Yasmine Lafitte

Yasmine Lafitte

Born October 1, 1973[1]
Tahar Souk, Morocco[2]
Other names Yasmine, Yasmyne[3]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
No. of adult films 42 (per IAFD)

Yasmine Lafitte (born Hafida El Khabchi, 1 October 1973)[4] is a Moroccan former pornographic actress who performed under the mononym "Yasmine".[5]

Life and career

Born in an observant Muslim family in Tahar Souk, a small village of Morocco, Lafitte moved to France with her family when she was just five months old, and she grew up in a suburb of Lyon.[2][6][5] 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.[6][5]

In 2004, she entered the adult industry together with her boyfriend at the time, after having replied to a magazine ad of a small production company which was looking for amateur couples.[2][6][7] In 2006, she was featured in an episode of the TF1 talk show La Méthode Cauet, then she was requested in newspaper interviews, magazine covers and jet-set events, and she became a spokesmodel for the magazine FHM.[7] In 2007, she signed an exclusive contract with the producer Marc Dorcel.[2][7][8][9] That same year, she had a significant role in Danielle Arbid's film drama A Lost Man, which premiered at the 60th Cannes Film Festival.[2][10][11] In 2008, she had a supporting role in Olivier Marchal's crime drama MR 73.[2][6][8][12][5] After having worked in several international productions, she retired from adult performing in February 2009 to focus her career on traditional films and in production.[6][13]

In 2005, she started, along with Olivier Lafitte, her own production company under the name "Alko Productions".[14][15]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. "Biographie Yasmine". AlloCiné. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Hassan Hamdani (11 January 2011). "Enquête. Les Marocains et le X. Une histoire charnelle". TelQuel. Archived from the original on 2011-01-13. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yasmine Lafitte at the Internet Adult Film Database
  4. Date de naissance
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Yasmine: de la blouse blanche au latex noir". 5 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Stéphanie Plasse (12 December 2009). "Yasmine : sexe, islam et blouse blanche". Afrik.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Mouna Izzdine (28 September 2007). "La nouvelle Dorcel Girl marocaine". Maroc Hebdo. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Jean-Daniel Sallin (1 April 2008). "Zone Yasmine". Tribune de Genève. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "AVN - Exclusive: Complete 2008 eLINE Award Winners from Venus Berlin". Business.avn.com. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
  10. "Yasmine Lafitte Actrice française". Le Figaro. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  11. Serge Kaganski (19 September 2007). "Un homme perdu". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  12. Damien Mercereau (2 February 2008). "Interview de Yasmine Lafitte". Infosjeunes. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  13. Philippe Vecchi (9 January 2011). "Yasmine, ex-égérie Dorcel: “Maintenant je sais pourquoi je suis devenue hardeuse”". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  14. Annuaire des 67500 entreprises lyonnaises Retrieved on 2011-03-25.
  15. Alko Productions Retrieved on 2011-03-25.
  16. "Venus Award Winners Announced". 24 October 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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