4922-632: The Year in the 1992 Victoires de la Musique . She appeared in Merchant Ivory 's 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. In 2006, she played the title role in Elektra , directed by Philippe Calvario in France. Birkin recorded

5029-587: The album Fictions , and in 2010, recorded a duet, "Marie," with Brazilian singer Sérgio Dias , which appeared on We Are the Lilies , an album by Dias and French band Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family featured contributions from Iggy Pop and others. In 2016 Birkin appeared in a campaign for Yves Saint Laurent shot by Hedi Slimane which featured various female musicians, including Marianne Faithfull , Courtney Love , and Joni Mitchell . The same year, she had

5136-506: The album "IRM", an abbreviation for the French translation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). During her brain scan, she began to think about music. "When I was inside that machine," she said, "it was an escape to think about music. It's rhythm. It was very chaotic." Her song "Heaven Can Wait" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week on 2 March 2010. Her song "Trick Pony" appeared at

5243-437: 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

5350-508: The beginning of the Grey's Anatomy episode "Perfect Little Accident" (Season 6, Episode 16/airdate: 25 February 2010), is featured on the FIFA 11 soundtrack and was used in the 2012 Teleflora Super Bowl advertisement featuring supermodel Adriana Lima . In 2011, Gainsbourg released the double album Stage Whisper , a collection of unreleased songs from IRM and live tracks. In 2013, Gainsbourg released

5457-681: The best-known French artists in the world. In a career spanning nearly 70 years, she has played more than a hundred roles and is recognized in France and internationally for being one of the key faces of the musical film genre with appearances in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg , The Young Girls of Rochefort , Donkey Skin , 8 Women and The Beloved . Early in her career, she gained acclaim for her portrayals of aloof and mysterious beauties while working for well-known directors such as Luis Buñuel , François Truffaut , Jacques Demy , Roman Polanski , and Agnès Varda . She played in films attracting

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5564-566: The brand's Tambour Horizon smartwatch, which also featured celebrities, including Jennifer Connelly , Bae Doona , Jaden Smith and Miranda Kerr . In 1986, Deneuve introduced her own perfume, Deneuve . She is also a designer of glasses, shoes, jewelry and greeting cards. In 2005, she launched a limited-edition makeup collection for MAC Cosmetics . For the Catherine Deneuve eyewear line, she has had licensing agreements with Viva International (from 1989) and Marcolin  (2014–2019) for

5671-620: The cold but erotic persona, for which she would be nicknamed the "ice maiden", in Roman Polanski 's psychological horror thriller Repulsion (1965). For her performance she was nominated for the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress . Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote, "Catherine Deneuve's glassy stare of anxiety dominates the movie" comparing her to Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960). In 1966 she starred in

5778-550: The colour collection that became available at M•A•C locations worldwide in February that year. Deneuve began appearing in the new Louis Vuitton luggage advertisements in 2007. Deneuve was listed as one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by the Guardian in March 2013. In July 2017, Deneuve appeared in a video campaign for Louis Vuitton entitled Connected Journeys , celebrating the launch of

5885-547: The cruel methods used to acquire the skins for the crocodile variant of the bags. Hermès announced soon afterwards that it had satisfied Birkin with new reassurances on this. Studio albums Live albums Catherine Deneuve Deneuve made her screen debut in 1957 at age 13, in a film shot the previous year when she was only 12. A major figure of the New Wave , she became, like Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon , one of

5992-448: The day of her audition, she had no idea who Antonioni was. She had a more substantial role in the counterculture era film Kaleidoscope (1966) and appeared as a fantasy-like model in the psychedelic film Wonderwall (1968). In 1968, she auditioned for the lead female role in the French film Slogan (1969). Though she did not speak French she won the role, co-starring alongside Serge Gainsbourg , and she performed with him on

6099-508: The death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by Iranian morality police . 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. They decided not to award a best actress prize because all of the actresses they judged to have made the best performances were in films that won major awards. Dust won

6206-469: The design, production and distribution of sunglasses and optical frames. Besides her native French, Deneuve speaks fluent Italian and English, and has some knowledge of Spanish. Her hobbies and passions include gardening, drawing, photography, reading, music, cinema, fashion, antiques and decoration. According to a 1996 The New York Times article, she is a practising Roman Catholic . For decades, Deneuve has had an apartment on Place Saint-Sulpice in

