Laure Sainclair

{{short description|French former adult film actress (born 1972)}}

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Laure Sainclair ({{IPA|fr|lɔʁ sɛ̃klɛːʁ}}; born 24 April 1972) is a French former adult film actress.

Sainclair first worked as a model for nude photography. She eventually met pornographic actresses at an adult entertainment convention in Rennes, and decided to try her hand at the sex industry. She worked for a time as a stripper, then made her first adult film in 1995, a semi-amateur production titled Maud s'offre à toi. Her first experience was a negative one but she eventually met producer Marc Dorcel who made her his first contract performer.{{cite web|url=http://www.adultfilmdatabase.com/actor/laure-sainclair-875/|title=Laure Sainclair at Adult Film Database|publisher=Adultfilmdatabase.com|accessdate=3 June 2014}} and "brand ambassador".[http://www.strategies.fr/actualites/marques/r3329W/comment-marc-dorcel-est-devenu-le-prince-du-x.html Comment Marc Dorcel est devenu le prince du X], Stratégies, 20 July 1998 Sainclair went on to be the most popular adult film actress in France during the second half of the 1990s.

She won several awards in Europe and also made a small number of films in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://blog.dorcel.com/1460--laure-sainclair-ses-films-x-sur-dorcel-vision-en-promotion.html |title=Laure Sainclair: ses films X sur Dorcel Vision en promotion|date=7 November 2008|publisher=Dorcel.com|language=French|accessdate=23 November 2008}} She received Hot d'Or Awards for Best European Starlet in 1996 and for Best European Actress in 1997{{cite web|url=http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30:ceremonies&catid=2:archives&Itemid=4 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225215905/http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30%3Aceremonies&catid=2%3Aarchives&Itemid=4 |title=Cérémonies |archivedate=25 February 2014 |work=hot-dor.fr |accessdate=6 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} and 1998[http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 5ème cérémonie des Hot d'Or] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035017/http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 |date=16 March 2014 }} (for Les Nuits de la Présidente – Video Marc Dorcel).{{cite web|title=Hot d'Or |publisher=hotdor.org |url=http://www.hotdor.org |accessdate=2 October 2007 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175222/http://www.hotdor.org/ |archivedate=27 September 2007 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.hotdor.org/hot-dor-1998-winners.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825141007/http://www.hotdor.org/hot-dor-1998-winners.htm |archivedate=25 August 2007|title=Hot d'Or 1998 Winners|date=25 August 2007|url-status=usurped |accessdate=18 May 2014}}

In 1999, after her contract with Dorcel ended, she left the sex industry, and later entirely disavowed her adult film career.[http://www.ina.fr/video/I08213923 « Interview biographie de Laure Sainclair »], Tout le monde en parle, 17 November 2001. She tried to reinvent herself as a singer, but without success.[http://www.lesinrocks.com/2010/08/29/cinema/special-sexe-que-deviennent-les-stars-du-x-1126902/ Spécial sexe : Que deviennent les stars du X ?], Les Inrockuptibles, 29 August 2010 In 2012, she sued her former music producer, who had also been her life partner, for rape and domestic abuse.[http://www.leparisien.fr/actualite-people-medias/laure-sainclair-ex-star-du-x-accuse-son-ex-compagnon-de-viol-02-02-2012-1842488.php L'ex-compagnon de Laure Sainclair condamné à 18 mois avec sursis], 2 February 2012