Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis has been a part of the French musical landscape since 1987, when as a young girl of 14, she was number 1 of the Top 50 for 11 weeks. Two years later, in 1990, she started her cinema career with NOCE BLANCHE by Jean-Claude Brisseau. For this first role, she won a César Award for Most Promising Actress. The same year she won her first Victoire de la Musique award for the female singer of the year with VARIATIONS SUR LE MÊME T’AIME written by Serge Gainsbourg.

In 1992, Jean-Paul Goude imagined her as a “bird of paradise”, spawning between Vanessa, Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld a lasting artistic and sentimental relationship.

She came back in front of the camera in the film ELISA by Jean Becker in 1995 alongside Gérard Depardieu. After UNE CHANCE SUR DEUX, she played under the direction of Patrice Leconte in LA FILLE SUR LE PONT for which she was nominated for a César Award for the Best Actress. After having starred in Serge Frydman’s MON ANGE and Guillaume Nicloux’s LA CLE, she attracted considerable attention alongside Romain Duris in L’ARNACOEUR by Pascal Chaumeil in 2010. The following year, she worked with the singer, M, lending her voice to Lucille in the animation movie, UN MONSTRE A PARIS.

Vanessa Paradis continues both her career as a singer and as an actress. She has played in numerous films including CAFÉ DE FLORE by Jean-Marc Vallée, JE ME SUIS FAIT TOUT PETIT by Cécilia Rouaud, CORNOUAILLES by Anne Le Ny, FADING GIGOLO by John Turturro and SOUS LES JUPES DES FILLES by Audrey Dana. Over the past year, she has been seen in FROST by Sharunas Bartas, MARYLINE by Guillaume Gallienne, and CHIEN by Samuel Benchetrit. In September she will be starring in Cécilia Rouaud’s, new film, EN FAMILLE.

Vanessa Paradis plays the leading role in Yann Gonzalez’s second full-length feature, UN COUTEAU DANS LE COEUR selected in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

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