PORNOGRAPHIC ACTORS from France

Top 8

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Pornographic Actors of all time. This list of famous French Pornographic Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Lolo Ferrari (1963 - 2000)

With an HPI of 58.69, Lolo Ferrari is the most famous French Pornographic Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 38 different languages on wikipedia.

Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000), was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world". She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the French Guinness Book of World Records in 1996 and 1999. Her death in 2000 was ruled a suicide.

2. Manuel Ferrara (b. 1975)

With an HPI of 49.76, Manuel Ferrara is the 2nd most famous French Pornographic Actor.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

Manuel Jeannin (French pronunciation: [manɥɛl ʒanɛ̃]; born 1 November 1975), known professionally as Manuel Ferrara, is a French-American adult entertainer and director. One of the leading actors in the porn industry, Ferrara has won over 64 adult industry awards including six AVN Awards as Male Performer of the Year—the record for the accolade, and was inducted into the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame.

3. Karen Lancaume (1973 - 2005)

With an HPI of 48.49, Karen Lancaume is the 3rd most famous French Pornographic Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Karen Lancaume (born Karine Bach, 19 January 1973 – 28 January 2005) was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in over 83 pornographic films between 1996 and 2000. She starred as Nadine in the 2000 film, Baise-moi, a mainstream film in which she performed unsimulated penetration and fellatio. She was a nominee for the Best French Actress Hot d'Or in March 2000.

4. Céline Tran (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 48.39, Céline Tran is the 4th most famous French Pornographic Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Céline Tran (born 9 April 1979) is a French actress, writer, martial artist, blogger, and former pornographic actress, previously known under the stage name Katsuni, and before that Katsumi. She started her adult film career in 2001, working first in France, then in the United States. She received numerous awards in the course of the adult career, most notably the AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year which she has won three times. She retired from pornography in 2013 and returned to France to pursue a career in mainstream entertainment under her real name. Tran has appeared in films such as the French comedy Porn in the Hood (2012), and Cambodian action film Jailbreak (2017). She also released an autobiography, Ne dis pas que tu aimes ça, in 2018.

5. Tabatha Cash (b. 1973)

With an HPI of 41.78, Tabatha Cash is the 5th most famous French Pornographic Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Tabatha Cash (born 27 December 1973) is a French former pornographic actress and currently the editor in chief of France's Hot Vidéo magazine as well as the head of the Hot Video group.

6. Coralie Trinh Thi (b. 1976)

With an HPI of 41.12, Coralie Trinh Thi is the 6th most famous French Pornographic Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Coralie Trinh Thi (born 11 April 1976) is a French former pornographic actress, also known for writing and directing with Virginie Despentes the film Baise-moi (2000). During her career as a porn performer, she was generally just credited as Coralie. She won a Hot d'Or Award for Best European Actress in 1996, and she received a Hot d'Or Honorary Award in 2009. She acted in the Gaspar Noé-directed short film Sodomites that was made as a safe-sex promo for French television in the late 1990s.

7. François Sagat (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 41.00, François Sagat is the 7th most famous French Pornographic Actor.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

François Sagat (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa saɡa]; born June 5, 1979) is a French male gay pornographic film actor, model and director.

8. Céline Bara (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 40.82, Céline Bara is the 8th most famous French Pornographic Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Céline Bara, née Céline Szumigay, (9 September 1978) is a French retired pornographic film actress.