​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. She became a child star at 14 with the worldwide success of her single "Joe le taxi". Since then, she has accomplished a career in music, movies and modelling. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vanessa Paradis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.