6313-494: The director Jacques Doillon . Her half-sister Lou Doillon was born in 1982 as a result of the union. Gainsbourg would go on to work with her stepfather in the film The Temptation of Isabelle in 1985 and later in Amoureuse in 1992, which also starred her future partner Yvan Attal . In 1987, she was the target of a bungled kidnapping. After her parents separated, Gainsbourg's father descended into alcoholism, eventually dying of

6420-563: The disc on the record player. Birkin recalled that all of a sudden, all the couples around them stopped talking with their knives and forks frozen in mid-air. Gainsbourg said, "I think we've got a hit record". The song caused a scandal for its sexual explicitness and was banned by radio stations in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. In Italy, the head of their record label was jailed for offending public morality. [It is] very flattering to have

6527-471: The documentary Jane by Charlotte , about Birkin's relationship with her daughter Charlotte, on 8 July 2021, was one of her last public appearances. Her funeral took place at the Church of Saint-Roch in the 1st arrondissement of Paris on the morning of July 24. After the funeral, her remains were cremated at the crematorium of Père Lachaise Cemetery and then, her ashes were interred at Montparnasse Cemetery , in

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6634-450: The early 1990s, Deneuve's more significant roles included 1992's Indochine opposite Vincent Perez , for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a second César Award for Best Actress; and André Téchiné 's two films, Ma saison préférée (1993) and Les Voleurs (1996). In 1997, Deneuve was the protagonist in the music video for the song N'Oubliez Jamais sung by Joe Cocker . In 1998, she won acclaim and

6741-417: The film Paroles et Musique (1984). In 1986, Gainsbourg won a César Award for "Most Promising Actress" for An Impudent Girl . That same year Gainsbourg appeared in the film Charlotte for Ever about a man who develops incestuous desires for his teenage daughter after his wife dies. Written and directed by Gainsbourg's father Serge Gainsbourg , who also took the role of Gainsbourg's father on screen,

6848-563: The film heightened the controversy that had resulted from Gainsbourg's debut single Lemon Incest , which had similar themes and also was created and sung with her father Serge , causing press speculation that the material was autobiographical. In 1988, she appeared together with her mother in a set of films Kung Fu Master and the documentary drama Jane B. by Agnes V. , both directed by Agnès Varda . In 1993, Gainsbourg made her English-speaking debut in The Cement Garden , written and directed by her uncle, Andrew Birkin . Her stage debut

6955-459: The film writing, "As in all of Truffaut's films, love leads only to an uncertain future that, at best, may contain some joy along with the inevitable misery. Truffaut's special talent, however, is for communicating a sense of the value of that joy." She reunited with Buñel for the drama Tristana (1970) acting alongside Fernando Rey and Franco Nero . Her work for Buñuel would be her best known. That same year, she reunited with Jacques Demy for

7062-644: The film's theme song, "La Chanson de Slogan", the first of many collaborations between the two. After filming Slogan , Birkin relocated to France permanently. She had a role in the French thriller La Piscine (1969) and said that the movie had enabled her to stay in France after finishing Slogan : "The film saved me and enabled me to stay in France. I just finished Slogan and was due to go back to England." Though her heavy accent in French eventually did prevent her from getting some roles, it turned out to be an asset in her career, as French audiences found it charming. She later stated: "Without my accent, I would have had

7169-477: The films Indochine and Dancer in the Dark . She also provided the voice role of Marjane Satrapi 's mother in Satrapi's animated autobiographical film Persepolis (2007), based on the graphic novel of the same name . Her 100th film appearance was in Un conte de Noël released in 2008. Deneuve's later work includes Potiche (2010) with frequent co-star Depardieu, Beloved (2011), alongside former co-stars Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni ,

7276-432: The gothic subculture. During this time, she received César Award for Best Actress nominations for her roles in André Téchiné 's romantic drama Hotel America (1981), Jean-Pierre Mocky 's French drama film Agent trouble (1987), and François Dupeyron 's drama Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988). The later of which she also served as a producer, and starred alongside frequent co-star Gérard Depardieu . In

7383-572: The grave of her daughter, Kate Barry , and in the same cemetery where Gainsbourg was buried. Many fans gathered to watch the ceremony on a large screen outside of the church. France's First Lady Brigitte Macron and Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak , Catherine Deneuve and her daughter Chiara Mastroianni ; Vanessa Paradis ; Maïwenn ; Sandrine Kiberlain ; Carole Bouquet ; Charlotte Rampling and Anthony Vaccarello were among those who attended. Birkin's humanitarian interests led her to work with Amnesty International on immigrant welfare and

