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) 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. Provided by Wikipedia