Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin. Inspiration for the Hermes Birkin.

Hermès named and designed a handbag — the Birkin bag — for her in 1984. On an Airfrance flight from Paris to London, Jane Birkin pulled her Hermes datebook out of her bag and all her papers fell on the floor. She complained to the passenger sitting next to her that the book should have pockets. That passenger was the chairman of Hermes; Jean-Louis Dumas, and after hearing her complain he created the Birkin bag.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Birkin

Birkin was born in London to David Birkin, a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and World War II espionage operative, and Judy Campbell, an actress in Noel Coward musicals. Birkin's brother is the screenwriter/director Andrew Birkin. Her first cousin once removed was Freda Dudley Ward, a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales

Birkin emerged in the Swinging London scene of the 1960s, appearing as one of the models in the 1966 film Blowup. In 1968, Birkin auditioned in France for the lead female role in Slogan. Though she did not speak French, she won the role. She co-starred with Serge Gainsbourg, and duetted with him on the film's theme song — the first of many collaborations between the two.

In 1969, she and Gainsbourg released the duet "Je t'aime... moi non plus" ("I love you... nor do I"). Gainsbourg originally wrote the song for Brigitte Bardot. The song caused a scandal for its sexual explicitness, and was banned by radio stations in Italy, Spain, and the UK. The song's fame is partly a result of its salacious lyrics, sung in French by both Gainsbourg and Birkin to a background of increasing sexual moans and groans from Birkin and culminating in her simulated orgasm at the song's conclusion.

This UK ban had TV show Top Of The Pops producers in a quandary as they always played the number one single. Controversially, they played the instrumental version which had been recorded by studio musicians Sounds Nice. This version was also a UK number 18 hit under the title of Love At First Sight.

Je t'aime made UK chart history in that on 4 October 1969 and the following week on the 11th. Je T'aime was at two different chart positions even though it is the same song, the same artists, and the same recorded version. The only difference was that they were on different record labels. It was originally released on the Fontana label, but due to its controversy, Fontana withdrew the record which was then released on the Major Minor label. Because there were Fontana singles still in the shops along with the Major Minor release, on 4 October 1969 the Major Minor release was at number 3 and the Fontana single at number 16. Also at that time it was the biggest ever selling single for a completely foreign language record.

Birkin also appeared on Gainsbourg's 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson, portraying the Lolita-like protagonist in song and on the cover.

Birkin took a break from acting in 1971-72, but returned as Brigitte Bardot's lover in Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman) in 1973. In 1975, she appeared in Gainsbourg's first film, Je t'aime... moi non plus, which created a stir for frank examination of sexual ambiguity. For this performance she was nominated for a Best Actress César Award.

Birkin starred in the Agatha Christie films Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982), and recorded several albums, including Baby Alone in Babylone, Amours des Feintes, Lolita Go Home and Rendez-vous. She won Female Artist of the Year in the 1992 Victoires de la Musique.

She starred in two films directed by Jacques Doillon — as Anne in La fille prodigue (1981) and as Alma in La pirate (1984, nominated for a César Award). This work led to an invitation from Patrice Chéreau to star on stage in La Fausse suivante by Marivaux at Nanterre. After this, she also began to appear frequently on stage in plays and concerts (in France, Japan, the UK and then the U.S).

In 1980 she worked with director Herbert Vesely on Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung, appearing as the mistress of Austrian artist Egon Schiele, played by Mathieu Carrière.

Jacques Rivette collaborated with her for Love on the Ground (1983) and La Belle Noiseuse (1991, Nominated Césars best supporting actress). Additionally, she appeared in Merchant Ivory's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998, also used her song "Di Doo Dah") and Merci Docteur Rey (2002), while Le Divorce's end title song featured her singing "L'Anamour", composed by Gainsbourg.

In 2006, she played the title role in Elektra, directed by Philippe Calvario in France.

Birkin's humanitarian interests led her to work with Amnesty International on immigrant welfare and AIDS issues. Birkin has also visited Bosnia, Rwanda and Palestine, often working with children. In 2001, she was awarded the OBE. She has also been awarded the French Ordre National du Mérite.

