Daddy Depp!

French girlfriend gives birth to Johnny Depp's first kid

By Joal Ryan May 31, 1999 1:40 AMTags
Ladies' man Johnny Depp has a new girl: His daughter.

The 35-year-old Donnie Brasco star and current gal-pal Vanessa Paradis welcomed Lily-Rose Melody on Thursday in Paris, his publicist announced this weekend.

It's the couple's first child. The French-born Paradis, 26, is described as an actress/singer. She has appeared in several films in her native country.

Paradis is the latest in a string of Hollywood romances for Depp, albeit his first major European foray. A rundown of the actor's ex-girlfriends is no minor undertaking. The list includes: Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks), Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Winona Ryder (Little Women) and Kate Moss (Popsicle stick). A brief marriage to a civilian (i.e., non-celebrity) ended in 1985.

If the question now is, will fatherhood tame Depp, one answer is: Impending fatherhood sure didn't seem to. In January, he was busted in London for allegedly waggling a wooden plank at photographers.

Onscreen, the onetime teen idol (for TV's 21 Jump Street) has been on more solid footing, with credits including Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood.