Raffaëla Anderson (born Malika Amrane on 8 January 1976) is a French former

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performer. During her porn career, she was often credited as Raphaëlla (also spelled Raphaëla).

Career

Anderson studied to be a secretary. She entered the French pornography business in 1994 at the age of 18 and left it four years later. Still a virgin at that time, she had her first sexual intercourse with a porn actor on a film set.Raffaëla Anderson interview
'' Tout le monde en parle'', 5 May 2001 During her adult film career, she was raped by two men who had recognized her. Her aggressors were identified but, according to her own account, the public prosecutor told her that she was "the product of a bad upbringing" and that, being a

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, she should not be complaining.Raffaëla Anderson, ''Hard'', Grasset, 2001, pp. 84-105 Anderson played Manu in the 2000 film, ''

Baise-moi ''Baise-moi'' is a 2000 French crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film recei ...

,'' an explicit French film about two women embarking on a journey of sex and murderous violence. ''

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'' magazine reviewed the film and said, "And as one of the amoral avengers, Raffaela Anderson has true star quality...." In the 2001 mainstream film, ''

Amour de Femme ''Un amour de femme'' (''A Woman’s Love''), from the series ''Combats de femme'', is a 2001 French film directed by Sylvie Verheyde about Jeanne, a married woman who has an affair with a female dance instructor named Marie. Synopsis Jeanne ( ...

,'' she played a dance instructor who falls in love with a married woman. In 2005, she participated, along with nine other current or former adult film performers, in the documentary ''Une vie classée X'' from

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for the French TV channel ''France 3''. She related how she lost her virginity on camera, spoke of her family and background, and of the violence she suffered or witnessed in the porn industry. She also mentioned cocaine and alcohol abuse during episodes of depression after leaving the pornography business. Anderson wrote a book, titled ''Hard'', describing her experiences in the porn industry and decrying its abuses. In the documentary film ''La Petite Morte'' she voiced many of the same criticisms. In 2006, she published ''Tendre violence'', a narration of her childhood with her

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Filmography

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'' (2000) *'' Un amour de femme'' (2001) (tv-movie) *''

La petite morte ''La Petite Morte'' is a 2003 Canadian documentary directed by Emmanuelle Schick Garcia about the pornography business in France, centering on the interviews of Raffaela Anderson, John B. Root and others. It won three film festival awards for Best ...

'' (2003) (documentary)

Selected works

*''Hard'' (2001) *''Tendre Violence'' (2006)

References

Sources

* ''Hard'', 2001 – Grasset Ed. – * ''Tendre violence'', 2006 – Jean-Claude Lattès Ed. –

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Raffaela 1976 births Living people People from Montfermeil French people of Berber descent French television actresses French pornographic film actresses Writers from Île-de-France 21st-century French women writers