Laure Sainclair

Laure Sainclair
Born (1972-04-24) 24 April 1972 (age 52)[1]
Rennes, France[1]
NationalityFrench[1]
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Websitewww.lauresainclair.com

Laure Sainclair (French pronunciation: [lɔʁ sɛ̃klɛːʁ]; born 24 April 1972) is a French former adult film actress.[1]

Sainclair first worked as a model for nude photography. She eventually met pornographic actresses at an adult entertainment convention in Rennes, and decided to try her hand at the sex industry. She worked for a time as a stripper, then made her first adult film in 1995, a semi-amateur production titled Maud s'offre à toi. Her first experience was a negative one but she eventually met producer Marc Dorcel who made her his first contract performer.[2] and "brand ambassador".[3] Sainclair went on to be the most popular adult film actress in France during the second half of the 1990s.

She won several awards in Europe and also made a small number of films in the U.S.[4] She received Hot d'Or Awards for Best European Starlet in 1996 and for Best European Actress in 1997[5] and 1998[6] (for Les Nuits de la Présidente – Video Marc Dorcel).[7][8]

In 1999, after her contract with Dorcel ended, she left the sex industry, and later entirely disavowed her adult film career.[9] She tried to reinvent herself as a singer, but without success.[10] In 2012, she sued her former music producer, who had also been her life partner, for rape and domestic abuse.[11]

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  2. ^ "Laure Sainclair at Adult Film Database". Adultfilmdatabase.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  3. ^ Comment Marc Dorcel est devenu le prince du X, Stratégies, 20 July 1998
  4. ^ "Laure Sainclair: ses films X sur Dorcel Vision en promotion" (in French). Dorcel.com. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Cérémonies". hot-dor.fr. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  6. ^ 5ème cérémonie des Hot d'Or Archived 16 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Hot d'Or". hotdor.org. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 October 2007.
  8. ^ "Hot d'Or 1998 Winners". 25 August 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ^ « Interview biographie de Laure Sainclair », Tout le monde en parle, 17 November 2001.
  10. ^ Spécial sexe : Que deviennent les stars du X ?, Les Inrockuptibles, 29 August 2010
  11. ^ L'ex-compagnon de Laure Sainclair condamné à 18 mois avec sursis, 2 February 2012