Clara Morgane (; born Emmanuelle Munos, 25 January 1981) is a French singer, media personality, television host and former pornographic actress.
Biography
Clara Morgane first became notable as a
porn star
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dist ...
: she started making movies with her boyfriend
Greg Centauro
Greg Centauro (January 10, 1977 – March 26, 2011) was a French pornographic actor and director.
Career
Centauro came to notoriety in France during the early 2000s when he and his then-girlfriend Clara Morgane became porn actors at the same ti ...
and Pierre Piot in 2000 and, after a few
amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...
shoots, became a professional actress. She stopped her porn career after only two years and seven movies,Biography on
Hot Vidéo
''Hot Vidéo'' is a French trade journal that covers the adult video industry. It was founded in June 1989 by Frank Vardon. It is now part of VCV Communications. Its average circulation date to 2011 is about 50,000 copies per month, while in the ...
eventually ending her relationship with Centauro who did not wish to leave the porn industry. In 2001, she started hosting on
Canal+
Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several ki ...
''Le Journal du hard'', a magazine dedicated to the industry. She hosted it for seven years.
In 2003, she published her first
autobiography
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life.
It is a form of biography.
Definition
The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...
, ''Sex Star''.
Singing career
In 2007, she started a singing career. Rudy Lansard and Abdel Maalikoom produced her first song ''J'Aime''. Her debut album, '' DéCLARAtions'' was released 18 June 2007, with a mixture of
funk
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R'n'B
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. Clara Morgane wrote the lyrics for all the songs. The first single, ''J'Aime'' featuring rapper
Lord Kossity
Thierry Moutoussamy (, ; born 23 December 1972), better known as Lord Kossity (), is a French musician. His family is originally from Martinique but he was born in Paris, France and moved back to the French Antilles with his family when he was 11 ...
, and ''Sexy Girl'' have been available online since 26 March 2007.
Danse avec les stars
In 2019, she participated in the tenth season of '' Danse avec les stars'' – the French version of ''
Dancing with the Stars
''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...
''. She was partnered with professional dancer Maxime Dereymez. On October 26, 2019, they were eliminated finishing 6th out of 10 contestants.
In week 3, each couple have an imposed figure, if they suceed, they got 5 bonus points.
Titles and awards
She received a
Hot d'Or
Hot d'Or ( en, Golden Hot) was an adult film industry pornographic award, awarded annually from 1992 to 2001 in Cannes, France
She was elected the top French and eighth sexiest woman in the world by the French edition of the magazine ''
FHM
''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
Lord Kossity
Thierry Moutoussamy (, ; born 23 December 1972), better known as Lord Kossity (), is a French musician. His family is originally from Martinique but he was born in Paris, France and moved back to the French Antilles with his family when he was 11 ...