Ophélie Winter

Born Ophélie Kleerekoper in Boulogne-Billancourt on February 20, 1974, Ophélie Winter grew up alongside American singer David Alexander Winter and model Cathy Kleerekoper. This early immersion in showbiz quickly immersed her in the world of music, and at the age of ten she recorded her first song, "La Chanson des Klaxons". After another minor hit, "Poil De Carotte" (1987), the young singer turned to a career in modeling. In 1992, a meeting with the Nacash brothers proved decisive in her musical career. Producing her first singles, Ophélie Winter unveiled When I Got The Mood and then Shame On U (1993), alongside appearances on French sitcoms. While these early songs struggled to find the success she had hoped for, she took part in the TV show La Nuit La Plus Love in 1994, and then joined the Hit Machine show. Her TV appearances brought her media coverage, and the song "Dieu m'a donné la foi" (God gave me faith), unveiled in 1995, established her at #1 in the French Top 50. Nominated for Female Revelation of the Year at the 1996 Victoires de la Musique awards, Ophélie Winter followed this up with a debut album released the same year: No Soucy. A platinum-selling album, Winter's popularity peaked with the hits "Le Feu Qui M'attise" (1996) and "Keep It On The Red Light " (1996), and she took part in the Enfoirés show. Her second album, Privacy , released in 1998, was less successful, despite good sales figures and a gold disc. After an aborted tour, and then presenting the NRJ Music Awards, Ophélie Winter returned to music with her third album Explicit Lyrics in 2002. While she devoted more time to film and television, her musical productivity dwindled, culminating in a final album in 2009, entitled Résurrection.