Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model and actress.
26 Facts About Vanessa Paradis
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Vanessa Paradis has been a muse to numerous musicians and lyricists who each took one of her albums under their aegis, including Etienne Roda-Gil, Serge Gainsbourg, Lenny Kravitz, Matthieu Chedid, Benjamin Biolay, Samuel Benchetrit and The Bees.
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Vanessa Paradis was made Officier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011 and was named Chevalier in the Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur in 2015.
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Vanessa Paradis was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, near Paris, to interior designers Andre and Corinne Vanessa Paradis.
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At the age of seven, Vanessa Paradis appeared on the local television program L'Ecole des fans, a talent show for child singers.
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Vanessa Paradis recorded her first single, "La Magie des surprises-parties", in 1983 and performed it in an Italian festival in 1985.
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Vanessa Paradis released the album Variations sur le meme t'aime in 1990, containing a remake of the Lou Reed song "Walk on the Wild Side".
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In 1992, Vanessa Paradis moved to the United States to work with Lenny Kravitz, whom she was dating at the time.
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Vanessa Paradis started working on a new album in English, a language she was now fluent in.
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In March 1993, Vanessa Paradis started her first international tour, the Natural High Tour; she performed in France, England and Canada.
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In 1997, Vanessa Paradis played in Un amour de sorciere with Jeanne Moreau and Jean Reno, before filming Une chance sur deux, with Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
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Vanessa Paradis released a new album in 2007 which was released in the UK on 11 December.
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Vanessa Paradis won two Les Victoires de la Musique awards for this album in February 2008.
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The film was released in 2011, and Vanessa Paradis garnered a Genie Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 2012 Genie Awards.
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Vanessa Paradis released an acoustic album in November 2010 entitled Une nuit a Versailles.
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Vanessa Paradis released a set of DVDs in 2010 called Anthologie which collected rare live performances and interviews from 1987 to 2007.
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Vanessa Paradis became the face of their new handbag line, Ranger.
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In May 2013, Vanessa Paradis released a new album, Love Songs, a double LP produced by French singer and producer Benjamin Biolay.
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In 2016, Vanessa Paradis co-starred in Yoga Hosers with her daughter Lily-Rose, as a history teacher.
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In September 2021, Vanessa Paradis made her theatre debut in the play Maman, written and directed by her husband, Samuel Benchetrit, at the Edouard VII theatre in Paris.
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At 15, Vanessa Paradis started dating 26-year-old French singer Florent Pagny.
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Vanessa Paradis dated French actor Stanislas Merhar from 1997 to 1998.
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From 1998 to 2012, Vanessa Paradis was in a relationship with American actor Johnny Depp.
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In May 2014, at a Chanel show in Dubai, Vanessa Paradis confirmed her relationship with French singer Benjamin Biolay.
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Vanessa Paradis has a country estate nearby, and her late father owned a small restaurant in the quiet country commune.
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Vanessa Paradis has been a member of the Les Enfoires charity ensemble since 1993.