Ophélie Winter

Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter (born 20 February 1974) is a French hip hop and R&B singer and actress.

Ophélie Winter
Ophélie Winter at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
Background information
Birth nameOphélie Kleerekoper-Winter
Born (1974-02-20) 20 February 1974
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
LabelsWarner Music France

Early life

Winter was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine. Her father David Alexandre Winter was a Dutch pop singer who had some success during the 1970s, while her mother Catherine Fefeu was a French fashion model,[1] who is now her agent. Her brother Michael is a singer and TV-presenter.

Her parents divorced when she was just 2 years old and she moved to Paris with her mother and brother, while her father left for the United States.[1] In 1984, at the age of 10, she recorded her first song in France, La Chanson des Klaxons and 3 years later another song, Poil de Carotte, in French.[1] At the age of 17, she was discovered by a modeling agent on the Champs-Élysées in Paris and after three years of modeling, she decided to become a singer and an actress.

Career

Ophélie Winter has released four albums: No Soucy!, which her brother collaborated on, Privacy, Explicit Lyrics and Résurrection. The singer Prince wrote her a song.

In late 2014 she became a contestant on the fifth season of TF1's Danse avec les Stars.

She currently resides in Paris making various TV appearances. Her look-alike puppet is in the French show "Les Guignols de l'info" (1988).

Discography

Année Title Classement des ventes Certifications françaises
France France TL Belgique Suisse Allemagne
1984 La chanson des klaxons (avec Bob)
1987 Poil de carotte
1992 When I got the Mood
1993 Shame on You
1994 Dad
 ? Pour une lady
1995 Dieu m'a donné la foi 1 3 Or No Soucy !
1996 Le feu qui m'attise 7 21 Argent
 ? Shame on U 9 Argent
1997 Keep it on the red light (feat. Coolio) 19
Rien que pour lui 39
1998 Je marche à l'envers 23 12 Privacy
I Spy 72
Elle pleure 12 9 Argent
1999 Je cours
 ? Je t'abandonne 39 30
2000 Ce que je suis 75
2002 Sache 6 7 21 Argent Explicit Lyrics
2003 Tout l'monde le fait 38 28 75
 ? Yeah Yeah Yeah
2009 Affection Résurrection
2010 Sunshine
? Ne va pas croire

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1996 Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi Pretty Blonde of Crillon Claude Lelouch
1997 Tout doit disparaître Eve Latour Philippe Muyl
Bouge! Herself Jérôme Cornuau
1998 Folle d'elle Lisa Jérôme Cornuau (2)
2000 2001: A Space Travesty Cassandra Menage Allan A. Goldstein
La cape et l'épée Cardinal Claudia's Girl TV Series (1 Episode)
2001 She Ayesha Timothy Bond
Pretty Things Jessica Gilles Paquet-Brenner
My Wife Is an Actress Famous girl in the train Yvan Attal
2003 Mauvais esprit Chrystèle Porel Patrick Alessandrin
2010 R.I.S, police scientifique Isabelle Ballancourt François Guérin TV Series (1 Episode)
2013 Doc Martin Rebecca Mikelin Jean-Pierre Sinapi TV Series (1 Episode)

References

  1. "Biography of Ophélie Winter". Purepeople. Retrieved 23 February 2013.


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