She has collaborated with artists such as Feist, Beth Gibbons from Portishead, Bryan Ferry, Brian Molko from Placebo, Franz Ferdinand, Manu Chao, Brett Anderson from Suede, Mickey 3D, Françoise Hardy, Cali, The Divine Comedy, The Magic Numbers, Paolo Conte, Beck, Rufus Wainwright, Benjamin Biolay, Keren Ann, Yann Tiersen, Alain Souchon, Les Negresses Vertes, Johnny Marr from The Smiths, Zazie, MC Solaar, Miossec, Yōsui Inoue, Étienne Daho, Alain Chamfort, Jimmy Rowles, Goran Bregović, Sonny Landreth, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and many others.

Birkin recorded the song "Beauty" on French producer Hector Zazou's 2003 album Strong Currents.

The cover art of Have You Fed the Fish? by singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, (which features her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg on backing vocals), features her image.

Discography

   * 1969 - Je t'aime... moi non plus with Serge Gainsbourg

* 1971 - appears on Histoire de Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg)
* 1973 - Di doo dah
* 1975 - Lolita go home
* 1977 - Yesterday yes a day
* 1978 - Ex fan des sixties
* 1983 - Fuir le bonheur de peur qu'il ne se sauve
* 1983 - Baby alone in Babylone
* 1985 - Quoi
* 1987 - Lost song
* 1987 - Jane Birkin au Bataclan (recorded at the Bataclan)
* 1990 - Amours des feintes
* 1992 - Integral au Casino de Paris
* 1996 - Versions Jane
* 1996 - Integral a l'Olympia
* 1998 - Best Of
* 1999 - A la legere
* 2002 - Arabesque
* 2004 - Rendez-Vous
* 2006 - Fictions
* 2008 - Enfants d'Hiver
* 2009 - au palace(live)
Filmography

   * The Knack …and How to Get It (1965) - Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)

* Blow Up (1966) - The Blonde
* Kaleidoscope (1966) - Exquisite Thing
* Wonderwall (1968) - Penny Lane
* Slogan (1969) - Évelyne
* The Pleasure Pit (1969) - Jane
* The Swimming Pool (1969) - Penelope
* Trop petit mon ami (1970) - Christine Mars / Christine Devone
* Sex Power (1970) - Jane
* Alba pagana (1970) - Flora
* The Mafia Wants Your Blood (1970) - Jane Swenson
* 19 djevojaka i Mornar (1971) - Milja
* Romance of a Horsethief (1971) - Naomi
* Trop jolies pour être honnêtes (1972) - Christine
* Dark Places (1973) - Alta
* Don Juan, ou Si Don Juan était une femme... (1973) - Clara
* Seven Dead in the Cat's Eye (1973) - Corringa
* Projection privée (1973) - Kate/Hélène
* Le Mouton enragé (1974) - Marie-Paule
* Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974) - Jane
* Lucky Pierre (1974) - Jackie Logan
* Serious as Pleasure (1975) - Ariane Berg
* La Course à l'échalote (1975) - Janet
* Catherine & Co. (1975) - Catherine
* Bestial Quartet (1975) - Jane Berg
* Burnt by a Scalding Passion (1976) - Virginia Vismara
* Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) - Johnny Jane
* The Devil in the Heart (1976) - Linda
* Madame Claude (1977) - singer (theme song "Yesterday Yes a Day")
* L'Animal (1977) - La vedette féminine
* Good-bye, Emmanuelle (1977) - as Singer (theme song)
* Death on the Nile (1978) - Louise Bourget
* Au bout du bout du banc (1979) - Peggy
* Melancholy Baby (1979) - Olga
* La miel (1979) - Inés
* Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung (1980) - Wally
* The Prodigal Daughter (1981, by Jacques Doillon) - Anne
* Rends-moi la clé ! (1981) - Catherine
* Evil Under the Sun (1982) - Christine Redfern
* Nestor Burma, Détective de choc (1982) - Hélène Chatelain
* Circulez, y'a rien à voir ! (1983, by Patrice Leconte) - Hélène Duvernet
* L'Ami de Vincent (1983) - Marie-Pierre
* Le Garde du corps (1984) - Barbara Penning
* La Pirate (1984, by Jacques Doillon) - Alma
* Love on the Ground (1984, by Jacques Rivette) - Emily
* Leave All Fair (1985) - Katherine Mansfield
* Dust (1985) - Magda
* Beethoven's Nephew (1985) - Johanna
* La Femme de ma vie (1986) - Laura
* Kung-Fu master (1987, by Agnès Varda) - Mary-Jane
* Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988, by Agnès Varda) - Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Jeanne d'Arc
* Soigne ta droite (1987) - La cigale
* Comédie ! (1987, by Jacques Doillon) - Elle / also singer (theme song)
* Daddy Nostalgie (1990) - Caroline / also singer (end title "These Foolish Things")
* Contre l'oubli (1991, segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippine") - Director and narrator
* La Belle Noiseuse (1991) - Liz
* La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1991) - Liz
* Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... (1992, TV) - as Director and writer
* 3000 scénarios contre un virus (1994) - as Director (segment "Je t'aime, moi non plus")
* Les cent et une nuits (1995) - Celle qui dit radin
* Black for Remembrance (1995) - Caroline
* Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995) - The Woman (voice)
* On connaît la chanson (1997) - Jane (she sang her song "Quoi")
* A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) - Mrs. Fortescue
* The Last September (1999) - Francie Montmorency
* This Is My Body (2001) - Louise Vernet
* A Hell of a Day (2001) - Jane
* Merci Docteur Rey (2002) - Pénélope
* The Very Merry Widows (2003) - Renée
* Le Divorce (2003) - singer (end title "L'Anamour")
* L'ex-femme de ma vie (2004) - singer (theme song "Parlez-moi d'amour")
* La tête de maman (2007)
* Boxes (2007)
* 36 Views from the Pic Saint-Loup (2009)

Jane Birkin /dʒeɪn ˈbɜːkɪn/, née le 14 décembre 1946 dans le quartier londonien de Marylebone et morte le 16 juillet 2023 à Paris, est une actrice et chanteuse britannique, francophone, installée en France depuis la fin des années 1960, puis naturalisée française. Elle est également scénariste et réalisatrice.

Après des débuts cinématographiques en Angleterre notamment dans le film Blow-Up, elle entame une carrière en France où elle rencontre son futur mentor, compositeur de chansons et partenaire, Serge Gainsbourg. L'une de ses premières collaborations avec Gainsbourg, le 45 tours Je t'aime… moi non plus, devient un succès international et atteint la première place au Royaume-Uni.

Dans les années 1970, elle devient une actrice reconnue par le grand public en jouant dans des comédies de Claude Zidi puis de Michel Audiard. Elle apparaît alors dans plusieurs publicités.

À la fin des années 1980, elle donne une série de concerts pour la première fois à Paris, en interprétant le répertoire que Gainsbourg a écrit pour elle. Elle a ensuite continué à se produire régulièrement sur scène.

Biographie

L'actrice et chanteuse Judy Campbell, mère de Jane Birkin, un an avant la naissance de celle ci.
Jane Birkin est la fille de David Birkin (1914-1991), commandant dans la Royal Navy, et de l'actrice Judy Campbell (1916-2004), muse de Noël Coward, célèbre dramaturge anglais. Elle est née à Marylebone, un quartier du centre de Londres, situé dans la Cité de Westminster.

Elle a une sœur cadette, Linda, et un frère aîné, Andrew Birkin, acteur et réalisateur, qui a joué avec Jane dans le film La Pirate et a dirigé Charlotte Gainsbourg (la fille qu'elle a eue avec Serge Gainsbourg) dans le film The Cement Garden. Le poète et musicien Anno Birkin (en) (mort en 2001) et l'acteur David Tristan Birkin (en) sont ses neveux[r%C3%A9f. nécessaire].

Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, son père a aidé la Résistance française en convoyant de nuit, entre la Grande-Bretagne et la Bretagne, des combattants de la France libre. Il aurait, entre autres, sauvé François Mitterrand, d'après un ouvrage de Gabrielle Crawford publié en 2004.

Toujours selon Gabrielle Crawford, Jane Birkin est une descendante de Charles II, roi d'Angleterre, d'Irlande et d'Écosse], la petite-nièce de Freda Dudley Ward, maîtresse d'Édouard VIII, roi de Grande-Bretagne et Irlande du Nord, alors prince de Galles, dont la fille épousera le réalisateur Carol Reed, et elle est la cousine du mathématicien et philosophe Bertrand Russell par sa grand-mère paternelle.

Dans le film d'Agnès Varda Jane B. par Agnès V., Jane Birkin raconte que, quand elle était enfant à l'internat, sur l'île de Wight, elle était appelée par son numéro de chambre : « Ninety-Nine » (soit 99). L'actrice préférée de Jane Birkin est probablement Marilyn Monroe (à qui Gainsbourg a consacré la chanson Norma Jean Baker sur l'album Baby Alone in Babylone), comme elle l'explique dans le film.

En 1964, elle débute au cinéma en Angleterre dans le film de Richard Lester, Le Knack... et comment l'avoir, film emblématique du Swinging London, avec d'autres débutantes, futures actrices de premier plan, Jacqueline Bisset et Charlotte Rampling. Le film est un succès et Jane Birkin enchaîne, sous la direction de Michelangelo Antonioni, avec le film Blow-Up, lequel, présenté en 1967 au Festival du film de Cannes, remporte la Palme d'or. Son petit rôle, dans une scène centrale, de mannequin déshabillée de force, entièrement, ce qui est une première pour le cinéma anglais non pornographique, l'associe d'emblée à un scandale qui perdure6. Alors âgée de dix-neuf ans, elle pose pour l'objectif de Jeanloup Sieff pour Harper's Bazaar.

À Rome en 1974 avec son premier époux John Barry et père de Kate Barry, disparue en 2013.
Elle épouse le compositeur anglais John Barry, auteur de la musique de plusieurs films de la série James Bond, du thème de The Knack ou de la série télévisée Amicalement vôtre, dont elle a une fille, Kate Barry, en 1967, et dont elle divorce peu après.

Elle décide alors d'aller en France pour tenter sa chance comme actrice. Engagée après des essais désastreux (elle aurait fini en pleurs) pour le film Slogan de Pierre Grimblat, elle rencontre sur le tournage Serge Gainsbourg, auteur-compositeur-interprète renommé, qui y participe occasionnellement en tant qu'acteur (c'est un de ses premiers rôles importants), en plus d'être l'auteur de la bande originale. Elle devient alors la compagne de Serge Gainsbourg ; ils forment pendant dix ans un couple très médiatisé, dont naît une fille, Charlotte Gainsbourg, en 1971.

Elle s'accorde une pause dans sa carrière de 1971 à 1972, à la suite de la naissance de Charlotte. Elle joue un rôle d'amante de Brigitte Bardot dans Don Juan ou si Don Juan était une femme de Roger Vadim, en 1973. En 1975, elle tient un des rôles principaux du premier film que Serge réalise, Je t'aime moi non plus, dont le scénario, évoquant l’ambiguïté sexuelle et la sodomie, attire l'attention et suscite le scandale.

Menant en parallèle, entre 1975 et 1985, plusieurs incursions dans la comédie populaire, comme dans La moutarde me monte au nez, aux côtés de Pierre Richard, ou encore dans Catherine et compagnie, avec Patrick Dewaere, Birkin parvient à convaincre à la fois la critique et le grand public.

