Post by marie on Oct 1, 2006 14:30:55 GMT -5
December 22 1972, 5.10 A.M.: Vanessa Chantal Paradis, the first child of Corinne and André Paradis is born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, in the Val-de-Marne, a region close to Paris.
1980: First picture of her, in a local newspaper. The article is about a dancing gala.
May 2 1981: Vanessa registered L’École des Fans, the guest is Philippe Chatel. The show aired the next day at Antenne 2.
1985: She registered with the Forbans ‘La Magic des Suprises Parties’. The 45-tours isn’t commercialised.
April 27 1987: ‘Joe le Taxi’ is released.
June 3 1987: Fist performance on live TV at the Zénith in Montpellier. She was invited by Philippe Risoli at ‘La Nouvelle Affiche’.
August 1 1987: ‘Joe le Taxi’ is number 1 at the Top 50, and it will stay for eleven consecutive weeks.
November 1987: Release of her second 45-tours: Manolo Manolete. The clip was realised by Élie Chouraqui.
January 26 1988:She is booed at the Midem in Cannes while she’s performing ‘Joe le Taxi’.
Spring 1988: Joe le Taxi is on top of the English charts. Vanessa is invited to perform at the English ‘Top of the Pops’.
June 1988: Release of her third 45-tours: Marilyn & John.
August 1988: Release of the album ‘Marilyn & John’.
September 1998: Like any other pupil, Vanessa starts school again at the first literary section A3 at the lyceum in Fontenay-sous-Bois.
November 1988: Release of her fourth 45-tours, Maxou, a homage to James Dean.
December 1998: Vanessa, who just turned 16, decides to quit school. During the registration of Sacrée Soirée in Florida, she meets Florent Pagny.
March 1989: She makes her début in the world of fashion at the defile of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. Release of her fifth 45-tours, Coupe Coupe.
September 25 1989: Release of her sixth 45-tours, Mosquito.
November 8 1989: Noce Blanche opens in the cinemas. Two million tickets are sold.
February 3 1990: She wins the Victoire de la Musique for best feminine singer of the year and she sings La Javanaise for Gainsbourg.
February 21 1990: She wins the Prix Romy Schneider for her role in Noce Blanche.
March 3 1990: She wins the César for best new coming actress for her role in Noce Blanche.
Spring 1990: She registers her second album with Serge Gainsbourg, Variations sur le même t’aime. It is released in the autumn.
December 22 1990: To honour her 18th birthday, TF1 rolls out the red carpet and gives her a white cart titled Vanessa en Flagrants Délires.
February 2 1991: The music video of Tandem, made by Mondino, wins a Victoire de la Musique.
April 1991: She becomes the face of Chanel’s perfume Coco and films a commercial directed by Jean-Paul Goude.
May 1991: She goes to a concert of Lenny Kravitz in Paris, where he agrees to write and produce her new album.
October 14 1991: The commercial of Chanel is showed on TV for the first time.
Spring 1991-early 1992: Vanessa lives in New York where she registers her new album, in English, with Lenny Kravitz.
October 1992: Release of Vanessa Paradis, her first album in English. Be my Baby is the first single of the album.
February 26 1993: She participates in the spectacle Les Enfoirées Chantent Starmania.
March 3 1993: She makes her début on stage, at the International Center in Deauville, where she starts her fist tour called Natural High, she tours all through France.
March 15 1993: Canal+ dedicates an evening to Vanessa titled Canel+ aime Vanessa.
March 24 1993: She performs on the spring of Bourges.
March 30 – April 11 1993: She performs a week in Olympia, all nights are sold out.
May 31 1993: She faints during her concert in Toulon.
June 4 1993: She performs in Zénith in Paris.
July 23 1993: Nine days after her passage at Francofolies de la Rochelle, a telegram announces that Vanessa stopped all her professional activities due to exhaustion.
February 1994: Release of her first album Live registered at Olympia in April 1993, photographer Claude Gassian honours her with the photo-book Natural High Tour, which captures her through all the stages of the tour.
March 1994: “Les Cactus”, cover of Jacques Dutronc’s song, is the first single of her new album ‘Live’.
Spring 1994: She shoots ‘Elisa’, directed by Jean Becker, with Gérard Depardieu.
February 17 1995: She is arrested at Montréal Airport with three grams of hash in her pocket. It’s a big story in the magazines!
