Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis became a star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's highest honours as both a singer and an actress with the Prix Romy Schneider and the César Award for Most Promising Actress for Jean-Claude Brisseau's Noce Blanche, as well as the Victoires de la Musique for Best Female Singer for her album Variations sur le même t'aime. Her most notable films also include Élisa (1995) alongside Gérard Depardieu, Witch Way Love (1997) opposite Jean Reno, Une chance sur deux (1998) co-starring with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon, Girl on the Bridge (1999), Heartbreaker (2010) and Café de Flore (2011). Her tribute to Jeanne Moreau at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival during which they sang in duet "Le Tourbillon" became notable in French popular culture. In 2022, she was nominated for the Molière Award for Best Actress for her performance in the play Maman.
She has been a muse to numerous musicians and lyricists who each took one of her albums under their aegis, including Étienne Roda-Gil (1988), Serge Gainsbourg (1990), Lenny Kravitz (1992), Matthieu Chedid (2007), Benjamin Biolay (2013), Samuel Benchetrit and The Bees (2018). As a model, Paradis has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers worldwide including Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Madame Figaro, Paris Match, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Premiere, and Marie Claire. Since 1991, she has been a spokesmodel for Chanel chosen by Karl Lagerfeld starting with the birdcage commercial "L'Esprit de Chanel" directed by Jean-Paul Goude. Paradis was made Officier (Officer) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011 and was named Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur in 2015.
Paradis was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in Paris’ suburbs, to interior designers André and Corinne Paradis. As a child she enrolled in dance lessons, learned the basics of piano, and attended child model casting sessions. At the age of seven, Paradis appeared on the local television program L'École des fans, a talent show for child singers.
Paradis recorded her first single, "La Magie des surprises-parties", in 1983 and performed it at an Italian festival in 1985. Although not a hit, it paved the way for the song with which she became internationally famous, "Joe le taxi," composed by Franck Langolff in 1987, when she was 14. It was number one in France for 11 weeks and, unusually for a song sung in French, was released in the United Kingdom, where it reached number three. It was taken from her first album M&J (for Marilyn & John) which placed 13th in France, but did not enter the British chart.
In March 1989, at age 16, she left high school to pursue her singing career. Paradis released the album Variations sur le même t'aime in 1990, containing a remake of the Lou Reed song "Walk on the Wild Side". The album was written by French composer Serge Gainsbourg, whom she met when she received the best singer award at Victoires de la Musique, on 4 February 1990.
In 1990, she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in Noce Blanche. ...
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Fotos
Películas (73)
Vanessa Paradis, la soirée
2025 · Self
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Class Reunion
2025 · Anne
Karl
2025 · Self
Acosada
2025 · Anaëlle
Étienne Daho Show
2024 · Self
Jane Birkin by Friends
2024 · Self
Juniors
2023 · Véronique (la mère de Jordan)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Killing Blues
2023 · Marianne
M en rêvalité aux Folies Bergère
2022 · Self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Love Song for Tough Guys
2021 · Suzanne
French Tech
2021 · Albane
I Love You Coiffure
2020 · Patricia (segment "Le Mariage")
Vanessa Paradis à l'Olympia - Basique, le concert
2019 · Self
Oh Les Filles!
2019 · Self
On l'appelait Roda
2018 · Self
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018 · Self
Foto de familia
2018 · Gabrielle, daughter of Pierre and Claudine
La daga en el corazón
2018 · Anne Parèze
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · Self - Singer (archive footage)
Maryline
2017 · Jeanne Desmarais
Dog
2017 · Hélène
Frost
2017 · Marianne
Yoga Hosers
2016 · Ms. Maurice
Terra
2015 · Narrator
Vanessa Paradis - Love Songs
2015 · Self
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
Rio, I Love You
2014 · Mulher, Music
French Women
2014 · Rose
Aprendiz de gigolo
2014 · Avigal
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Cornouaille
2012 · Odile
Low Profile
2012 · Emmanuelle
Dubaï Flamingo
2012 · Jackie
Café de Flore
2011 · Jacqueline
Un monstruo en París
2011 · Lucille (voice)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011 · Self
Vanessa Paradis – Anthologie 87-2007
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Vanessa Paradis: Une Nuit à Versailles
2010 · Self
Los seductores
2010 · Juliette Van Der Beck
Gainsbourg and His Girls
2010 · Self - Singer (voice)
Vanessa Paradis - Divinidylle Tour
2008 · Self
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
2008 · Self
Vanessa Paradis. (Idyllique)
2008 · Self
The Key
2007 · Cécile
The Pink Soldier
2006 · Made in Asia
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
My Angel
2004 · Colette
Atomik Circus: El regreso de James Bataille
2004 · Concia
Perdidos en La Mancha
2002 · Self
Vanessa Paradis au Zénith
2001 · Self
Érase una vez...
2001 · Music
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001
Du Baptême à Je dis -M-
2001 · Self
The Girl on the Bridge
1999 · Adèle
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999
Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)
1998 · New Age (voice)
Half a Chance
1998 · Alice Tomaso
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
A Witch's Way of Love
1997 · Morgane
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995
Élisa
1995 · Marie
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
1994
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993
The King of Ads
1991 · L'oiseau Paradis (segment "L'Esprit de Chanel ...")
White Wedding
1989 · Mathilde Tessier
Trespassers
· Lucy Schwob
I'll Forget Your Name
· Irène
Sugar Bomb
Series (25)
Beau geste
2023 · Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Johnny vs Amber: juicio en EE.UU.
2022 · Self
Basique, le concert
2018 · Self
Quotidien
2016 · Self - Guest
28 minutes
2012 · Self
C à vous
2009 · Self - Guest
Burger Quiz
2001 · Self
NRJ Music Awards
2000
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Taratata
1993 · Self
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990 · Self - Musical Guest
Stars 90
1990 · Self
The Word
1990
Bains de Minuit
1987 · Self - Guest
Collaricocoshow
1987 · Self
Le monde est à vous
1987 · Self
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987 · Self
Victoires de la musique
1985 · Self
Die Spielbude
1982 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Fan School
1977 · Self
Cérémonie des César
1976 · Self - President, Self - Presenter
Top of the Pops
1964 · Self