Olinka Hardiman (born 16 January 1960) is a French model and actress. She is best known for her strong resemblance to actress

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

, whom Hardiman has occasionally portrayed in pornographic parodies. She is also known by other pseudonyms such as Marilyn Lamour, Marilyn Mitchell, and Olivia Link.

Biography

Hardiman was one of the biggest stars of French pornographic films during the 1980s. Director Michel Lemoine featured her as the protagonist of over a dozen films, including ''Neiges brûlantes'' (1982), ''L'été les petites culottes s'envolent'' (1984), and ''Marilyn, mon amour'' (1985). In addition to her popularity in France, Hardiman has also starred in films shot in Germany, Sweden, Italy, and the United States of America. Hardiman has appeared in some mainstream films such as ''I Love You'' (1986) by

Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of ...

, and ''Delirio di sangue'' (1988) de

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. She is also one of the actresses who portrayed

Emmanuelle Emmanuelle is the lead character in a series of French erotic films based on the main character in the novel '' Emmanuelle'' (1959), created by Emmanuelle Arsan. Character history Emmanuelle appeared as the pen name of Marayat Rollet-Andri ...

, the erotic heroine created by

Emmanuelle Arsan Marayat Rollet-Andriane, formerly Marayat Krasaesin ( th, มารยาท กระแสสินธุ์) or her birthname Marayat Bibidh ( th, มารยาท พิพิธวิรัชชการ; ; born 19 January 1932 – 12 Ju ...

, in ''Emmanuelle in Cannes'' (1980), an unofficial sequel directed by Jean-Marie Pallardy.

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* * 1960 births Living people French film actresses 20th-century French actresses {{France-film-actor-stub