Lou Doillon

Lou Doillon
Lou Doillon photographed by Studio Harcourt Paris
Born	(1982-09-04) 4 September 1982 (age 34) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupation	Actress, singer, model
Years active	1987–present
Children	1

Lou Doillon (born 4 September 1982) is a French model, singer, and actress. Her father is director Jacques Doillon and her mother is British actress and singer Jane Birkin.

Doillon was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. On her mother's side, she is the half-sister of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kate Barry (1967–2013), and of Lola Doillon, Lily and Lina on her father's side.

Doillon began her acting career as her mother's daughter in Kung-Fu Master (1988). Her father then cast her in her first leading role in the film Trop (Peu) d'Amour (1997). She also played in Mauvaises Fréquentations (Bad Company) (1999). She became a model because of her atypical beauty and is now a well-known face in European cinema.

In 2001, Doillon starred in Carrément à l'ouest, a movie by Jacques Doillon, her father.

Doillon also starred in Saint Ange (2004), aka House of Voices. In 2007, she played a small part in Go Go Tales by Abel Ferrara. She played the leading character in Gigola (2010) alongside Marie Kremer and Thierry Lhermitte. In 2012, she played one of the main characters in Un enfant de toi (Me, You and Us), another movie by her father.