Elli Medeiros

Elli Medeiros (born 18 January 1956) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress.

Career

Stinky Toys Originally from Uruguay, Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk band Stinky Toys.

Elli et Jacno After the group disbanded, Medeiros joined another Stinky Toy member Jacno to form the electropop duo Elli et Jacno. Together they released several albums, one of them the soundtrack to an Éric Rohmer film Les nuits de la pleine lune.

Solo The singer went solo in 1986. The songs, "Toi mon toit" (1986) and "A bailar calypso" (1987), were big hits in France and had a more Latin sound than her previous records.

She sang back-up vocals on several of pop star Etienne Daho's songs from his 1996 album Eden. She also helped co-write his song "Me manquer" from the same album.

Elli Medeiros appears in a number of French films and has worked with, among others, Olivier Assayas and Philippe Garrel.

Filmography 1978: Copyright : Anne 1980: Rectangle – Deux chansons de Jacno (music video) : Elli 1982: Tokyo no yami (Laissé inachevé à Tokyo) 1982: L'Enfant secret : The whore 1991: Petits travaux tranquilles : Paule 1991: Paris Awakens (Paris s'éveille) 1997: Tempête dans un verre d'eau 1998: Il suffirait d'un pont 1998: Fin août, début septembre 1999: Derrière la porte 1999: Pourquoi pas moi? : Malou 1999: Venus Beauty Institute (Vénus beauté (institut)) : Mlle Evelyne 2000: Mamirolle : Irène 2000: Paris, mon petit corps est bien las de ce grand monde : The girl 2000: Jet Set : Danièle Joubert 2002: Lulu : Lulu 2002: House Hunting : The girl 2003: Rosa la nuit 2005: Panorama : The mother 2007: After Him (Après lui) : Pauline 2008: Leonera : Sofia 2018: Amanda : Eve 2024: To Live, To Die, To Live Again (Vivre, mourir, renaître)

Discography 1977: grey album (Polydor) Stinky Toys 1979: yellow album (Vogue) Stinky Toys 1980: Tout va sauter (Vogue) Elli et Jacno 1981: Inedits 77-81 (Celluloid/EJC/Vogue) Elli et Jacno 1982: Boomerang (Celluloid/EJC/ Vogue) Elli et Jacno 1984: Les Nuits de la pleine lune Bof 'Les nuits de la pleine lune d'Éric Rohmer (EJC/CBS) Elli et Jacno 1987: Bom Bom... (Barclay) 1989: Elli (Barclay) 1994" Les Symphonies de poche compilation de Elli et Jacno (Virgin) 1998: Best of Elli (Barclay) 2006: E M (V2)