Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis (2016)

Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés ) is a French singer and actress who has also made a name for herself as a model .

life and career

Vanessa Paradis grew up in Villiers-sur-Marne as the first child of André and Corinne Paradis. Her younger sister Alysson also became an actress. Paradis was a student at the Lycée Marcelin-Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés and then at the Lycée Pablo Picasso in Fontenay-sous-Bois .

Paradis at the César Award (1991)

On May 3, 1980, she appeared on television for the first time in the program L'école des fans , hosted by Jacques Martin . There she sang Philippe Chatel's title Je m'appelle Emilie jolie . Her uncle, the actor and music producer Didier Pain , organized the performance . Three years later, the then ten-year-old, also through her uncle's mediation, recorded the title La Magie des surprises parties with the band Les Forbans . This was released as a single under her name in 1985 when Paradis competed with him on a talent competition.

Paradi's international career as a singer began when Pain's friend Franck Langolff , on whose album Normal she was a choir singer in 1986, took on her as a producer. Joe le taxi , written by him and Étienne Roda-Gil , became Paradis' first number one hit in the summer of 1987 . The title topped the charts in France for eleven weeks . The song also became a top 10 hit in Germany and Great Britain. Another comparable success was Be My Baby , which was released as a single in the fall of 1992.

The lyrics for their 1990 album Variations sur le même t'aime wrote Serge Gainsbourg , who also produced it with Langolff.

Her debut as a film actress was made possible in 1989 by Jean-Claude Brisseau , who engaged the sixteen-year-old for the lead role in his film White Wedding , which is one of her most successful films alongside Elisa , The Bayonne Witches Club and The Woman on the Bridge . In the 1990s, Paradis was also a model in an advertising campaign for the women's fragrance Chanel Nº 5 . Chanel bags and lipsticks were also promoted by her.

Between 1988 and 1991 she was the girlfriend of the singer Florent Pagny . This relationship was viewed critically in the media mainly because of the age difference between the two artists (she was 15 years old at the time and he was 26). This was followed by a stormy romance from 1992 to 1996 with Lenny Kravitz , who composed and produced her third album Vanessa Paradis . In 1993 she promoted this on her first tour, on which the recordings of her first live album were made, which was released in 1994. She then had a brief relationship with actor Stanislas Merhar from late 1997 to early 1998 .

In September 2007, after six years, a new studio album called Divinidylle was released . The album cover shows a portrait of her that Johnny Depp had painted. Paradis was in a relationship with the actor from 1998 to 2012, with whom she has a daughter ( Lily-Rose Melody , * 1999) and a son (* 2002). Vanessa Paradis dedicated the song La ballade de Lily Rose , which was published on the album Bliss , to her daughter .

In May 2013 a new album called Love Songs was released , a double CD produced by the French singer and songwriter Benjamin Biolay , with whom she was dating until 2015 after breaking up with rock singer Matthieu Chedid . Paradis made her relationship with Biolay public on May 13, 2014 at a Chanel fashion show in Dubai.

In 2016, Paradis was named to the competition jury of the 69th Cannes International Film Festival . In the same year she participated for the ninth time in the charity project Les Enfoirés , in which many stars of the French music scene meet once a year to give a concert.

Since November 2016 she has been with the writer and director Samuel Benchetrit , who cast her in the lead role of his film Chien , which was completed in 2017 . Paradis lives alternately in Los Angeles and in Plan-de-la-Tour in the south of France .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FR
1988	M & J	DE61 (1 week) DE	-	CH- gold CH	-	FR13 platinum (… Where.)FR	First published: June 13, 1988
1990	Variations sur le même t'aime	-	-	-	-	FR6th platinum (… Where.)FR	First published: May 28, 1990
1992	Vanessa Paradis	DE53 (10 weeks) DE	AT22 (13 weeks) AT	CH- gold CH	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	FR1 platinum (… Where.)FR	First published: September 21, 1992
2000	Bliss	-	-	CH31 (5 weeks) CH	-	FR1 × 2 Double gold (49 weeks)FR	First published: October 10, 2000
2007	Divinidyl	-	-	CH6th gold (22 weeks)CH	-	FR1 × 2 Double platinum (84 weeks)FR	First published: August 27, 2007; BE:gold
2013	Love songs	-	-	CH4 (7 weeks) CH	-	FR1 × 2 Double platinum (77 weeks)FR	First published: May 13, 2013
2018	Les Sources	-	-	CH33 (2 weeks) CH	-	FR6th gold (19 weeks)FR	First published: November 16, 2018

