Ophélie Winter

{{ infobox musical artist | name = Ophélie Winter | image = Ophélie Winter Cannes.jpg | caption = Winter at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]] | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|02|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Boulogne-Billancourt]], France | occupation = Singer, actress | label = [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music France]] }}

'''Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter''' (born 20 February 1974) is a French [[pop music|pop]] and [[contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer and actress. She is the daughter of Dutch singer [[David Alexandre Winter]] and French fashion model Catherine Fefeu. She rose to prominence in much of Europe after signing with EastWest Records in 1995 and released her hit song "[[Dieu m'a donné la foi]]" which reached number one on the French singles chart as well as other hits: "le feu qui m'attise", "Shame on U", "Elle Pleure"" and "Sache"".

== 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,<ref name="Purepeople">{{cite web|url=http://www.purepeople.com/people/ophelie-winter_p171|title=Biography of Ophélie Winter|publisher=Purepeople|access-date=23 February 2013}}</ref> who is now her agent. Her brother Michael is a singer and TV presenter.

Her parents divorced when she was just two years old and she moved to [[Paris]] with her mother and brother, while her father left for the United States.<ref name="Purepeople"/> In 1984, at the age of 10, she recorded her first song in France, ''La Chanson des Klaxons'' and three years later another song, ''Poil de Carotte'', in French.<ref name="Purepeople"/> 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 studio albums starting in 1996, with her debut album, ''[[No Soucy !]]'', which her brother collaborated on, ''Privacy'', ''Explicit Lyrics'' and ''Résurrection''. The singer [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] wrote her a song. It was announced at one point that Prince intended The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, to be recorded in multiple languages by local artists, but it is unknown how many of these recordings took place; one recording that was made was Le Garçon Le Plus Beau Dans L’Univers by French model and actress Ophélie Winter (intended for a single, Le Garçon Le Plus Beau Dans L’Univers), but this remains unreleased. Ophélie Winter was a featured model in a photoshoot with Prince/0)+> in 1995, holding his gold symbol guitar.

In 2014, she participated in the fifth season of ''[[Danse avec les stars (France season 5)|Danse avec les stars]]'', the French version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''. She was partnered with professional dancer Christophe Licata. On 10 October 2014 they were eliminated finishing 10th out of 11 contestants.

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

== Awards and Nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Nominee(s) ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=3|[[NRJ Music Award|NRJ Music Awards]] | 2000 | rowspan=3|Herself | rowspan=3|[[:fr:NRJ Music Award de l'artiste féminine francophone de l'année|Francophone Female Artist of the Year]] | {{nom}} | <ref>https://nostalgie2000s.com/index.php/nrj-music-awards-2000/</ref> |- | 2003 | {{nom}} | <ref>https://nostalgie2000s.com/index.php/2025/01/18/les-nrj-music-awards-2003-fetent-leurs-22-ans/</ref> |- | 2004 | {{nom}} | <ref>https://nostalgie2000s.com/index.php/2025/01/24/les-nrj-music-awards-2004-fetent-leurs-20-ans/</ref> {{end}}

== Discography ==

* ''[[No Soucy !]]'' (1996) * ''[[Privacy (album)|Privacy]]'' (1998) * ''[[Explicit Lyrics]]'' (2002) * ''Resurrection'' (2009)

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! colspan="5" | Peak chart positions ! Certifications françaises ! Album |- ! ! ! France ! France TL ! Belgium ! Switzerland ! Germany ! |- |1984 |La chanson des klaxons (avec Bob) | — | — | — | — | — | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- |1987 |Poil de carotte | — | — | — | — | — | — | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- |1992 |When I got the Mood | — | — | — | — | — | — | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- |1993 |Shame on You | — | — | — | — | — | — | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- | rowspan="2"| 1994 |Dad | — | — | — | — | — | — | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- |Pour une lady | — | — | — | — | — | —

| {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- |1995 |Dieu m'a donné la foi |1 | |3 | | |Or | rowspan="5"| [[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 | | | | rowspan="6"| [[Privacy (album)|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 | | | | | | |- |2010 |Ne va pas croire | | | | | | |- |}

==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1996 | ''[[Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi]]'' | Pretty Blonde of Crillon | [[Claude Lelouch]] | |- |rowspan=2| 1997 | ''[[Tout doit disparaître]]'' | Eve Latour | Philippe Muyl | |- | ''Bouge!'' | Herself | Jérôme Cornuau | |- | 1998 | ''Folle d'elle'' | Lisa | Jérôme Cornuau (2) | |- |rowspan=2| 2000 | ''[[2001: A Space Travesty]]'' | Cassandra Menage | Allan A. Goldstein | |- | ''La cape et l'épée'' | Cardinal Claudia's Girl | | TV series (1 episode) |- |rowspan=3| 2001 | ''She'' | Ayesha | Timothy Bond | |- | ''[[Pretty Things (2001 film)|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 == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.ophelie-winter.com}} *{{IMDb name|935807|Ophélie Winter}}

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