
Vanessa Paradis
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1972-12-22 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France
- Also known as
- 바네사 파라디
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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (24)

Top of the Pops
1964
as Self

Quotidien
2016
as Self - Guest

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self

Fan School
1977
as Self

C à vous
2009
as Self - Guest

Taratata
1993
as Self

Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self

Victoires de la musique
1985
as Self

Burger Quiz
2001
as Self

28 minutes
2012
as Self

Beau geste
2023
as Self

Stars 90
1990
as Self

Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - President / Self - Presenter

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Les Nuls, l'émission
1990
as Self - Musical Guest

NRJ Music Awards
2000

La chanson de l'année
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Basique, le concert
2018
as Self

Johnny vs Amber: The US Trial
2022
as Self

Collaricocoshow
1987
as Self

Bains de Minuit
1987
as Self - Guest
Movies (72)

Yoga Hosers
2016
as Ms. Maurice

A Monster in Paris
2011
as Lucille (voice)

White Wedding
1989
as Mathilde Tessier

Fading Gigolo
2013
as Avigal

Heartbreaker
2010
as Juliette Van Der Beck

Rio, I Love You
2014
as Mulher (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")

The Girl on the Bridge
1999
as Adèle

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014

Café de Flore
2011
as Jacqueline

Knife+Heart
2018
as Anne Parèze

The King of Ads
1991
as L'oiseau Paradis (segment "L'Esprit de Chanel ...")

A Witch's Way of Love
1997
as Morgane

Lost in La Mancha
2002
as Self

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Half a Chance
1998
as Alice Tomaso

Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
as Self

Out of Control
2025
as Anaëlle

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

Class Reunion
2025
as Anne

Love Song for Tough Guys
2021
as Suzanne

Low Profile
2012
as Emmanuelle

French Women
2014
as Rose

The Key
2007
as Cécile

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania
1993

Élisa
1995
as Marie

French Tech
2021
as Albane

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex
1994

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés
1996

Du Baptême à Je dis -M-
2001
as Self

The Return of James Battle
2004
as Concia

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
2001

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Dog
2017
as Hélène

Cornouaille
2012
as Odile

Juniors
2023
as Véronique (la mère de Jordan)

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
as Self - Singer (archive footage)

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique
1995

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
1999

Pleasure (And Its Little Inconveniences)
1998
as New Age (voice)

Frost
2017
as Marianne

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés
1997

Killing Blues
2023
as Marianne

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
Karl
2025
as Self

I Love You Coiffure
2020
as Patricia (segment "Le Mariage")

The Pink Soldier
2006
as Made in Asia

Oh Les Filles!
2019
as Self

Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
2008
as Self

Terra
2015
as Narrator

Vanessa Paradis - Divinidylle Tour
2008
as Self

Jane Birkin by Friends
2024
as Self

Gainsbourg and His Girls
2010
as Self - Singer (voice)

Maryline
2017
as Jeanne Desmarais
I'll Forget Your Name
as Irène

My Angel
2004
as Colette

Photo de famille
2018
as Gabrielle, daughter of Pierre and Claudine

Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show
2018
as Self

Dubaï Flamingo
2012
as Jackie

Les Enfants de la Pop 80's
2012
as Self (archive footage)

Vanessa Paradis: Une Nuit à Versailles
2010
as Self

Vanessa Paradis. (Idyllique)
2008
as Self

Étienne Daho Show
2024
as Self

On l'appelait Roda
2018
as Self

Vanessa Paradis à l'Olympia - Basique, le concert
2019
as Self
Trespassers

M en rêvalité aux Folies Bergère
2022
as Self

Vanessa Paradis, la soirée
2025
as Self
Sugar Bomb

Vanessa Paradis - Love Songs
2015
as Self

Vanessa Paradis – Anthologie 87-2007
2010
as Self (archive footage)

Vanessa Paradis au Zénith
2001
as Self
About 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 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)… With 96 credits spanning from 1964 to 2025, Vanessa Paradis has appeared in 72 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Vanessa Paradis Movies
- Yoga Hosers (2016) — as Ms. Maurice
- A Monster in Paris (2011) — as Lucille (voice)
- White Wedding (1989) — as Mathilde Tessier
- Fading Gigolo (2013) — as Avigal
- Heartbreaker (2010) — as Juliette Van Der Beck
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