Lou Doillon
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Lou Doillon is a French model and actress. Her father is director Jacques Doillon
and her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin
.
and Kate Barry, and of Lola Doillon and Lily on her father's side.
At the age of nine, her appearance was distinctive, with Indian leggings under short dresses, worn with Grateful Dead
T-shirts and rollerblade
s, and long dreadlocks
. By the time she was 11½, she had tattoo
s and a stud in her tongue
.
She gave birth to her first child, a son Marlowe Jack Tiger Mitchell, in 2002. She parted company with his father, musician Thomas-John Mitchell, less than a year later and went to New York.
(Bad Company) (1999). She became a model because of her atypical beauty and is now a known face in European cinema.
She also starred in "House of Voices, aka Saint Ange" (1998). She played the leading character in "Gigola" (2010) alongside Marie Kremer and Thierry Lhermitte
.
. She also modelled for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar
. In 2007 the heritage jeans brand Lee Cooper made her its creative partner but after a year of great reviews closed the line citing bankruptcy.
Magazine special music issue and picture disk in 2007. Doillon sings, plays guitar and writes lyrics and is rumoured to be writing material for an upcoming album with Brenner, musician John Mitchell
and various artists.
Jacques Doillon
Jacques Doillon is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women...
and her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin
Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
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Biography
On her mother's side she is the half-sister of Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
and Kate Barry, and of Lola Doillon and Lily on her father's side.
At the age of nine, her appearance was distinctive, with Indian leggings under short dresses, worn with Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
T-shirts and rollerblade
Rollerblade
Rollerblade is a brand of inline skates owned by Nordica, part of the Tecnica Group of Trevignano, Treviso, Italy.The company was started by Scott Olsen and Brennan Olson in Minneapolis as Ole's Innovative Sports; when they sold the company, it became Rollerblade, Inc...
s, and long dreadlocks
Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks, also called locks, a ras, dreads, "rasta" or Jata , are matted coils of hair. Dreadlocks are usually intentionally formed; because of the variety of different hair textures, various methods are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing...
. By the time she was 11½, she had tattoo
Tattoo
A tattoo is made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. Tattoos on humans are a type of body modification, and tattoos on other animals are most commonly used for identification purposes...
s and a stud in her tongue
Tongue piercing
A tongue piercing is a body piercing usually done directly through the center of the tongue, and is the most popular piercing site in the western world after the ear and nostril.-History and culture:...
.
She gave birth to her first child, a son Marlowe Jack Tiger Mitchell, in 2002. She parted company with his father, musician Thomas-John Mitchell, less than a year later and went to New York.
Acting
She started her acting career as her mother's daughter in Kung-Fu Master (1987). Then her father offered her her first great role in the movie Trop (Peu) d'Amour (1998), and she also played in Mauvaises FréquentationsMauvaises fréquentations
Bad Company is a 1999 French film starring Maud Forget and Lou Doillon. It is a romantic drama about two young students falling in love. The movie is written by Alain Layrac, and directed by Jean-Pierre Améris...
(Bad Company) (1999). She became a model because of her atypical beauty and is now a known face in European cinema.
She also starred in "House of Voices, aka Saint Ange" (1998). She played the leading character in "Gigola" (2010) alongside Marie Kremer and Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte is a French actor, known for his comedic roles. He was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, and Michel Blanc...
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Fashion
As a model Doillon has appeared in the one-time Gap, Inc. publication "Individuals" and is the face and muse of the fashion house GivenchyGivenchy
Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...
. She also modelled for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar
Pirelli Calendar
The Pirelli Calendar is a trade calendar published by the Pirelli company's UK subsidiary. It has become an annual publication that dates back to 1964....
. In 2007 the heritage jeans brand Lee Cooper made her its creative partner but after a year of great reviews closed the line citing bankruptcy.
Music
In 2006 Doillon began writing music with friend and musician Chris Brenner. A song they wrote together "The Girl Is Gone" was featured on the VisionaireVisionaire
Visionaire is an art and fashion publication that has come out in limited, numbered editions three times a year since spring 1991. Each issue has a specific format and theme around which prominent artists, designers, photographers, and others guests edit the publication...
Magazine special music issue and picture disk in 2007. Doillon sings, plays guitar and writes lyrics and is rumoured to be writing material for an upcoming album with Brenner, musician John Mitchell
John Mitchell (musician)
John Mitchell is guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the UK band It Bites. He also plays guitar for a number of other progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*, and John Wetton.In 2008, Mitchell joined A, playing bass in place of original bass player Daniel P...
and various artists.
Filmography
- Kung-Fu MasterKung-Fu Master (film)Kung-Fu Master is a 1988 French drama film directed by Agnès Varda. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Jane Birkin as Mary-Jane* Mathieu Demy as Julien* Charlotte Gainsbourg as Lucy* Lou Doillon as Lou...
(1988) – by Agnes VardaAgnès VardaAgnès Varda is a French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her movies, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.... - Trop (peu) d'amour (1998) – Jacques DoillonJacques DoillonJacques Doillon is a French film director. He has a habit of giving lead roles to inexperienced young actresses in his films on family life and women...
