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 Frances highest honours as both a singer and an actress with the Prix Romy Schneider and the César Award for Most Promising Actress for JeanClaude Brisseaus Noce Blanche as well as the Victoires de la Musique for Best Female Singer for her album Variations sur le même taime Her most notable films also include Élisa 1995 alongside Gérard Depardieu Witch Way Love 1997 opposite Jean Reno Une chance sur deux 1998 costarring with JeanPaul 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 RodaGil 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 Harpers 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 LEsprit de Chanel directed by JeanPaul 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 dhonneur in 2015 Paradis was born in SaintMaurdesFossés 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 LÉcole des fans a talent show for child singers Paradis recorded her first single La Magie des surprisesparties 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 MJ 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 taime 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 CCBYSA