Mélanie Coste (born Delphine Dequin in 1976
), is a French former
adult film 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 ...
. In the early 2000s, she was one of France's most popular pornographic actresses thanks to her "
girl next door" image.
Early life
Mélanie Coste was born Delphine Dequin in
Vendôme,
France
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in 1976.
Career
Prior to working in the adult film industry, Mélanie Coste worked at a
Bordeaux
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-based
travel agency.
In 2001, she won a competition, organized by French trade magazine ''
Hot Vidéo'', to pose for an
erotic photography session with
Christophe Mourthé. Shortly afterwards, she started a career in
adult films.
From 2002 to 2003, Coste worked as an exclusive contract performer for
Marc Dorcel
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productions, who had been looking for an equivalent to
Clara Morgane.
With Dorcel, she starred ''L'affaire Katsumi'' (2002) and ''Une nuit au bordel'' (2002). After leaving Dorcel, she worked with
Fred Coppula. With Coppula, she performed in ''Le journal de Pauline'', which in 2003 she won the
Venus Award for best actress.
She retired from porn, after making less than 20 hardcore features, to pursue a relationship with journalist
Philippe Vecchi. She wrote a column about sexuality for the French version of ''
FHM''.
Personal life
Coste was in a year long relationship with journalist and television presenter Philippe Vecchi.
Awards and nominations
* 2003
Venus Award winner – Best Actress (France)
* 2004
AVN Award
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nominee – Female Foreign Performer of the Year
* 2005 AVN Award nominee – Female Foreign Performer of the Year
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1976 births
French pornographic film actresses
Living people
21st-century French women writers
21st-century French actresses
People from Vendôme
21st-century French journalists