7490-408: The late 1960s onwards and acquired French citizenship. She was the mother of photographer Kate Barry with her first husband John Barry ; of actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg with Serge Gainsbourg; and of musician Lou Doillon with Jacques Doillon . She lent her name to the Hermès Birkin handbag . After separating from Gainsbourg in 1980, Birkin continued to work both as an actress and

7597-403: The lead role in La femme et le TGV , a short film directed by Swiss filmmaker Timo von Gunten . The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film . In a 2017 interview, Birkin stated that La femme et le TGV would be her final acting performance and that she had no plans to return to acting. On 24 March 2017, Birkin released Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le Symphonique ,

7704-481: The market, to nightclubs, to formal events until her husband Jacques Doillon intentionally ran over it with his car in the early 1980s. 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

7811-583: The mistress of Austrian artist Egon Schiele , played by Mathieu Carrière . She appeared in the Agatha Christie films Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982). Jacques Rivette collaborated with her in Love on the Ground (1983) and La Belle Noiseuse (1991, nominated Césars best supporting actress). In 1985, she co-starred with John Gielgud in Leave All Fair (1985). She won Female Artist of

7918-523: 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." Lost Song (1987) was also written by Gainsbourg. Birkin 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)

8025-435: The most beautiful songs, probably, in the French language written for [you]. [But] how much talent did I really have? Perhaps not that much. "Je t'aime" made UK chart history when on 4 October 1969 and the following week on 11 October, the song was at two different chart positions, despite being the same song, the same artists, and the same recorded version, the only difference being that they were on different record labels. It

8132-489: The movie Antichrist , among many nominations. Gainsbourg was born on 21 July 1971 in the Marylebone area of Central London to English actress and singer Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg . Gainsbourg was born at the height of her parents' fame; they had made headlines three years earlier with the sexually explicit song " Je t'aime... moi non plus " and by that point had become notorious for their turbulent relationship and multiple artistic collaborations. As

8239-910: The musical fantasy Donkey Skin (1970) based on the 1965 fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault . Roger Ebert praised the film writing, "It provides a visual feast and fanciful imaginations, and Deneuve was then, as she was before and since, a great beauty with the confidence such beauty requires." In 1971, Deneuve starred in Nadine Trintignant 's It Only Happens to Others opposite Marcello Mastroianni . She also starred in Marco Ferreri 's Italian drama Liza (1972), Jean-Pierre Melville 's French crime film Un flic (1972), and Jacques Demy 's French comedy A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973). She starred in Robert Aldrich 's crime film Hustle (1975) with Burt Reynolds . Gene Siskel of

8346-542: The part, Gainsbourg commented, "The sex scenes weren't so hard. For me, it was all the masochistic scenes. Those were embarrassing and, yes, a little humiliating." In 2014, she starred in Three Hearts and Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache 's film Samba , for which she was nominated for a Lumières Award for Best Actress . She then played Dr. Catherine Marceaux in Independence Day: Resurgence , sequel of

8453-723: The popular French adventure comedy Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia (2012) with Gérard Depardieu and Valérie Lemercier , screenwriter and director Emmanuelle Bercot 's On My Way (2013), Palme d'Or winning writer/director Pierre Salvadori 's comedy drama In the Courtyard (2014), and André Téchiné 's drama In the Name of My Daughter (2014). She co-starred alongside Catherine Frot , in writer/director Martin Provost 's French drama The Midwife (2017). Deneuve appeared nude in two Playboy pictorials in 1963 and 1965. Her image

8560-472: The proceeds of which were to benefit the foundation's projects. Gainsbourg worked for four years, mainly in New York, with producer Sebastian Akchoté (known as SebastiAn) on her fifth studio album, titled Rest . Rest is a portrayal of her feelings after the deaths of her father Serge Gainsbourg and her half-sister Kate Barry , with the theme of alcohol addiction . About the album, she said, "The album took

8667-478: The recording studio with Irish-Scottish music producer Salvador Navarrete, known better by his stage name Sega Bodega . Navarrete described the sessions as "sounding beautiful". It was unveiled in September 2021 that Gainsbourg would appear on Navarrete's second studio album, Romeo , which was released on 12 November 2021. It is expected that more music between the two will be released. Gainsbourg's longtime partner

