The newly-named Jane Birkin Footbridge is the oldest bridge crossing the Canal Saint-Martin, in Paris' 10th arrondissement. Birkin's daughters Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon each gave a speech at the renaming ceremony, where they also unveiled a sign that reads in French "singer, actress, director." See clips and photos of that ceremony below.
Birkin's daughters, singer Lou Doillon and actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, were among the guests who attended the ceremony for their mother, who died in 2023 at the age of 76.
"The Jane Birkin footbridge -- it's poetic," said Gainsbourgh, her voice thick with emotion. "She would have loved it so much."
The Jane Birkin Footbridge spans the Canal Saint Martin in Paris's 10th arrondissement, or district.
"It could be the bridge that connected her to England and brought her hurrying back to France, her adopted country," Gainsbourg told those gathered for the ceremony.
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Birkin died on July 16, 2023 in Paris, Le Monde has learned. Born on December 14, 1946, in London, Jane Birkin was the daughter of David Birkin, a commander in the Royal Navy, and the actress Judy Campbell, who was the muse of Noël Coward, the famous British playwright.
She first emerged in the showbiz world during the 1960s through an uncredited role in The Knack ...and How to Get It. She gained notoriety through her small role in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blowup in 1966 following her brave nude scene as a blonde model.
