The Most Famous
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTORS from France
This page contains a list of the greatest French Pornographic Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 221 Pornographic Actors, 8 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 2nd most number of Pornographic Actors.
Top 10
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary French Pornographic Actors of all time. This list of famous French Pornographic Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of French Pornographic Actors.
1. Lolo Ferrari (1963 - 2000)
With an HPI of 65.91, Lolo Ferrari is the most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 38 different languages on wikipedia.
Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000) was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world". She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the French Guinness Book of World Records in 1996 and 1999. Her death in 2000 was ruled a suicide.
2. Manuel Ferrara (b. 1975)
With an HPI of 56.72, Manuel Ferrara is the 2nd most famous French Pornographic Actor. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Manuel Jeannin (French pronunciation: [manɥɛl ʒanɛ̃]; born 1 November 1975), known professionally as Manuel Ferrara, is a French adult entertainer and director. One of the leading actors in the porn industry, Ferrara has won over 64 adult industry awards including six AVN Awards as Male Performer of the Year—the record for the accolade, and was inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.
3. Karen Lancaume (1973 - 2005)
With an HPI of 55.97, Karen Lancaume is the 3rd most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Karen Lancaume (born Karine Bach, 19 January 1973 – 28 January 2005) was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in over 83 pornographic films between 1996 and 2000. She starred as Nadine in the 2000 film, Baise-moi, a mainstream film in which she performed unsimulated penetration and fellatio. She was a nominee for the Best French Actress Hot d'Or in March 2000.
4. Céline Tran (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 52.96, Céline Tran is the 4th most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 28 different languages.
Céline Tran (born 1978 or 1979) is a French actress, writer, martial artist, blogger, and former pornographic film actress who performed under the stage names Katsuni and Katsumi. She started her adult film career in 2001, working first in France, then in the United States. She received numerous awards in the course of the adult career, most notably the AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year which she has won three times. She retired from pornography in 2013 and returned to France to pursue a career in mainstream entertainment under her real name. Tran has appeared in films such as the French comedy Porn in the Hood (2012), and Cambodian action film Jailbreak (2017). She also released an autobiography, Ne dis pas que tu aimes ça, in 2018.
5. Laure Sainclair (b. 1972)
With an HPI of 52.93, Laure Sainclair is the 5th most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Laure Sainclair (French pronunciation: [lɔʁ sɛ̃klɛːʁ]; born 24 April 1972) is a French former adult film actress. 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. and "brand ambassador". 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. She received Hot d'Or Awards for Best European Starlet in 1996 and for Best European Actress in 1997 and 1998 (for Les Nuits de la Présidente – Video Marc Dorcel). In 1999, after her contract with Dorcel ended, she left the sex industry, and later entirely disavowed her adult film career. She tried to reinvent herself as a singer, but without success. In 2012, she sued her former music producer, who had also been her life partner, for rape and domestic abuse.
6. François Sagat (b. 1979)
With an HPI of 51.24, François Sagat is the 6th most famous French Pornographic Actor. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
François Sagat (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa saɡa]; born June 5, 1979) is a French male bisexual pornographic film actor, model and director.
7. Tabatha Cash (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 49.29, Tabatha Cash is the 7th most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Tabatha Cash (born 27 December 1973) is a French former pornographic actress and currently the editor in chief of France's Hot Vidéo magazine as well as the head of the Hot Video group.
8. Céline Bara (b. 1978)
With an HPI of 49.20, Céline Bara is the 8th most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Céline Bara, née Céline Szumigay, (9 September 1978) is a French retired pornographic film actress.
9. Coralie Trinh Thi (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 48.93, Coralie Trinh Thi is the 9th most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Coralie Trinh Thi (born 11 April 1976) is a French former pornographic actress, also known for writing and directing with Virginie Despentes the film Baise-moi (2000). During her career as a porn performer, she was generally just credited as Coralie. She won a Hot d'Or Award for Best European Actress in 1996, and she received a Hot d'Or Honorary Award in 2009. She acted in the Gaspar Noé-directed short film Sodomites that was made as a safe-sex promo for French television in the late 1990s.
10. Rebecca Lord (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 47.91, Rebecca Lord is the 10th most famous French Pornographic Actor. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Rebecca Lord (born in 1973) is a French pornographic actress, director, and producer who has been active since 1993. Soon after her first experience in the porn industry, she moved U.S., where she achieved popularity, appearing in over 200 porn movies (as of 2007). She is the owner of Rebecca Lord Productions. In 2013, Rebecca Lord was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.
People
Pantheon has 10 people classified as French pornographic actors born between 1963 and 1979. Of these 10, 8 (80.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living French pornographic actors include Manuel Ferrara, Céline Tran, and Laure Sainclair. The most famous deceased French pornographic actors include Lolo Ferrari, and Karen Lancaume. As of April 2024, 2 new French pornographic actors have been added to Pantheon including Laure Sainclair, and Rebecca Lord.
Living French Pornographic Actors
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Manuel Ferrara
1975 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Céline Tran
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Laure Sainclair
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.93
François Sagat
1979 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Tabatha Cash
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Céline Bara
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.20
Coralie Trinh Thi
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rebecca Lord
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.91
