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Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter (born February 20, 1974 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French singer and actress.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Singing career 3 Discography 4 Filmography 5 External links

Biography

Her father David Alexander Winter, was a Jewish Dutch pop singer during the 1970s, while her mother was a French fashion model, who is now currently her agent. Has brother named Michael is a singer and TV-presenter.

Winter moved to the United States to be close to her father after her parents divorced when she was just 2 years old. It was in the United States that Winter studied dance, singing, music, and comedy. At the age of 17, she left for Paris where she lived with her mother and brother. It was here she was discovered by a modeling agent on the Champs-Élysées, and after three years of modeling, she decided to become a singer and an actress. Singer Prince wrote her a song.

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

Singing career

Her desire to become a singer began when after a friend of her father's, who was also a singer, was looking for a young female to join him in a duet. Winter accepted and began recording. She now has released three albums: No Soucy!, which her brother collaborated on, Privacy, and Explicit Lyrics.

Discography

• No Soucy! (1996)
  • Released singles : "Le feu qui m'attise" ("The Air That I Breathe"); "Dieu m'a donné la foi" ("Living In Me"); "Shame on U"; "Rien que pour lui"; "Keep It on the Red Light" (feat. Coolio)
• Privacy (1998)
  • Released singles : "Je marche à l'envers" ("I Spy"); "Elle pleure" ("Cry"); "Je cours" ("Up Where I Belong"); "Ce que je suis" ("What a Girl Wants")
• Explicit Lyrics (2002)
  • Released singles : "Sache"; "Tout le monde le fait"

Filmography

• Hommes, Femmes, Mode D'Emploi (Men, Women: A User's Manual) (1996)
• Tout Doit Disparaitre (Everything Must Go) (1997)
• Bouge! (Move!) (1997)
• Folle D'Elle (Crazy About Her) (1999)
• 2001: A Space Travesty (2000)
• She (2001)
• Les Jolies Choses (2001)
• Ma Femme Est Une Actrice (2001)
• Mauvais Esprit (Mean Spirit) (2003)

External links

• Official website (in French)
• Ophélie Winter at the Internet Movie Database