- Mauvaises fréquentationsMauvaises fréquentationsBad Company is a 1999 French film starring Maud Forget and Lou Doillon. It is a romantic drama about two young students falling in love. The movie is written by Alain Layrac, and directed by Jean-Pierre Améris...
(1999) – of Jean-Pierre AmérisJean-Pierre AmérisJean-Pierre Améris is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1993. His film Poids léger was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... - Scénarios sur la drogue (2000) – of Guillaume CanetGuillaume CanetGuillaume Canet is a French actor and film director.Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like Joyeux Noël, Love Me If You Dare and The Beach...
and Jean-Christophe Pagnac (segment Avalanche) - Mamirolle (2000) – of Brigitte Coscas
- Carrément à l'ouestCarrément à l'OuestCarrément à l'Ouest is a 2001 French comedy drama directed and written by Jacques Doillon. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:*Lou Doillon as Fred*Caroline Ducey as Silvia...
(2001) – of Jacques Doillon - Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002) – of Michel BlancMichel BlancMichel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs...
- Blanche (2002) – of Bernie Bonvoisin
- Saint AngeSaint AngeSaint Ange, also known as House of Voices is a 2004 French-Romanian horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier. It is Laugier's feature film debut. -Plot:...
(2004) – of Pascal LaugierPascal LaugierPascal Laugier is a French screenwriter and film director.-Career:Laugier is a former assistant to director Christophe Gans, also having directed the making-of documentary about Gans's 2001 film Brotherhood of the Wolf. He has written and directed the fantasy-horror feature films Saint Ange and... - La Vida perra de Juanita Narboni (2005) – of Farida Ben Lyziad
- SistersSisters (2006 film)Sisters is a 2006 independent horror film directed by Douglas Buck. It is a remake of the 1973 Brian De Palma film of the same name. The film stars Stephen Rea, Lou Doillon, and Chloë Sevigny in the leading roles, with Dallas Roberts and JR Bourne playing supporting characters...
(2006) – of Douglas BuckDouglas BuckDouglas Buck is an American film director.Buck grew up in Long Island, later moving to New York City, where he began making films while working as an airport electrical engineer. Buck started by making short films, including Cutting Moments , Home , and Prologue , all three of which were collected... - Go Go TalesGo Go TalesGo Go Tales is an independent 2007 film by Abel Ferrara. It was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.It stars Willem Dafoe as a strip club owner and co-stars Bob Hoskins...
(2006) – of Abel FerraraAbel FerraraAbel Ferrara is an American film screenwriter and director. He is best known as an independent filmmaker of such films as The Driller Killer , Ms. 45 , King of New York , Bad Lieutenant and The Funeral .-Early life:Ferrara was born in the Bronx of Italian and Irish descent... - BoxesBoxes (film)Boxes is a 2007 French film and the directorial debut of Jane Birkin. Birkin also stars alongside Geraldine Chaplin and Michel Piccoli. The film is based on Birkin's own family life, chronicling three marriages and the three children she bore from these marriages. The title alludes to the way in...
(2007) – of Jane BirkinJane BirkinJane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
with Jane Birkin, Geraldine ChaplinGeraldine ChaplinGeraldine Leigh Chaplin is an English-American actress and the daughter of Charlie Chaplin.Chaplin first came to prominence for her Golden Globe-nominated role of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago . She received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville...
, Michel Piccoli and Natacha RégnierNatacha RégnierNatacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux... - Gigola (2010)
- Naked in LondonNaked in londonMoving Target is a British thriller, from director Mark Tierney. The film was formerly known as Naked in London.Set on the hottest day of the year in London it follows the character Steve Lynch in an afternoon full of explosive situations.- Plot :...
(2011) - PolissPolissPoliss is a 2011 French drama film written, directed by and starring Maïwenn. It also stars Joeystarr, Karin Viard, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle and Riccardo Scamarcio. The film centres on the Child Protection Unit in Paris, and a photographer who is assigned to cover the unit. The title is a...
(2011)
Television
- Nana (2001) – Édouard MolinaroÉdouard MolinaroÉdouard Molinaro is a French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was born in Gironde, Bordeaux.He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès , My Uncle Benjamin , Dracula and Son , and the Academy Award-nominated La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro (born 13 May 1928) is a French...
- The Private Life of Samuel PepysThe Private Life of Samuel PepysThe Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathaniel Parker. It portrayed the historical diarist Samuel Pepys. It was aired on BBC2 on 16 December 2003, drawing an audience of 2.9 million...
(2003) – Oliver ParkerOliver ParkerOliver Parker is an English film director.-Biography:Parker was born in London, the son of Jillian, Lady Parker, a writer and GP , and Sir Peter Parker, formerly Chief executive of British Rail... - Gossip GirlGossip Girl (TV series)Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007...
(2010) – Herself
Other media
- "Pigalle," narrator—an audio walking tour of the Paris neighbourhood. Created by Soundwalk