Scene from Baise-moi (2000)

Alternate Names: Lauren del Rio, Karen Bach, Karen Lacombe, Karen Lacome, Karen Lacoume, Karen Lancom, Carene Lancome, Karen Lancoume, Angel Paris

Physical Characteristics:

• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Boobs: Natural
• Bust: 86
• Cup: B
• Bra: 34B
• Waist: 60
• Hip: 88
• Height: 167
• Weight: 54
• Hair Color: Brown
• Eye Color: Brown
• Tattoos: Left shoulder

Born Karen Bach outside of Lyon, France, Karen Lancaume came from a wealthy family. The bi-racial beauty (French father, Moroccan mother) married at 17 while she was attending college. Even though her husband was a disc jockey and she worked weekends at a nightclub to make ends meet, the couple was soon awash in debt. They saw an opportunity to make a good amount of money quickly by performing in porn films, and in 1996 they both entered the industry. Unfortunately, the marriage didn't last past their first film together, and while her ex-husband left the porn industry, she stayed in it. She soon divided her time between making porn films in Europe and the US. She appeared in a documentary about porn performers called Exhibition 99 (1998). It was while making this film that she began to have second thoughts about her chosen career, and after appearing in the controversial mainstream film Baise-moi (2000)--in which she performed hardcore sex scenes--she began to ease out of the industry, finally quitting altogether in 2002.

Karen Lancaume died in Paris, France, on January 28, 2005. She committed suicide by taking an overdose of prescription drugs in her boyfriend's apartment.

Alternate Names: Natalie Dune, Nataly Dûne

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Born on January 26, 1971, in France, Nataly Dune (also known as Nathalie Dune) is an actress who gained international recognition for her role in the provocative and highly debated 2000 film Baise-moi. Standing at 5' 7" (1.70 m), she built a career primarily within the adult and experimental film sectors, with a portfolio of 11 credited appearances throughout her career. Her performance in Baise-moi remains her most significant contribution to cinema, a film known for its raw depiction of violence and sexuality, where she played the role of "La femme BAP". Despite the controversy surrounding her most famous work, Dune remains a notable figure in the history of transgressive French cinema of the early 2000s.

Alternate Names: Malika Amrane, Rafaella Rizzi

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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.[1] 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 education" and that, being a porn actress, she should not be complaining.[2]

Anderson played Manu in the 2000 film, Baise-moi, an explicit French film about two women embarking on a journey of sex and murderous violence. Time magazine reviewed the film and said, "And as one of the amoral avengers, Raffaela Anderson has true star quality...."[citation needed] In the 2001 mainstream film, Amour de Femme, 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 Mireille Darc 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 Muslim family in Gagny.