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Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Known For Acting
Birthday Dec 22, 1972 (52)
Birthplace Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Nov 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 Schn ... eider 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. ... Source: Article "Vanessa Paradis" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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Out of Control

Out of Control

2025

as Anaëlle

Yoga Hosers

Yoga Hosers

2016

as Ms. Maurice

Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

2013

as Avigal

Dubaï Flamingo

Dubaï Flamingo

2012

as Jackie

The King of Ads

The King of Ads

1991

as L'oiseau Paradis (segment "L'Esprit de Chanel ...")

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Television Credits

Taratata

as Performer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 10, 1993

Quotidien

as Self

Episodes: 182

First Aired: Sep 12, 2016

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 02, 1987

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Victoires de la musique

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 23, 1985

Vivement dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 20, 1998

Le monde est à vous

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 13, 1987

Fan School

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 30, 1977

Collaricocoshow

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 16, 1987

Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 2022

Les Nuls, l'émission

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 13, 1990

Stars 90

as self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 03, 1990

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 31, 1987

28 minutes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2012

Quotidien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2016

Top of the Pops

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1964

Beau geste

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 2023

Burger Quiz

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 27, 2001

La chanson de l'année

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 05, 2004

Cérémonie des César

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 03, 1976

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 21, 2022

Basique, le concert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 2018

Taratata

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1993

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