I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face contorted with sadness and rage in the mirror.

The only difference was that they were on different record labels. Her father David Birkin was a Royal Navy lieutenant-commander and World War II spy.

Jane Mallory Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English actress and singer who lives in France. She is perhaps best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s.