En septembre 1980, elle quitte Serge Gainsbourg. Plusieurs raisons sont avancées pour expliquer cette décision : l'alcool, le mode de vie et, même, des coups qu'elle a reçus – reconnus par Serge Gainsbourg lui-même (aveu qu'il fait à sa première femme). Après cette rupture, elle est, de 1980 à 1992, la compagne du réalisateur Jacques Doillon, avec lequel elle a une fille, Lou Doillon. Sa dernière relation publique connue est avec l'auteur Olivier Rolin.

En mars 1991, Jane Birkin perd, à quelques jours d'intervalle, Serge Gainsbourg (mort le 2 mars)14 et son père David Birkin15 (mort le 7 mars à 77 ans, le jour des obsèques de Serge Gainsbourg).

Jane Birkin s'investit par la suite dans des actions humanitaires, devenant porte-parole pour Amnesty International ; la marraine du Téléthon français en 2001 ; et participant quatre fois au Concert des Enfoirés (Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex en 1994, La Soirée des Enfoirés en 1996, Le Zénith des Enfoirés en 1997, Enfoirés un jour, toujours en 2023) ; elle est également présente dans un enregistrement vidéo pour Un air d'Enfoirés en 2022.

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Mort
Jane Birkin meurt à son domicile le 16 juillet 2023.

Engagements

Lors de la campagne pour l'élection présidentielle de 2007, elle soutient Ségolène Royal47.

En septembre 2018, à la suite de la démission de Nicolas Hulot, elle signe avec Juliette Binoche la tribune contre le réchauffement climatique intitulée « Le plus grand défi de l'histoire de l'humanité », qui parait en une du journal Le Monde, avec pour titre L'appel de 200 personnalités pour sauver la planète.

• Wikipedia

Jane Birkin. Inspiration for the Hermes Birkin.

Hermès named and designed a handbag — the Birkin bag — for her in 1984. On an Airfrance flight from Paris to London, Jane Birkin pulled her Hermes datebook out of her bag and all her papers fell on the floor. She complained to the passenger sitting next to her that the book should have pockets. That passenger was the chairman of Hermes; Jean-Louis Dumas, and after hearing her complain he created the Birkin bag.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Birkin

Birkin was born in London to David Birkin, a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and World War II espionage operative, and Judy Campbell, an actress in Noel Coward musicals. Birkin's brother is the screenwriter/director Andrew Birkin. Her first cousin once removed was Freda Dudley Ward, a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales

Birkin emerged in the Swinging London scene of the 1960s, appearing as one of the models in the 1966 film Blowup. In 1968, Birkin auditioned in France for the lead female role in Slogan. Though she did not speak French, she won the role. She co-starred with Serge Gainsbourg, and duetted with him on the film's theme song — the first of many collaborations between the two.

In 1969, she and Gainsbourg released the duet "Je t'aime... moi non plus" ("I love you... nor do I"). Gainsbourg originally wrote the song for Brigitte Bardot. The song caused a scandal for its sexual explicitness, and was banned by radio stations in Italy, Spain, and the UK. The song's fame is partly a result of its salacious lyrics, sung in French by both Gainsbourg and Birkin to a background of increasing sexual moans and groans from Birkin and culminating in her simulated orgasm at the song's conclusion.

This UK ban had TV show Top Of The Pops producers in a quandary as they always played the number one single. Controversially, they played the instrumental version which had been recorded by studio musicians Sounds Nice. This version was also a UK number 18 hit under the title of Love At First Sight.

Je t'aime made UK chart history in that on 4 October 1969 and the following week on the 11th. Je T'aime was at two different chart positions even though it is the same song, the same artists, and the same recorded version. The only difference was that they were on different record labels. It was originally released on the Fontana label, but due to its controversy, Fontana withdrew the record which was then released on the Major Minor label. Because there were Fontana singles still in the shops along with the Major Minor release, on 4 October 1969 the Major Minor release was at number 3 and the Fontana single at number 16. Also at that time it was the biggest ever selling single for a completely foreign language record.

Birkin also appeared on Gainsbourg's 1971 album Histoire de Melody Nelson, portraying the Lolita-like protagonist in song and on the cover.