Compilations and live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FR
1994	live	-	-	-	-	FR7th gold (… Where.)FR	First release: February 21, 1994 live album
2001	Au Zénith	-	-	-	-	FR19 (13 weeks) FR	First release: November 6th, 2001 live album
2004	Atomik Circus (OST)	-	-	-	-	FR54 (8 weeks) FR	First published: April 7, 2004 with The Little Rabbits
2008	Divinidyl tour	-	-	-	-	FR5 (34 weeks) FR	First release: September 8th, 2008 live album
2009	Best of	-	-	CH43 (11 weeks) CH	-	FR- × 2 Double platinum FR	First published: November 23, 2009 compilation; BE:gold
2010	Une nuit à Versailles	-	-	-	-	FR17 (19 weeks) FR	First release: November 29, 2010 live album
2011	Un monstre à Paris (EAST)	-	-	-	-	FR7 (49 weeks) FR	First published: October 3rd, 2011 with -M- & Patrice Renson
2014	Love Songs Tour	-	-	-	-	FR22 (10 weeks) FR	First release: November 24th, 2014 live album
2019	Best Of & Variations	-	-	-	-	FR29 (10 weeks) FR	First published: November 29, 2019 compilation

more publishments

• 1988: Vanessa Paradis (3 clips)
• 1990: Les Clips
• 1990: portrait
• 1994: Tous ses clips
• 2002: Au Zénith
• 2010: Anthology 1987–2007

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FR
1987	Joe le taxi M & J	DE8 (16 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 (10 weeks) UK	FR1 platinum (23 weeks)FR	First published: April 1987
	Manolo Manolete M & J	-	-	-	-	FR10 (12 weeks) FR	First published: December 1987
1988	Marilyn et John M & J	DE35 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	FR5 silver (21 weeks)FR	First published: June 1988
	Maxou M & J	-	-	-	-	FR13 (13 weeks) FR	First published: November 1988
1989	Coupe coupe M & J	-	-	-	-	FR22 (10 weeks) FR	First published: March 1989
1990	Tandem Variations sur le même t'aime	-	-	-	-	FR22 (15 weeks) FR	First published: May 1990
	Dis-lui toi que je t'aime Variations sur le même t'aime	-	-	-	-	FR41 (4 weeks) FR	First published: November 1990
1992	Be My Baby Vanessa Paradis	DE10 (20 weeks) DE	AT19 (3 weeks) AT	-	UK6 (15 weeks) UK	FR5 (21 weeks) FR	First published: September 1992
1993	Sunday Mondays Vanessa Paradis	DE51 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK49 (4 weeks) UK	FR41 (4 weeks) FR	First published: January 1993
	Just as Long as You Are There Vanessa Paradis	-	-	-	UK57 (1 week) UK	-	First published: June 1993
2000	Commando Bliss	-	-	-	-	FR43 (12 weeks) FR	First published: October 2000
2007	Divine idyll Divinidyl	-	-	CH53 (11 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: June 2007
2009	Il ya best of	-	-	CH56 (5 weeks) CH	-	FR62 (5 weeks) FR	First published: October 2009
2011	La Seine Un monstre à Paris	-	-	-	-	FR9 (74 weeks) FR	First published: June 2011 with -M-
2013	Love Song Love Songs	-	-	-	-	FR20 (19 weeks) FR	First published: March 2013
	Divine idyll	-	-	-	-	FR160 (1 week) FR
	Dès que j'te vois	-	-	-	-	FR199 (1 week) FR
	Il ya	-	-	-	-	FR62 (5 weeks) FR
	Les espaces et les sentiments love songs	-	-	-	-	FR100 (8 weeks) FR	First published: June 2013
2014	Mi amor love songs	-	-	-	-	FR57 (10 weeks) FR	First published: February 2014
	Pas besoin de permis Love Songs Tour	-	-	-	-	FR35 (4 weeks) FR	First published: September 2014 with Benjamin Biolay
2019	Vague à l'âme sœur	-	-	-	-	FR-FR	First published: September 2019
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2013	Station Quatre-Septembre Love Songs	-	-	-	-	FR132 (1 week) FR
	La chanson des vieux cons Love Songs	-	-	-	-	FR138 (2 weeks) FR

As a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	FR
2012	Profits Vengeance	-	-	-	-	FR93 (1 week) FR	First release: November 2012 Benjamin Biolay feat. Vanessa Paradis
2017	Did You Really Say No Bedroom Crimes	-	-	-	-	FR49 (2 weeks) FR	First release: March 2017 Oren Lavie feat. Vanessa Paradis
	You bout des lèvres Barbara	-	-	-	-	FR78 (1 week) FR	First published: September 2017 Alexandre Tharaud feat. Vanessa Paradis
The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement:
2019	In l'univers Les étoiles vagabondes	-	-	CH29 (2 weeks) CH	-	FR2 diamond (57 weeks)FR	Chart entry: June 16, 2019 Nekfeu feat. Vanessa Paradis

More singles

• 1989: Mosquito
• 1991: L'Amour en soi
• 1993: Natural high
• 1994: Les Cactus (live)
• 1994: Gotta Have It (live)
• 2000: Pourtant
• 2001: Que fait la vie?
• 2001: L'Eau à la bouche (live)
• 2001: Walk on the Wild Side (live)
• 2004: Ma pétroleuse
• 2007: Dès que j'te vois
• 2008: L'incendie
• 2008: Les Piles (live) (with -M- )
• 2009: Adrienne (with Albin de la Simone )
• 2018: Ces mots simples
• 2019: Kiev

Filmography (selection)

• 1989: White Wedding (Noce Blanche)
• 1994: De Serge Gainsbourg à Gainsbarre de 1958–1991
• 1995: Elisa
• 1997: The Bayonne Witches Club (Un amour de sorcière)
• 1998: All of my fathers; aka Half A Chance - One of Both (Une chance sur deux)
• 1998: Le plaisir (et ses petits tracas)
• 1999: The woman on the bridge (La fille sur le pont)
• 2004: Atomik Circus (Atomik Circus - Le retour de James Bataille)
• 2004: Mon Ange
• 2006: Le Soldat Rose
• 2007: La Clef
• 2010: The Order Over (L'Arnacœur)
• 2010: A monster in Paris (Un monstre à Paris)
• 2011: Café de flore
• 2013: Suddenly Gigolo (Fading Gigolo)
• 2015: French Women - What women really want (Sous les jupes des filles)
• 2017: Chien - Director: Samuel Benchetrit
• 2018: The family photo (Photo de famille)
• 2018: Knife in the Heart (Un couteau dans le cœur)

Awards (selection)

• 1990: Romy Schneider Prize
• 1990: César

Remarks

1. ↑ Pictures of the sound carrier , of which only a few copies actually went on sale

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Fanny Biascamano: Vanessa - L'Enfer au Paradis . In: Fanny Biascamano, Stéphanie Lohr (Ed.): Enfants stars - Plus dure sera la chute . Editions du Rocher, Monaco 2010, ISBN 978-2-268-06992-0 , pp. 224 , 60 ff. (French, google.de [accessed on May 28, 2017]).
2. ^ Lycée Marcelin Berthelot - Anciens élèves et enseignants célèbres du lycée . February 27, 2012 from parisetudiant.com; Retrieved May 28, 2017
3. ↑ La banlieue: quels talents! . On April 27, 2012 from lefigaro.fr, accessed on May 28, 2017
4. ↑ Florent Pagny parle de son ex: Vanessa Paradis n'a pas voulu faire de duo avec lui! . May 25, 2009 from purepeople.com; Retrieved May 28, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b} Klhoé Dominguez: Vanessa Paradis, tous les hommes de sa vie . On November 25, 2016 from parismatch.com; Retrieved May 28, 2017
6. ↑ Aleš Žužek: Lepa Francozinja, ki je Slovenca zamenjala za Johnnyja Deppa . On March 12, 2017 from siol.net, accessed on May 28, 2017
7. ↑ Vanessa Paradis vit un enfer . On March 11, 1998 from allocine.fr, accessed on May 28, 2017
8. ↑ Sarah Fitzmaurice: Moving on and moving out: Vanessa Paradis spotted looking at Beverly Hills homes just weeks before split from Johnny Depp confirmed . On June 20, 2012 from dailymail.co.uk, accessed May 28, 2017
9. ↑ Johnny and Vanessa go their separate ways . On June 20, 2012 from spiegel.de, accessed on May 28, 2017
10. ↑ Johnny Depp 'worried about Paradis rumors' . Retrieved June 28, 2017 from belfasttelegraph.co.uk on June 26, 2012
11. ↑ ^{a b} Vanessa Paradis and Samuel Benchetrit: le coup de foudre . On December 14, 2016 from parismatch.com, accessed on May 28, 2017
12. ↑ Vanessa Paradis ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . From enfoires.com, accessed May 28, 2017 
13. ↑ Saint Malo. Vanessa Paradis et Samuel Benchetrit aux Thermes Marins . On May 9, 2017 from ouest-france.fr, accessed on May 28, 2017
14. ^ Marianne Mairesse: Vanessa Paradis "Je me vois bien passer ma vie avec Johnny" . Retrieved May 28, 2017 from marieclaire.fr
15. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK FR

Web links

Commons : Vanessa Paradis  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Vanessa Paradis at Discogs (English)
• Vanessa Paradis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• vanessaparadis.fr Website of Vanessa Paradis
• Extensive discography up to 2010 ( memento of August 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on idiot-dog.com