Jane Mallory Birkin OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English actress, singer and film director who lives in France. Birkin was born in London, England, 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. First cousin of her father was Freda Dudley Ward, a mistress of Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales.