Yasmine Lafitte (
Arabic
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: ياسمين لافيت) is a French former
pornographic actress
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who performed under the
mononym
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Yasmine.
Life and career
Born in an observant
Muslim
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family in
Thar Es-Souk, a small village of
Morocco
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, Lafitte moved to France with her family when she was just five months old, and she grew up in a suburb of
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
.
At 18 years old, after graduating from high school, she left her family; during this period, she
trained to become a nurse and worked as a waitress to pay for her studies.
spokesmodel
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for the magazine ''FHM
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''.[ In 2007, she signed an exclusive contract with the producer ]Marc Dorcel
Marc Dorcel (born in March 1934) is a French-Hungarian producer of adult erotic films who founded the company Video Marc Dorcel (or simply Marc Dorcel). Besides producing films by himself, he also produces films in partnership with people like ...
.Danielle Arbid
Danielle Arbid (born 26 April 1970) is a French filmmaker of Lebanese origin. She has been directing films since 1997.
Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto FF, New York FF, San Francisc ...
's film drama ''A Lost Man
''A Lost Man'' (french: Un homme perdu, ar, رجل ضائع , Levantine Arabic ''rajolon ḍāˀyeˁ'') is a 2007 Lebanese film by the Lebanese director Danielle Arbid.
The film premiered on 18 March during the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, in th ...
'', which premiered at the 60th Cannes Film Festival
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.Olivier Marchal
Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (best director, best film and best writing) for his film ''36 Quai des Orfèvres''. He al ...
's crime drama ''MR 73
''The Last Deadly Mission'', also known as ''MR 73'', is a 2008 French film noir written and directed by Olivier Marchal.
Synopsis
Louis Schneider is a French law enforcer who serves in the French Judiciary Police Regional Service. He is assign ...
''.[
In 2005, she started, along with Olivier Lafitte, her own production company under the name "Alko Productions".Alko Productions]
Retrieved on 25 March 2011
Awards and nominations
* 2007 Venus Award
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Prizes are offered in ...
winner - Best European ActressX Awards
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- Best Actress
* 2008 X Awards - Best Actress
* 2008 Eroticline Award
The Erotixxx Award (''eLine Award'' or ''Eroticline Award'' until 2008) is a prize awarded in the adult film industry by German magazine ''eLine'' (established as ''EAN''), - Best European Actress
References
External links
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Yasmine Lafitte
on Myspace
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1973 births
Living people
French pornographic film actresses
Moroccan emigrants to France
Moroccan pornographic film actresses
French people of Arab descent
French Muslims