| Dany Verissimo | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 27, 1982 Vitry-sur-Seine (South Paris), France |
| Spouse | Jesse Salto (July 12, 2005 – present) Rodolphe Verissimo (November 10, 2001 – March 29, 2005) (divorced) |
| Ally Mac Tyana | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Ally Verissimo |
| Ethnicity | French/Malagasy[1] |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
Dany Verissimo (born June 27, 1982 in France) is an actress and model.
The child of a Malagasy mother and a French father, a financial director at Air France, Verissimo spent her childhood in France, the United States, and Nigeria.[1] She began performing in pornography at 18 and a half years old, performing in films by John B. Root, the adult film director who she worked with exclusively through her entire 16-month adult film career.[2] During this time, she called herself "Ally Mac Tyana", which was a play on the name Ally McBeal.[1] She appeared in such adult videos as Ally, French Beauty and Xperiment, and on Root's website Explicite.com.
In 2002, she had her first non-erotic film roles, as an extra in So Long Mister Monroe and an appearance on an episode of the French police drama Brigade des mineurs. In 2004, she was cast as Lola in the film Banlieue 13, a role specially created for her by producer Luc Besson.
In May 2006, in the ELLE magazine for the Special Cannes Edition she was recognized as one of the new upcoming actresses.
She was cast as Belkis in C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle, a film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. The film was shown out of competition at the Venice Film Festival in September 2006.
She appears in the 2009 film, Shot List in an English-speaking role.[3]
She appears as Alien in the lead role of Daryush Shokof's upcoming Horror-Erotic feature, Closest Up shooting in June 2011 in France.