Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Chantal Paradis ( born December 22, 1972 in Saint- Maur- des-Fosses ) is a French singer and actress, who has also made a name as a model.
Life and career
Paradis grew up in Villiers -sur- Marne.
On 3 May 1980, she appeared in the show hosted by Jacques Martin Program L' école des fans for the first time on television. She sang Philippe Chatels title Emilie jolie.
Your first international success as a singer she had in the summer of 1987 with the title Joe Le Taxi, which topped the charts for eleven weeks in France. Also in Germany and the UK the song was a top 10 hit. Another comparable succeeded Paradis hit in the fall of 1992 with the single Be My Baby.
It met eight times with the charity project " Les Enfoirés ", which meet many French stars of the music scene once a year to give a concert together.
As a model Paradis became known in the 1990s for the women's fragrance " Coco Chanel " Chanel the company in a commercial beyond the borders of its home country. Also bags of Chanel are advertised by it.
Her most successful films include White wedding, Elisa, The Craft of Bayonne and the woman on the bridge.
Paradis was 1998-2012 romantically involved with actor Johnny Depp, with whom she has a daughter (* 1999) and a son ( 2002 * ). Your daughter devoted Vanessa Paradis La ballade de Lily the song rose, which was released on the album Bliss.
In September 2007, appeared after six years a new studio album titled Divinidylle. The album cover shows a portrait of her that Johnny Depp has painted.
Discography (selection)
Studio albums
Live albums
Best Of / Compilations
- 2009: Best of Vanessa Paradis
Singles
- 2002: Au Zénith
- 2008: Divinidylle Tour
- 2010: Anthology 1987-2007