| Ovidie | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 25, 1980 Lille, France |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Height | 5 ft 9.25 in (1.76 m) |
| Website | |
| http://www.pornomanifesto.com/ | |
Ovidie (born 25 August 1980[1]) is a French pornographic actress.
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Ovidie was born in Lille, France.[1] She refuses to give her real name to the press.[2] Her parents are liberals from "a good family background" who were farmers in 2003.[2] She was married; her husband left a teaching position at the University of Paris to edit a pornographic magazine.[2] They later divorced, but her job was not a factor in the divorce.[3]
Ovidie has denied entering the adult film industry for either sex or money, describing herself as middle class.[4] Her involvement in dance and choreography, and her interest in expression of the human body, played a part in attracting her to the industry.[4]
At the time that Ovidie became an adult film star, she described herself as a "very active militant feminist".[4] She first viewed pornography to get a sense of the injustice that was being perpetrated on female industry workers. She found herself surprised when female porn stars, who she once felt sorry for, impressed her with their powerful sexual images. Wanting to attain this same kind of sexual strength, which seemed compatible with feminist ideals, she began acting in pornographic films.[4] She told The Times Magazine "I am interested in these sort of experiences not just because I am perverse, which as you have seen I can be when I want to be. No, it's because not everyone can achieve them."[2]
Holding a degree in philosophy, Ovidie has been nicknamed L'intello du porno ("the porn-star intellectual"). She said that she only studied philosophy so that she could understand porn.[2]
Ovidie was an active porn performer until 2005, when she was featured in the porn/mainstream crossover film All About Anna. She has also been active as a porn director, both during her years as a performer and afterward. Her first film as a director, Orgie en Noir (2000), was produced by Marc Dorcel. Since then, she has directed a number of videos for Marc Dorcel, Blue One, and VCommunications. In 2009, she was directing videos for the adult movie channel FrenchLover TV.[5] As of 12 March 2011[update], she was FrenchLover TV's Program Director.[6] She also hosts a weekly talk show on the channel.[7]
During her active career, she refused to do anal sex scenes, and required her partners to use a condom in every role except her first.[3]
In 2002, she published her first book, Porno Manifesto, which she said she wrote because she was angry about the ignorance about pornography.[3] She owns a sex shop that caters to women only.[3]
Ovidie is a devout vegan and a campaigner for animal rights.[2]
Ovidie has appeared in mainstream movies, such as Mortel Transfer by Jean-Jacques Beineix and Le Pornographe (The Pornographer) by Bertrand Bonello.[2][3] In the latter film, she performs an unsimulated sex scene.
She also appears in the Danish film All About Anna, produced by Lars von Trier's Zentropa, where she performed explicit and unsimulated oral sex on mainstream actress/singer Gry Bay; in a twist typical of Zentropa films, she is the only porn star in the film's cast, yet stands out as she does not appear nude in the film (only Gry Bay is undressed during their sex scene).
She also starred in the 2007 Jean Rollin film La Nuit Des Horloges.
Ovidie has also been active in musical circles, organizing underground concerts within France for martial musicians such as Dernière Volonté, Position Parallèle, and others. In 2006 she directed 8 music videos for french electro punk band Metal Urbain. In 2009, Ovidie directed and performed in a music video by the German electro rock/glam band The World Domination.
During five years in the porn business, Ovidie appeared in more than 60 movies and received seven awards: