Céline Bara
{{short description|French pornographic actress (born 1978)}}
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| birth_place = Antony, France
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| spouse = Cyrille Bara
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Céline Bara, née Céline Szumigay,[http://celinebara.free.fr/database.htm Biography] at Céline Bara Studio (9 September 1978) is a French retired pornographic film actress.
Biography
Céline Bara was born in Antony and grew up in the Parisian region. Her mother is of Mauritian origin and she also has a German grandfather.[http://www.estrepublicain.fr/actualite/2012/06/07/bio-express Législatives L’ex-actrice porno, Céline Bara se présente à la députation en Ariège. Contre les patrons et contre les curés], L'Est républicain, 7 juin 2012 According to her own account, she received a Catholic fundamentalist education. She later rejected this upbringing and became a militant atheist.[http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/05/16/1354184-du-x-a-la-chambre-des-deputes.html Bélesta. Une actrice de "film X" à la chambre des députés ?], La Dépêche du midi, 16 May 2012 She married her cousin Cyrille Bara and worked for a time as a hostess in a Darty store, then started performing in pornographic films after finding out that she could make more money in this line of work.[http://www.liberation.fr/france/2012/05/30/celine-bara-de-mal-en-mieux_822501 Céline Bara. De MAL en mieux], Libération, 30 mai 2012 In 2000, she was nominated for the Hot d'Or for Best New French Starlet.[http://business.avn.com/articles/11080.html 2000 Hot D'or Nominations Are In] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120630134829/http://business.avn.com/articles/11080.html |date=30 June 2012 }} at the AVN website
She performed for several French porn companies, but she and her husband eventually created their own studio, with Cyrille Bara directing the films. However, their small company was soon heavily in debt.[http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2002/10/10/vengeance-hard-dans-le-milieu-porno_418017 Vengeance hard dans le milieu porno], Libération, 10 octobre 2002
In March 2001, Céline and Cyrille Bara assaulted one of their colleagues and competitors, porn actor-director HPG, whom Cyrille Bara wounded with a shotgun. Both spouses were arrested a few days later and, in October 2002, sentenced to four years imprisonment, including two years of probation.{{cite web |url=http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101427352-vengeance-hard-dans-le-milieu-porno/ |title=Vengeance hard dans le milieu porno |last1=PEYRET |first1=Emmanuèle |date=10 October 2002 |work=Libération |access-date=7 July 2014 |language=French |trans-title=Hard revenge in porn business |archive-date=16 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316220152/http://www.liberation.fr/societe/0101427352-vengeance-hard-dans-le-milieu-porno/ |url-status=dead }}
After their release, the Baras, unemployed and heavily indebted, lived from welfare benefits. They eventually settled in Ariège, where Céline Bara found occasional work as a stripper.[http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2009/04/13/591261-Celine-l-actrice-X-de-Belesta.html Céline, l'actrice X de Bélesta], La Dépêche du midi, 13 avril 2009 They eventually started shooting new pornographic videos, which they distributed for free on their website.[http://leplus.nouvelobs.com/contribution/555681-moi-celine-bara-actrice-porno-et-communiste-je-me-presente-aux-legislatives.html Moi, Céline Bara, actrice porno et communiste, je me présente aux législatives], LePlusNouvelObs, 21 May 2012[http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/06/11/1374856-celine-bara-c-etait-une-campagne-dure.html Pour l'actrice X Céline Bara, "c'était une campagne dure"], La Dépêche du midi, 11 June 2012 Céline Bara published in 2007 an autobiographical book, La Sodomite, co-authored with her husband. In 2011, she was portrayed by her husband in a hentai-style comic featuring BDSM themes.[http://www.hotvideo.fr/content/news/016750/le-kamasutra-selon-celine-bara/ Le Kâma-sûtra selon Céline Bara] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328023624/http://www.hotvideo.fr/content/news/016750/le-kamasutra-selon-celine-bara/ |date=28 March 2012 }}, Hot Vidéo, 25 February 2011
In 2012, after applying unsuccessfully to the French Communist Party and the New Anticapitalist Party for candidacy in the legislative elections, Céline Bara and her husband created their own political party, a far left group called the Antitheist and Libertine Movement, of which themselves and a friend were the only three members. She then ran for parliament in Ariège on an "anti-capitalist" and "anti-religious" platform, presenting herself as a communist and "neo-stalinist" candidate. Her husband was also her running mate. Her candidacy attracted the French media's attention, thanks also to a program which included banning all religions, defending LGBT rights, legalizing drugs and sterilizing disabled people at birth.[https://www.streetpress.com/sujet/33813-legislatives-9-listes-extravagantes Législatives: 9 listes extravagantes], StreetPress, 18 May 2012[http://www.francetvinfo.fr/france/celine-bara-une-star-du-x-qui-se-verrait-bien-deputee_95983.html Céline Bara, une star du X qui se verrait bien députée], France télévisions info, 16 May 2012 She eventually received 1.58% of the votes in Ariège.[http://www.lexpress.fr/resultats-elections/legislatives-2012-ariege-1ere-circonscription_337633.html L'express, résultats législatives Ariège]
In September 2012, Céline Bara announced that she was putting an end to her career as a porn performer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.x-intime.com/article,Celine-Bara-fin-de-carriere,673.html |title=X-intime : Céline Bara fin de carrière |access-date=5 March 2013 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728164423/http://www.x-intime.com/article,Celine-Bara-fin-de-carriere,673.html |url-status=dead }}
On 8 February 2013 she was declared ineligible for a period of three years by the Constitutional Council of France for not having deposited her campaign returns.{{Cite web |url=http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2013/2012-4756-an/decision-n-2012-4756-an-du-08-fevrier-2013.135928.html |title=Décision du Conseil Constitutionnel |access-date=5 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211154126/http://www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/conseil-constitutionnel/francais/les-decisions/acces-par-date/decisions-depuis-1959/2013/2012-4756-an/decision-n-2012-4756-an-du-08-fevrier-2013.135928.html |archive-date=11 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}
Autobiography
- 2007 : La Sodomite,[https://books.google.com/books?id=XPfe-lSeK5wC&q=la+sodomite La Sodomite] co-authored with Cyrille Bara ({{ISBN|978-2-9530330-0-7}})
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.celinebara.com}}
- [http://mal.celinebara.eu/ MAL website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108092433/http://mal.celinebara.eu/ |date=8 January 2017 }}
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