February 1 1995: Élisa opens in the cinemas
May 17 1995: At the opening ceremony of the 48th festival of Cannes, she sings ‘Le Tourbillon de la Vie” for Jeanne Moreau.
January 1996: Shooting Un Amour de Sorcière with Jean Moreau and Jean Reno.
March 19 1997: Un Amour de Sorcière opens in the cinemas. The movies turns out not to be the big success as expected.
March 25 1998: Une chance sur Deux opens in the cinemas. She stars along side Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo. A failure both critically and commercially.
June 1998: She meets Johnny Depp in the bar of Hotel Costes.
March 31 1999: La Fille Sur Le Pont, directed by Patrice Leconte, opens in the cinemas. Co star is Daniel Auteuil.
May 27 1999: Birth of daughter Lily-Rose at the American Hospital in Neuilly.
November 16 1999: First official appearance of the couple Paradis/Depp at Hollywood Boulevard where Johnny is honoured with a star.
December 12 and 13 1999: Registering of a private concert of Iggy Pop for Canal+. Vanessa sings three songs with him, Johnny accompanies them on guitar.
October 2000: Release of her album Bliss and the start of shooting The Man Who Killed Don Quichotte, directed by Terry Gilliam, co starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp. The movie was never finished.
Spring 2001: Tour through France with a huge spectacle at Zénith in Paris, on May 31. She registers her second live album, Vanessa Paradis Au Zénith.
December 2001: Release of the CD Ma Chanson d’Enfance for the Rêves Foundation. Eighteen artists sing their favourite song. Vanessa chooses Le Tourbillon de la Vie.
April 9 2002: Birth of son Jack, her second child, at the Amercian Hospital in Neuilly.
2003: She poses for the catalogues of La Redoute, the photos are taken by Dominique Isserman.
March 2004:She is chosen by Chanel to be the face of their bags ‘Ligne du Cambon’.
July 21 2004: Release of Vanessa’s 6th movie: Atomik Circus, directed by the Poiraud brothers.
January 19 2005: Release of Mon Ange, directed by Serge Frydman.
February 2 2005: Release of Pollux, adapted from the movie ‘Le manège enchanté’. She is the voice of Margot, Henri Salvador is the voice of Pollux.
Merci Inge
1980: First picture of her, in a local newspaper. The article is about a dancing gala.
May 2 1981: Vanessa registered L’École des Fans, the guest is Philippe Chatel. The show aired the next day at Antenne 2.
1985: She registered with the Forbans ‘La Magic des Suprises Parties’. The 45-tours isn’t commercialised.
April 27 1987: ‘Joe le Taxi’ is released.
June 3 1987: Fist performance on live TV at the Zénith in Montpellier. She was invited by Philippe Risoli at ‘La Nouvelle Affiche’.
August 1 1987: ‘Joe le Taxi’ is number 1 at the Top 50, and it will stay for eleven consecutive weeks.
November 1987: Release of her second 45-tours: Manolo Manolete. The clip was realised by Élie Chouraqui.
January 26 1988:She is booed at the Midem in Cannes while she’s performing ‘Joe le Taxi’.
Spring 1988: Joe le Taxi is on top of the English charts. Vanessa is invited to perform at the English ‘Top of the Pops’.
June 1988: Release of her third 45-tours: Marilyn & John.
August 1988: Release of the album ‘Marilyn & John’.
September 1998: Like any other pupil, Vanessa starts school again at the first literary section A3 at the lyceum in Fontenay-sous-Bois.
November 1988: Release of her fourth 45-tours, Maxou, a homage to James Dean.
December 1998: Vanessa, who just turned 16, decides to quit school. During the registration of Sacrée Soirée in Florida, she meets Florent Pagny.
March 1989: She makes her début in the world of fashion at the defile of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. Release of her fifth 45-tours, Coupe Coupe.
September 25 1989: Release of her sixth 45-tours, Mosquito.
November 8 1989: Noce Blanche opens in the cinemas. Two million tickets are sold.
February 3 1990: She wins the Victoire de la Musique for best feminine singer of the year and she sings La Javanaise for Gainsbourg.
February 21 1990: She wins the Prix Romy Schneider for her role in Noce Blanche.
March 3 1990: She wins the César for best new coming actress for her role in Noce Blanche.
