Melissa Lauren

Melissa Lauren (born October 16, 1984 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France) is a French pornographic actress and director.

Lauren started off studying as a cook for three years and worked for a year in a fine food restaurant Paris as a pastry chef. After reading an ad in a newspaper from French director, John B. Root, Lauren began filming six days later, in June of 2003.

Her parents, who had expected her to be a lawyer or doctor, were initially shocked when they discovered that their daughter was doing [...]. After assuaging their fears of [...] use and mistreatment, they were able to accept Lauren's career choice.

However, due to her forays in the industry, she twice had chlamydia and suffered from a serious bout of pelvic inflammatory disease, which required an emergency trip to France for surgery.

In November 2006, Lauren stated that she would stop performing in heterosexual pornographic scenes, and instead would focus more on directing pornographic films. She would continue to perform with women, in solo scenes, and in photo shoots. She had already directed several films. However, in her blog entries on Myspace, she has stated that she is signed to a [...] company called Marc Dorcel in France and as of late-2007 had performed in a gang bang scene with four male performers, proving she is still perfomring heterosexual scenes. She has also stated that she does not plan to retire from [...] anytime soon.

She has a tattoo on her right forearm stating Quod Me Nutrit Me Destruit (What Nourishes Me Also Destroys Me).

Awards

• 2007 AVN Award for Best Group [...] Scene – Video, with Belladonna, Jenna Haze, Gianna Michaels, Sandra Romain, Adrianna Nicole, Flower Tucci, Sasha Grey, Nicole Sheridan, Marie Luv, Caroline Pierce, Lea Baren, Jewell Marceau, Jean Val Jean, Christian [...], Voodoo, Chris Charming, Erik Everhard, Mr. Pete, and Rocco Siffredi, in Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge (Evil Angel Productions).
• 2007 FICEB Ninfa for Most Original [...] Sequence, for a 12-person group scene in Fashionistas Safado

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