Who is the mother of Johnny Depp’s two children?

Vanessa Paradis is the mother of Johnny Depp’s two children; Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 1999) and son John Christopher “Jack” Depp III (born 2002).

Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp began a relationship after Depp ended his relationship with British model Kate Moss.

Johnny Depp met Vanessa Paradis while filming The Ninth Gate in France in 1998.

Vanessa Chantal Paradis is a French singer, model, and actress who became a child star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single “Joe le taxi”.

At age 18, Vanessa Paradis was unprecedently 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.

Vanessa Paradis’s most notable films include:

1. Élisa (1995) alongside Gérard Depardieu,
2. Witch Way Love (1997) opposite Jean Reno (1997),
3. Une chance sur deux (1998) co-starring with Jean-Paul Belmondo
4. Alain Delon,
5. Girl on the Bridge (1999),
6. Heartbreaker (2010) and
7. Café de Flore (2011).

Also, 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.

Vanessa Paradis has also been the muse to numerous musicians and lyricists who each took one of her albums under their aegis, including:

1. Étienne Roda-Gil (1988),
2. Serge Gainsbourg (1990),
3. Lenny Kravitz (1992),
4. Matthieu Chedid (2007),
5. Benjamin Biolay (2013),
6. Samuel Benchetrit and
7. The Bees (2018).

As a model, Vanessa Paradis has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers worldwide including:

1. Vogue,
2. Elle,
3. Harper’s Bazaar,
4. Madame Figaro,
5. Paris Match,
6. Vanity Fair,
7. Glamour and
8. Premiere or Marie Claire.

Since 1991, Vanessa Paradis has been a spokesmodel for Chanel chosen by Karl Lagerfeld starting with the birdcage commercial “L’Esprit de Chanel” directed by Jean-Paul Goude.

Vanessa Paradis was made Officier (Officer) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011 and was named Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur in 2015.

After several years of being together, Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis announced that they had separated in June 2012.