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

Born on the same birth date (22 December 1972): Kirk Maltby • Mark Hill (musician)

Born on the same birth day (22 December): Camila Osorio • Dimitri Fampas • Doc Gallows • Edgard Varèse • Gary Anderson (darts player) • Jean Racine • Johann Friedrich Pfaff • José Fonte • Matty Alou • Patricia Hayes • Ralph Fiennes • Roger Carr (businessman) • Roger II of Sicily • Steve Carlton • Steve Kariya • Tony Isabella • Viola Kibiwot • Étienne Martellange

Born in the same month (December 1972): Andriy Husin • Anja Rücker • Charles Gipson • Craig Field • Danilo Goffi • Fabrice Santoro • Grégory Coupet • Hermann Maier • Jude Law • Lee Jung-jae • Marcus Jensen • Mark Hill (musician) • Qu Yunxia • Rosa Blasi • Sami Al-Jaber • Sergei Zholtok • Tammy Lynn Sytch • Édson Ribeiro