Birkin took a break from acting in 1971-72, but returned as Brigitte Bardot's lover in Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman) in 1973. In 1975, she appeared in Gainsbourg's first film, Je t'aime... moi non plus, which created a stir for frank examination of sexual ambiguity. For this performance she was nominated for a Best Actress César Award.

Birkin starred in the Agatha Christie films Death on the Nile (1978) and Evil Under the Sun (1982), and recorded several albums, including Baby Alone in Babylone, Amours des Feintes, Lolita Go Home and Rendez-vous. She won Female Artist of the Year in the 1992 Victoires de la Musique.

She starred in two films directed by Jacques Doillon — as Anne in La fille prodigue (1981) and as Alma in La pirate (1984, nominated for a César Award). This work led to an invitation from Patrice Chéreau to star on stage in La Fausse suivante by Marivaux at Nanterre. After this, she also began to appear frequently on stage in plays and concerts (in France, Japan, the UK and then the U.S).

In 1980 she worked with director Herbert Vesely on Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung, appearing as the mistress of Austrian artist Egon Schiele, played by Mathieu Carrière.

Jacques Rivette collaborated with her for Love on the Ground (1983) and La Belle Noiseuse (1991, Nominated Césars best supporting actress). Additionally, she appeared in Merchant Ivory's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998, also used her song "Di Doo Dah") and Merci Docteur Rey (2002), while Le Divorce's end title song featured her singing "L'Anamour", composed by Gainsbourg.

In 2006, she played the title role in Elektra, directed by Philippe Calvario in France.

Birkin's humanitarian interests led her to work with Amnesty International on immigrant welfare and AIDS issues. Birkin has also visited Bosnia, Rwanda and Palestine, often working with children. In 2001, she was awarded the OBE. She has also been awarded the French Ordre National du Mérite.

She has collaborated with artists such as Feist, Beth Gibbons from Portishead, Bryan Ferry, Brian Molko from Placebo, Franz Ferdinand, Manu Chao, Brett Anderson from Suede, Mickey 3D, Françoise Hardy, Cali, The Divine Comedy, The Magic Numbers, Paolo Conte, Beck, Rufus Wainwright, Benjamin Biolay, Keren Ann, Yann Tiersen, Alain Souchon, Les Negresses Vertes, Johnny Marr from The Smiths, Zazie, MC Solaar, Miossec, Yōsui Inoue, Étienne Daho, Alain Chamfort, Jimmy Rowles, Goran Bregović, Sonny Landreth, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and many others.

Birkin recorded the song "Beauty" on French producer Hector Zazou's 2003 album Strong Currents.

The cover art of Have You Fed the Fish? by singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy, (which features her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg on backing vocals), features her image.

Discography

   * 1969 - Je t'aime... moi non plus with Serge Gainsbourg

* 1971 - appears on Histoire de Melody Nelson (Serge Gainsbourg)
* 1973 - Di doo dah
* 1975 - Lolita go home
* 1977 - Yesterday yes a day
* 1978 - Ex fan des sixties
* 1983 - Fuir le bonheur de peur qu'il ne se sauve
* 1983 - Baby alone in Babylone
* 1985 - Quoi
* 1987 - Lost song
* 1987 - Jane Birkin au Bataclan (recorded at the Bataclan)
* 1990 - Amours des feintes
* 1992 - Integral au Casino de Paris
* 1996 - Versions Jane
* 1996 - Integral a l'Olympia
* 1998 - Best Of
* 1999 - A la legere
* 2002 - Arabesque
* 2004 - Rendez-Vous
* 2006 - Fictions
* 2008 - Enfants d'Hiver
* 2009 - au palace(live)
Filmography

   * The Knack …and How to Get It (1965) - Girl on Motorbike (uncredited)