Spring 1990: She registers her second album with Serge Gainsbourg, Variations sur le même t’aime. It is released in the autumn.
December 22 1990: To honour her 18th birthday, TF1 rolls out the red carpet and gives her a white cart titled Vanessa en Flagrants Délires.
February 2 1991: The music video of Tandem, made by Mondino, wins a Victoire de la Musique.
April 1991: She becomes the face of Chanel’s perfume Coco and films a commercial directed by Jean-Paul Goude.
May 1991: She goes to a concert of Lenny Kravitz in Paris, where he agrees to write and produce her new album.
October 14 1991: The commercial of Chanel is showed on TV for the first time.
Spring 1991-early 1992: Vanessa lives in New York where she registers her new album, in English, with Lenny Kravitz.
October 1992: Release of Vanessa Paradis, her first album in English. Be my Baby is the first single of the album.
February 26 1993: She participates in the spectacle Les Enfoirées Chantent Starmania.
March 3 1993: She makes her début on stage, at the International Center in Deauville, where she starts her fist tour called Natural High, she tours all through France.
March 15 1993: Canal+ dedicates an evening to Vanessa titled Canel+ aime Vanessa.
March 24 1993: She performs on the spring of Bourges.
March 30 – April 11 1993: She performs a week in Olympia, all nights are sold out.
May 31 1993: She faints during her concert in Toulon.
June 4 1993: She performs in Zénith in Paris.
July 23 1993: Nine days after her passage at Francofolies de la Rochelle, a telegram announces that Vanessa stopped all her professional activities due to exhaustion.
February 1994: Release of her first album Live registered at Olympia in April 1993, photographer Claude Gassian honours her with the photo-book Natural High Tour, which captures her through all the stages of the tour.
March 1994: “Les Cactus”, cover of Jacques Dutronc’s song, is the first single of her new album ‘Live’.
Spring 1994: She shoots ‘Elisa’, directed by Jean Becker, with Gérard Depardieu.
February 17 1995: She is arrested at Montréal Airport with three grams of hash in her pocket. It’s a big story in the magazines!
February 1 1995: Élisa opens in the cinemas
May 17 1995: At the opening ceremony of the 48th festival of Cannes, she sings ‘Le Tourbillon de la Vie” for Jeanne Moreau.
January 1996: Shooting Un Amour de Sorcière with Jean Moreau and Jean Reno.
March 19 1997: Un Amour de Sorcière opens in the cinemas. The movies turns out not to be the big success as expected.
March 25 1998: Une chance sur Deux opens in the cinemas. She stars along side Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo. A failure both critically and commercially.
June 1998: She meets Johnny Depp in the bar of Hotel Costes.
March 31 1999: La Fille Sur Le Pont, directed by Patrice Leconte, opens in the cinemas. Co star is Daniel Auteuil.
May 27 1999: Birth of daughter Lily-Rose at the American Hospital in Neuilly.
November 16 1999: First official appearance of the couple Paradis/Depp at Hollywood Boulevard where Johnny is honoured with a star.
December 12 and 13 1999: Registering of a private concert of Iggy Pop for Canal+. Vanessa sings three songs with him, Johnny accompanies them on guitar.
October 2000: Release of her album Bliss and the start of shooting The Man Who Killed Don Quichotte, directed by Terry Gilliam, co starring Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp. The movie was never finished.
Spring 2001: Tour through France with a huge spectacle at Zénith in Paris, on May 31. She registers her second live album, Vanessa Paradis Au Zénith.
December 2001: Release of the CD Ma Chanson d’Enfance for the Rêves Foundation. Eighteen artists sing their favourite song. Vanessa chooses Le Tourbillon de la Vie.
April 9 2002: Birth of son Jack, her second child, at the Amercian Hospital in Neuilly.
2003: She poses for the catalogues of La Redoute, the photos are taken by Dominique Isserman.
March 2004:She is chosen by Chanel to be the face of their bags ‘Ligne du Cambon’.
July 21 2004: Release of Vanessa’s 6th movie: Atomik Circus, directed by the Poiraud brothers.
January 19 2005: Release of Mon Ange, directed by Serge Frydman.
February 2 2005: Release of Pollux, adapted from the movie ‘Le manège enchanté’. She is the voice of Margot, Henri Salvador is the voice of Pollux.
Merci Inge