8774-482: The shoulder." Nonetheless, Birkin did use the bag for some time. The Birkin bag has, over the years, become a status symbol , with prices ranging from US$ 10,000 to $ 500,000. In 2015, Birkin wrote a public letter to Hermès requesting her name be removed from the bag, 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

8881-585: The song "Beauty" on French producer Hector Zazou 's album Strong Currents (2003). The album brought together a number of well-known soloists and featured her alongside Laurie Anderson , Irene Grandi and Melanie Gabriel, among others. On this album Birkin and Melanie Gabriel covered songs by Nina Hynes . 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 . In 2006 Birkin recorded and released

8988-472: The time". Later, Birkin had a relationship with French writer Olivier Rolin . In 2002, she was diagnosed with leukaemia and underwent rounds of treatment. Birkin often spent time with her six grandchildren. Her daughter, Kate Barry, died in December 2013 after falling from her fourth floor apartment in Paris. Birkin mainly resided in Paris from the late 1960s onwards. She was described as "a fixture of

9095-503: The track "The Four Cardinal Times". In 2004, she sang a duet with French pop star Étienne Daho on his single "If". In 2006, Gainsbourg released her second album 5:55 to critical acclaim and commercial success, reaching the top spot on the French charts and achieving platinum status in that country. In the UK, the album was moderately successful, reaching No. 78. (The single " The Songs That We Sing " only achieved No. 129.) Gainsbourg attributed

9202-402: The twenty-year break between her debut album and 5:55 to her father's death and her reluctance to explore a musical career without him. In late 2009, Gainsbourg released her third studio album, IRM , which was produced by Beck . One of the influential factors in the album's creative process was her time spent filming Antichrist . Gainsbourg's head injury in 2007 influenced the title of

9309-448: The wealthy Birkin family , was a Royal Navy lieutenant commander and World War II spy , whose first cousin was Freda Dudley Ward , a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales . 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. Reed told her it all depended on if the camera loved her. Her mother, Judy Mary Campbell ,

9416-493: 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). In 1968, she met Serge Gainsbourg while co-starring with him in Slogan , which marked the beginning of a years-long working and personal relationship. The duo released

9523-422: Was a close friend of the artist Nall , and owns some of his works. On 6 November 2019, BBC News reported that Deneuve suffered a mild stroke and was recuperating in a Paris hospital. Despite the health scare, there was no damage to her motor functions. Five weeks later, she was released from hospital, and spent the remainder of 2019 recuperating at her Paris home. Deneuve began smoking in 1960 at age 16, and

9630-576: 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 . She was Noel Coward's muse and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" was written for her. Birkin's elder brother is screenwriter and director Andrew Birkin . Birkin was raised in Chelsea , and described herself as a "shy English girl". She said that she

9737-552: Was an occasional child actress. She subsequently appeared in several films for director Roger Vadim as well as in L'Homme à femmes (1960), which caught the eye of Jacques Demy , who cast Deneuve as Geneviève Emery in his romantic film musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), the film that brought her to stardom. The film received critical acclaim winning the Palme d'Or at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival . Variety praised her performance describing her writing, "Catherine Deneuve,

9844-610: Was born in London, but she spent most of her life in Paris until the death of her sister Kate Barry . In 2013, she and her family relocated to New York City. They returned to Paris in 2020. She is proud of both her nationalities. On 5 September 2007, Gainsbourg underwent surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage . She had been experiencing headaches since a waterskiing accident in the United States several weeks earlier. Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin OBE ( / ˈ b ɜːr k ɪ n / ; 14 December 1946 – 16 July 2023)

9951-580: 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." She said she wanted to be as pretty as Jean Shrimpton , calling herself a "bad version" of her. Her middle name, "Mallory", was invented by her mother; it was partly inspired by the name of Arthurian author Sir Thomas Malory . Birkin attended Miss Ironside's School in Kensington and Upper Chine School on

10058-472: Was fabulously beautiful." The same year, she had a supporting role in the horror film Dark Places with Christopher Lee and Joan Collins . In 1975, she appeared in Gainsbourg's first film as a director, 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

