Estelle Desanges (born 8 March 1977) is a French former
pornographic actress
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 ...
. During the 2000s, she was one of France's most popular porn actresses.Christophe Lemaire, in ''Le Cinéma X'', La Musardine, 2012, p. 477
Early life
Estelle Desanges was born in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
in 1977. Desanges worked as a
bartender
A bartender (also known as a barkeep, barman, barmaid, or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but a ...
at a nightclub and went attended
nursing school
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. She was discovered by Fred Coppula in 1999 when she attended a
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 ...
event. She gave Coppula photographs that she had taken by a customer at the nightclub she worked at. Coppula showed the photos to the leadership at Blue One, a production company, and she was signed.
Career
Estelle Desanges started working in
adult film
Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, sex films, and 18+ films are films that present sexually explicit subject matter in order to arouse and satisfy the viewer. Pornographic films present sexual fantasies and usually include eroticall ...
s in 1999, mainly in films produced by Fred Coppula. 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 That same year, she appeared on '' Tout le monde en parle''. During her career, she also worked with directors
John B. Root
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Education and early career
Jean Guilloré was born in Chambéry. Both his parents were teachers. He spent pa ...
,
Brigitte Lahaie
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,
Rocco Siffredi
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, and Walter Ego. She quit acting in 2004 and started working in marketing for V. Communications, followed by being a host on HNN, Hot Vidéo Magazine's online news site. In 2006, she co-authored an
op-ed
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for ''
Libération
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'' with
Brigitte Lahaie
Brigitte Lahaie (born Brigitte Lucie Jeanine Van Meerhaeghe; 12 October 1955) is a French radio talk show host, mainstream film actress and former pornographic actress. She performed in erotic films from 1976 through 1980 and is a member of the X ...
, Helena Karel, Ovidie and Loïc LUC demanding that the French porn industry stop producing videos showing unprotected sex. She received a Hot d'Or Honorary Award in 2009. Today, she makes occasionally appearances in soft core porn films, including works by
Ovidie
Ovidie is a French director, actress, producer, journalist, ex porn actress and a writer. First known as a porn actress from 1999 to 2003, she has since directed pornographic films as well as documentaries and has written several books.
Overvie ...
.
Discography
* ''French Kiss – La Sélection érotique d'Estelle Desanges'' – CD audio – Podis.
* ''French Kiss Volume 2 – La Sélection Glamour d'Estelle Desanges'' – CD audio – Podis.
* ''Sex Machine'' – N-Gels featuring Estelle Desanges – CD audio