Film and TV Doillon started acting at age five, starring in
Kung Fu Master directed by
Agnès Varda. She has since worked with directors including
Jean Pierre Améris,
Jacques Doillon,
Guillaume Canet,
Abel Ferrara and
Maïwenn.
Modelling Doillon started modelling at the age of 16, becoming the ambassador of
Givenchy. She has since been the "face" of
Vanessa Bruno, Eres,
Mango,
H&M,
Miu Miu,
JBrand,
Barney's,
Gap, Maje and
Chloé. She was featured alongside
Sophia Loren and
Penélope Cruz in the
Pirelli Calendar. Doillon has worked with photographers
Inez and Vinoodh,
Mario Sorrenti,
Mario Testino,
Terry Richardson,
Bruce Webber,
Paolo Reversi,
Corinne Day,
Mert and Marcus,
Ryan McGinley and
Glen Lunchford. She has collaborated with
Lee Cooper and
La Redoute as a creative consultant and designer for six collections.
Theatre Doillon, alongside director Michel Didym, created a show based on letters written by French authors and singers (
Louis-Ferdinand Celine,
Marcel Proust and
Édith Piaf), and monologues. She toured French-speaking theatres throughout Europe by herself for over two years. In 2010, Doillon started working with director on
Samuel Beckett's one sentence monologue "L'Image" in the National Theatre of Orléans. Alongside dancer
Damien Jalet and conceptual musician Meelice, they performed throughout France and in New York for the Crossing the Line Festival. In 2017, for the National Theatre of Rennes, Doillon performed "L'Image" directed by Nauzyciel for a week. Doillon has also collaborated on various performances (Paroles d'Exil/Musique Interdite with the
French National Orchestra, Calamity Jane with singer/ musician
John Mitchell and as a reader for many French-literature festivals).
Art Doillon has been drawing since she was 10 and has often included her drawings in her other crafts (the vinyl edition of her album in 2016 and most of her merchandise on tour is drawn by her). She has been keeping a drawn and written diary since the age of 12. She works with an extra fine
Sailor Pen on
Sennelier paper or
Moleskine diaries. In September 2017, Doillon released a book, including 80 ink and pencil drawings alongside diary drawings, with Astier de Villatte. The release was followed by an exhibit of the original drawings at La maison Molière in Paris. She has also, for the brand Astier de Villatte, collaborated on a project of 18 different types of hand-backed ceramic mugs and 15 unique pieces, presented and sold in Tokyo during the launch of the collaboration in November 2017 with creative duo Benoit Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli.
Music Doillon's love for music was enkindled by her father: "When my parents split, I discovered with Jacques, his taste for eclectic and a strange form of radicalness in music. He would say: 'sit down, shut up and listen to the music' while playing records from
Chet Baker,
Billie Holiday,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Patti Smith and
Nick Drake." She often quotes
Bob Dylan and
Leonard Cohen, and mentions
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