Everybody knows Johnny Depp hearts femme fatale Vanessa Paradis – By Tamara Ikenberg from The Courier-Journal.
But far fewer non-Frenchies know there’s much more to Depp’s amour than a pretty, pinched face and a superstar squeeze. In France, the gaunt, 33-year-old gal is a major film star and singer. Often cast as a sexy, soulful wild child, she seems like the perfect match for the brainy, deviant Depp.
And he’s not the only one adored by critics. Paradis won a Cesar, the national French film award, in 1990 for “Noce Blanche” (“White Wedding”) and was nominated again 10 years later for her role as a suicidal nymphomaniac who finds an ideal career as a knife-thrower’s target in “La Fille sur le pont” (“Girl on a Bridge”).
Paradis can be seen this month on the Sundance Channel in “Mon Ange” (“My Angel”), as Collette, a hardened Amsterdam hooker with a heart of gold and a head of fried blond hair who becomes the accidental guardian of a cerebral orphaned teenager.
As for her singing success, two of her singles, “Joe Le Taxi” and “Be My Baby,” both made the UK Top Ten singles chart.
Happy Valentine’s Day, or whatever they call it in France, Johnny and Vanessa!
