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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Vanessa Paradis, la soirée
Character:Self
Release Date:05/12/2025
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
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Release Date:15/11/2025
Class Reunion
Character:Anne
Release Date:05/11/2025
Karl
Character:Self
Release Date:29/08/2025
Out of Control
Character:Anaëlle
Release Date:19/02/2025
Étienne Daho Show
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2024
Jane Birkin by Friends
Character:Self
Release Date:17/07/2024
Juniors
Character:Véronique (la mère de Jordan)
Release Date:26/07/2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Killing Blues
Character:Marianne
Release Date:12/04/2023
M en rêvalité aux Folies Bergère
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/2022
Love Song for Tough Guys
Character:Suzanne
Release Date:29/09/2021
French Tech
Character:Albane
Release Date:14/01/2021
I Love You Coiffure
Character:Patricia (segment "Le Mariage")
Release Date:21/12/2020
Vanessa Paradis à l'Olympia - Basique, le concert
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2019
Oh Les Filles!
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2019
On l'appelait Roda
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2018
Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
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Release Date:13/10/2018
Photo de famille
Character:Gabrielle, daughter of Pierre and Claudine
Release Date:05/09/2018
Knife+Heart
Character:Anne Parèze
Release Date:27/06/2018
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Character:Self - Singer (archive footage)
Release Date:02/04/2018
Maryline
Character:Jeanne Desmarais
Release Date:15/11/2017
Dog
Character:Hélène
Release Date:21/08/2017
Frost
Character:Marianne
Release Date:03/08/2017
Yoga Hosers
Character:Ms. Maurice
Release Date:08/07/2016
Terra
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/12/2015
Vanessa Paradis - Love Songs
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Release Date:15/02/2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Release Date:13/12/2014
Rio, I Love You
Character:Mulher (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")
Release Date:12/09/2014
French Women
Character:Rose
Release Date:04/06/2014
Fading Gigolo
Character:Avigal
Release Date:07/09/2013
Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/10/2012
Cornouaille
Character:Odile
Release Date:15/08/2012
Low Profile
Character:Emmanuelle
Release Date:11/07/2012
Dubaï Flamingo
Character:Jackie
Release Date:18/01/2012
Café de Flore
Character:Jacqueline
Release Date:17/11/2011
A Monster in Paris
Character:Lucille (voice)
Release Date:12/10/2011
Belmondo, itinéraire...
Character:Self
Release Date:18/05/2011
Vanessa Paradis – Anthologie 87-2007
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:29/11/2010
Vanessa Paradis: Une Nuit à Versailles
Character:Self
Release Date:01/07/2010
Heartbreaker
Character:Juliette Van Der Beck
Release Date:17/03/2010
Gainsbourg and His Girls
Character:Self - Singer (voice)
Release Date:18/01/2010
Vanessa Paradis - Divinidylle Tour
Character:Self
Release Date:06/10/2008
Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2008
Vanessa Paradis. (Idyllique)
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Key
Character:Cécile
Release Date:19/12/2007
The Pink Soldier
Character:Made in Asia
Release Date:24/12/2006
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
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Release Date:25/11/2005
My Angel
Character:Colette
Release Date:09/12/2004
The Return of James Battle
Character:Concia
Release Date:21/07/2004
Lost in La Mancha
Character:Self
Release Date:11/02/2002
Vanessa Paradis au Zénith
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2001
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
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Release Date:09/03/2001
Du Baptême à Je dis -M-
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Release Date:06/01/2001
The Girl on the Bridge
Character:Adèle
Release Date:31/03/1999
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
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Release Date:13/02/1999
Half a Chance
Character:Alice Tomaso
Release Date:25/03/1998
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
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Release Date:07/02/1998
A Witch's Way of Love
Character:Morgane
Release Date:19/03/1997
Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
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Release Date:08/02/1997
Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
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Release Date:10/02/1996
Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
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Release Date:08/03/1995
Elisa
Character:Marie
Release Date:01/02/1995
Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
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Release Date:05/02/1994
Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
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Release Date:06/03/1993
The King of Ads
Character:L'oiseau Paradis (segment "L'Esprit de Chanel ...")
Release Date:01/11/1991
White Wedding
Character:Mathilde Tessier
Release Date:08/11/1989
Television Appearances
Beau geste
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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Character:Self (archive footage)
Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
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Basique, le concert
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Quotidien
Character:Self - Guest
28 minutes
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C à vous
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La chanson de l'année
Character:Self (archive footage)
Burger Quiz
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NRJ Music Awards
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Vivement dimanche
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Taratata
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Les Nuls, l'émission
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Stars 90
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Bains de Minuit
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Collaricocoshow
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Le monde est à vous
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Sacrée Soirée
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Nulle part ailleurs
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Victoires de la musique
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Champs-Elysées
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Fan School
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Cérémonie des César
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Top of the Pops
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