Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Chantal Paradis 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.

22 December 1972

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Born on the same birth day (22 December): Cem Sultan • Chagatai Khan • Charles Sands • David Wright (politician) • Filippo Tommaso Marinetti • Frank Gambale • Fredrik Barth • Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) • J. Arthur Rank • John Nevil Maskelyne • John O. Westwood • Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968) • Marina Kuptsova • Maurice Gibb • Patricia Hayes • Phillip Glasier • Ray Guy • Roger II of Sicily • Steve Kariya • Stéphane Gendron • Étienne Martellange

Born in the same month (December 1972): Alan Henderson • Charles Gipson • Daniel Alfredsson • Daniel Amokachi • Danilo Goffi • Dita Indah Sari • Duane Ross • Esteban Fuertes • Ewan Birney • Grégory Coupet • Janae Kroc • Kevin Ollie • Maureen Flannigan • Paul Keegan (footballer, born 1972) • Reiko Aylesworth • Rosa Blasi • Stuart Townsend • Wilson Kipketer • Yūko Miyamura