10165-568: Was featured on the Madonna album Music on the track " What It Feels Like for a Girl ". The lengthy spoken introduction by Gainsbourg is taken from the film The Cement Garden , which inspired the title of the song. The track was further remixed for a single version in 2001, with Gainsbourg's The Cement Garden speech repeated during the song. In 2000, Gainsbourg was featured on the Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith album Peradam on

10272-751: Was in 1994, in David Mamet 's Oleanna at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse . In 1996, Gainsbourg starred as the title character in Jane Eyre , a film adaption of Charlotte Brontë 's 1847 novel. In 2000, she won the César Award for "Best Supporting Actress" for the film La Bûche . In 2003, Gainsbourg starred in 21 Grams , with Naomi Watts , Sean Penn and Benicio del Toro . In 2006, Gainsbourg appeared alongside Gael García Bernal in Michel Gondry 's The Science of Sleep . In 2007, she appeared as Claire in

10379-657: Was known to smoke up to three packs a day. She quit in 1985 with the aid of hypnotherapy , but started again in 1996. In 2020, French actress and recent co-star Juliette Binoche told Vanity Fair that Deneuve stopped smoking after suffering a stroke. Deneuve has received numerous accolades including two César Award for Best Actress for her performances in The Last Metro (1980), and Indochine (1992). A 14-time César Award nominee, she won for her performances in Truffaut's The Last Metro (1980), for which she also won

10486-451: Was nominated for a Best Actress César Award . In 1978, Birkin modeled in trade advertisements for Lee Cooper jeans. Gainsbourg kept writing music for Birkin after their breakup, including Baby Alone in Babylone (1983), their first collaboration after their separation in 1980, and Amours des feintes (1990), the last album he wrote before his death in 1991. Birkin has said: "This was

10593-612: Was on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. In May 2012, Confession of a Child of the Century premiered, in which she starred alongside the British musician Pete Doherty . Gainsbourg worked with von Trier once again on his 2013 film Nymphomaniac , in which she played the title role. The 5½-hour film depicts the life of a sex addict from youth to middle age. Regarding her reservations about

10700-492: Was one of the 200 artists and scientists who signed an open letter published on the front page of the daily Le Monde titled "The Greatest Challenge in the History of Mankind", which urged politicians to act "firmly and immediately" in fighting climate change and the "collapse of biodiversity". In late 2022, Birkin, among other French women, cut her hair in support of Iranian women and girls who had been killed in protests at

10807-609: Was originally released on the Fontana label, but due to the controversy, Fontana withdrew the record, which was then released on the Major Minor label. Because Fontana singles were still in the shops, along with the Major Minor release, on 4 October 1969, the Major Minor release was at number three and the Fontana single at number 16. Also at that time, it was the biggest-selling single ever for

10914-411: Was photographer Kate Barry (1967–2013). Their marriage ended in 1968. 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

11021-662: Was raised to the highest rank in the order, Commandeur . She was also awarded the French Ordre National du Mérite in 2004 and 2015. 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. Birkin was described as having carried a hand-woven straw basket from Castro Marim in Algarve , Portugal , everywhere she went, from

11128-531: Was screened 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 ." She worked with director Herbert Vesely on Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung in 1980, appearing as

11235-776: Was subject to considerable critical scrutiny. The film was selected for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. She made another foray into Hollywood the following year, starring in The Musketeer (2001) for Peter Hyams . In 2002, she shared the Silver Bear Award for Best Ensemble Cast at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in 8 Women . In 2005, Deneuve published her diary A l'ombre de moi-meme ("In My Own Shadow", published in English as Close Up and Personal: The Private Diaries of Catherine Deneuve ); in it she writes about her experiences shooting

11342-433: Was the first time her performance had been well received and "It touched [her] deeply to be taken seriously". Before working with Doillon she did not 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: " Piccoli and I were really good. If I die, I would like the film to be shown on television, even at midnight." When it

11449-699: Was used to represent Marianne , the national symbol of France, from 1985 to 1989. As the face of Chanel No. 5 in the late 1970s, she caused sales of the perfume to soar in the United States ;– so much so that the American press, captivated by her charm, nominated her as the world's most elegant woman. In 1983, American Home Products retained her to represent their cosmetics line and hired world-renowned photographer Richard Avedon to promote its line of Youth Garde cosmetics, for which she famously proclaimed, "Look closely. Next year, I will be 40." She

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