* Blow Up (1966) - The Blonde
* Kaleidoscope (1966) - Exquisite Thing
* Wonderwall (1968) - Penny Lane
* Slogan (1969) - Évelyne
* The Pleasure Pit (1969) - Jane
* The Swimming Pool (1969) - Penelope
* Trop petit mon ami (1970) - Christine Mars / Christine Devone
* Sex Power (1970) - Jane
* Alba pagana (1970) - Flora
* The Mafia Wants Your Blood (1970) - Jane Swenson
* 19 djevojaka i Mornar (1971) - Milja
* Romance of a Horsethief (1971) - Naomi
* Trop jolies pour être honnêtes (1972) - Christine
* Dark Places (1973) - Alta
* Don Juan, ou Si Don Juan était une femme... (1973) - Clara
* Seven Dead in the Cat's Eye (1973) - Corringa
* Projection privée (1973) - Kate/Hélène
* Le Mouton enragé (1974) - Marie-Paule
* Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974) - Jane
* Lucky Pierre (1974) - Jackie Logan
* Serious as Pleasure (1975) - Ariane Berg
* La Course à l'échalote (1975) - Janet
* Catherine & Co. (1975) - Catherine
* Bestial Quartet (1975) - Jane Berg
* Burnt by a Scalding Passion (1976) - Virginia Vismara
* Je t'aime moi non plus (1976) - Johnny Jane
* The Devil in the Heart (1976) - Linda
* Madame Claude (1977) - singer (theme song "Yesterday Yes a Day")
* L'Animal (1977) - La vedette féminine
* Good-bye, Emmanuelle (1977) - as Singer (theme song)
* Death on the Nile (1978) - Louise Bourget
* Au bout du bout du banc (1979) - Peggy
* Melancholy Baby (1979) - Olga
* La miel (1979) - Inés
* Egon Schiele Exzess und Bestrafung (1980) - Wally
* The Prodigal Daughter (1981, by Jacques Doillon) - Anne
* Rends-moi la clé ! (1981) - Catherine
* Evil Under the Sun (1982) - Christine Redfern
* Nestor Burma, Détective de choc (1982) - Hélène Chatelain
* Circulez, y'a rien à voir ! (1983, by Patrice Leconte) - Hélène Duvernet
* L'Ami de Vincent (1983) - Marie-Pierre
* Le Garde du corps (1984) - Barbara Penning
* La Pirate (1984, by Jacques Doillon) - Alma
* Love on the Ground (1984, by Jacques Rivette) - Emily
* Leave All Fair (1985) - Katherine Mansfield
* Dust (1985) - Magda
* Beethoven's Nephew (1985) - Johanna
* La Femme de ma vie (1986) - Laura
* Kung-Fu master (1987, by Agnès Varda) - Mary-Jane
* Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988, by Agnès Varda) - Calamity Jane / Claude Jade / Jeanne d'Arc
* Soigne ta droite (1987) - La cigale
* Comédie ! (1987, by Jacques Doillon) - Elle / also singer (theme song)
* Daddy Nostalgie (1990) - Caroline / also singer (end title "These Foolish Things")
* Contre l'oubli (1991, segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippine") - Director and narrator
* La Belle Noiseuse (1991) - Liz
* La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (1991) - Liz
* Oh pardon ! Tu dormais... (1992, TV) - as Director and writer
* 3000 scénarios contre un virus (1994) - as Director (segment "Je t'aime, moi non plus")
* Les cent et une nuits (1995) - Celle qui dit radin
* Black for Remembrance (1995) - Caroline
* Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995) - The Woman (voice)
* On connaît la chanson (1997) - Jane (she sang her song "Quoi")
* A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) - Mrs. Fortescue
* The Last September (1999) - Francie Montmorency
* This Is My Body (2001) - Louise Vernet
* A Hell of a Day (2001) - Jane
* Merci Docteur Rey (2002) - Pénélope
* The Very Merry Widows (2003) - Renée
* Le Divorce (2003) - singer (end title "L'Anamour")
* L'ex-femme de ma vie (2004) - singer (theme song "Parlez-moi d'amour")
* La tête de maman (2007)
* Boxes (2007)
* 36 Views from the Pic Saint-Loup (2009)