Leonie Saint (born 23 April 1986), also known with the stage names Leonie Luder or simply Leonie is a German

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, TV-presenter and former

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Life and career

Born in

Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia Herne () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen. History Like most other cities in the region, Herne (ancient Haranni) was a tiny village until the ...

, Leonie entered the

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in September 2005, at the age of 19 years. In 2006, she became an exclusive actress for the company Videorama, for which she made her own series called ''Leonie''. That same year, Leonie won the eLine Award in the category "Best Newcomer Germany" and, in 2007, in the category "Best Actress Germany". Between 2007 and 2009, she co-hosted the show ''La Notte'' on the

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9Live. In 2007, she appeared in the

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"Lover's Lane" for the German

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band

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. That same year, she also appeared in the music video " Screwing You on the Beach at Night" by

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, but the video was eventually released in 2010. In January 2008, Saint announced her retirement from the adult industry. In a 2011 interview, she said that she was disillusioned with the porn industry, that she would not do it again, and that she believed to have been deliberately infected with

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by a jealous colleague. Saint played a minor role in the 2009 film ', directed by

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; she had previously been the

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and main subject of an

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2007 short film, ''Leonie Saint'', directed by Jana Debus and showed at the 53rd

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. Saint also hosted the program ''Sportquiz'' on the channel

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Personal life

In 2009, Saint had a daughter, Joline. In 2012, she married Marc, the father of her daughter.

References

External links

Official website (Videorama)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint, Leonie 1986 births Living people German pornographic film actresses German female adult models People from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia