VANESSA PARADIS

'Vanessa Chantal Paradis' (born December 22 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France) is a French singer and actress.

Contents

Career

Family

Discography - Albums

Hit Singles In France

Hit Singles In Britain

Filmography

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External links

Career

Vanessa Paradis was discovered on the TV show ''L'École des fans'' in 1980. She recorded her first single ''La Magie des surprises-parties'' in 1985. Although it was not a hit, it paved the way for the song with which she would become internationally famous - ''Joe le taxi'' in 1987, while she was still only 14 years old. It was #1 in France for 14 weeks and, unusually for a song sung in French, was released in the UK the following year, where it reached #3. It was taken from her first album ''M&J'' (it stands for ''Marilyn & John'') which, although it gained a respectable #13 placing in France, drew little attention in Britain and did not chart.
In 1992, now aged 19 and working in the U.S. with American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, who was her boyfriend for a while, Paradis began work on a new album sung in English, in which she had become fluent. Written and produced by Kravitz, the album, titled simply ''Vanessa Paradis'', topped the French chart and briefly made the UK listings (#45). One of the singles taken from it was ''Be My Baby'', which made #5 in France and gave her her other Top 10 UK hit (#6). She has since appeared in several films, most famously 1999's ''La fille sur le pont'', a black and white romance co-starring Daniel Auteuil, and 2004's ''Mon Ange''.
In 1991, Paradis famously promoted a new fragrance for Chanel, entitled ''Coco''. In the advertisement, she is dressed in all black and feathers, portraying a bird swinging in a cage. In 2004 they chose her once again to promote Chanel's new line of handbags called ''Ligne Cambon''. She is now promoting Chanel's ''The New Mademoiselle'' handbag line. On the musical side, She is included in the French childrens album "Le Soldat Rose". Paradis currently released a new album (Divinidylle) and will be touring in October. She is also coming out with two new movies: Le Cle and Un Monstre A Paris.

Family

Since 1998, Paradis has been in a relationship with American actor Johnny Depp. Paradis caught Depp's eye in a hotel lobby in Paris while he was there shooting the film ''The Ninth Gate'' (1999).
Although many people assume that Depp and Paradis are legally bound, the couple are not married. They have a daughter, Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born May 27, 1999), and a son, John Christopher "Jack" Depp III (born April 9, 2002).
They divide their time between houses in the Hollywood Hills and their farm in the South of France, and also own apartments in Paris, Manhattan and an island in the Bahamas. Paradis's 2000 album ''Bliss'', another French chart topper, was dedicated to Depp and their daughter.
Lily Rose was in the hospital in London for five days in March 2007, reportedly with an E. coli infection .

Discography - Albums

★ ''M&J'' (1988) France #13

★ ''Variations Sur Le Même T'aime'' (1990) France #6

★ ''Vanessa Paradis'' (1992) France #1 (UK #45)

★ ''Live'' (1994) France #7

★ ''Bliss'' (2000) France #1

★ ''Au Zénith'' (2001) France #19

★ ''Divinidylle'' (2007)

Hit Singles In France

★ "Joe Le Taxi" (#1 (x14 weeks), 1987)

★ "Manolo Manolete" (#10, 1988)

★ "Marilyn & John" (#4, 1988)

★ "Maxou" (#13, 1988)

★ "Coupe Coupe" (#20, 1989)

★ "Tandem" (#22, 1990)

★ "Dis Lui Toi Que Je T'aime" (#41, 1990)

★ "Be My Baby" (#5, 1992)

★ "Sunday Mondays" (#41, 1992)

★ "Commando" (#43, 2000)

★ "Divine Idylle" (#1, 2007)

Hit Singles In Britain

★ "Joe Le Taxi" (#3, 1988)

★ "Be My Baby" (#6, 1992)

★ "Sunday Mondays" (#49, 1993)

★ "Just As Long As You Are There" (#57, 1993)

Filmography

★ ''Noce blanche'' (1989)

★ ''Élisa'' (1995)

★ ''Un amour de sorcière'' (1997)

★ ''Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas)'' (1998) (voice)

★ ''Une chance sur deux'' (1998)

★ ''La fille sur le pont'' (1999)

★ ''Atomik Circus - Le retour de James Bataille'' (2004)

★ ''Mon ange'' (2004)

★ ''The Magic Roundabout'' (2005) (voice)

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External links

★ Official Site

★ page at allmusic.com

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