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French pornographic actress, director, author and sex educator

Ovidie Ovidie in 2014 Born (1980-08-25) 25 August 1980 (age 45)[1][2] Lille, France[1] Height 5 ft 9.25 in (1.76 m) Website http://www.metronews.fr/blog/ovidie/

**Ovidie** is a French [director](/source/Film_director),[1] actress, producer, journalist, former [porn actress](/source/Pornographic_film_actor) and a writer.[2] First known as a porn actress from 1999 to 2003, she has since directed [pornographic films](/source/Pornographic_films) as well as [documentaries](/source/Documentaries) and has written several books.[2]

## Overview

Ovidie refused to give her real name to the press.[3] Her parents are liberals from "a good family background" who were teachers in 2003.[3] She was married; her husband left a teaching position at the [University of Paris](/source/University_of_Paris) to edit a pornographic magazine.[3] They later divorced, but her job was not a factor in the divorce.[4]

Ovidie has denied entering the [pornography](/source/Pornography) industry for either sex or money, describing herself as middle class.[5] Her involvement in [dance](/source/Dance) and [choreography](/source/Choreography), and her interest in expression of the human body, played a part in attracting her to the industry.[5]

At the time she became a pornographic actress, she described herself as a "[very active militant feminist](/source/Radical_feminist)".[5] She first viewed pornography to get a sense of the injustice that was being perpetrated on female industry workers. She found herself surprised when female porn stars, who she once felt sorry for, impressed her with their powerful sexual images. Wanting to attain this same kind of sexual strength, which seemed compatible with feminist ideals, she began acting in pornographic films.[5] She told *The Times Magazine* "I am interested in these sort of experiences not just because I am perverse, which as you have seen I can be when I want to be. No, it's because not everyone can achieve them."[3]

During her active career as pornographic performer, she rarely did [anal sex](/source/Anal_sex) scenes, and she required her partners to use a [condom](/source/Condom) in every role except her first.[4]

Ovidie was an active porn performer until 2003, when she was featured in the porn/mainstream crossover film *[All About Anna](/source/All_About_Anna)*.[2] She has also been active as a porn director, both during her years as a performer and afterward. After only one year of performing, her first film as a director, *Orgie en Noir* (2000), was produced by [Marc Dorcel](/source/Marc_Dorcel). Since then, she has directed a number of women-friendly videos for Marc Dorcel, Blue One, VCommunications, and Canal +. She is considered as a specialist of porn made by women, for women.[6] Until 2005, she owned a [sex shop](/source/Sex_shop) that catered to women only.[4] In May 2008, she started directing videos for the sex education channel FrenchLover TV.[2][7] As of 12 March 2011[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ovidie&action=edit), she was FrenchLover TV's Program Director.[2][8] She also used to host a weekly talk show on the channel.[9]

She left the company FrechLover TV in October 2015 to focus on her career as a journalist.[10] She has worked for [Radio France](/source/Radio_France), [Council of the European Union](/source/Council_of_the_European_Union), [France 2](/source/France_2), and [Canal +](/source/Canal%2B_(French_TV_channel)). She has also been a columnist for French newspaper [Metronews](/source/Metronews) since December 2012.

In 2002, she published her first book, *Porno Manifesto*,[2] which she said she wrote because she was angry about the ignorance about pornography.[4] She wrote 11 books, most of them about female sexuality (*Osez découvrir le point G*, *La sexualité féminine de A à Z*[11]...), but also about pregnancy (*Osez l'amour durant la grossesse*), philosophy (*Sexe Philo*),[12] and Punk Rock (*Metal Urbain : a good hippie is a dead one*). She said that she only studied philosophy so that she could understand porn; her 2012 book *Sexe Philo* was written in collaboration with philosophy Ph.D. Francis Métivier [(fr)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_M%C3%A9tivier).

Francis Métivier

In 2006, she started writing and directing political documentaries. In November 2011, her movie *Rhabillage*,[13] produced by French director [Jean-Jacques Beineix](/source/Jean-Jacques_Beineix),[2] was aired on French national television [France 2](/source/France_2) with 6 million viewers.[14] In 2015 she directed *À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles ?*,[15] a documentary about the sexuality of millennials aired on France 2. Her 2018 documentary *Là où les putains n'existent pas* deals with the case of the murdered Swedish prostitute and activist [Eva Marree Kullander Smith](/source/Eva_Marree_Kullander_Smith).

Ovidie is a devout [vegan](/source/Vegan) and a campaigner for [animal rights](/source/Animal_rights).[3]

## Filmography

Ovidie has appeared in mainstream movies, such as *[Mortel Transfert](/source/Mortel_Transfert)* (2001) by Jean-Jacques Beineix[2] and *[Le Pornographe](/source/Le_Pornographe)* (*The Pornographer,* 2001) by [Bertrand Bonello](/source/Bertrand_Bonello).[3][4] In the latter film, she performs an [unsimulated sex scene](/source/Unsimulated_sex_in_film).

She also appears in the 2005 [Danish](/source/Denmark) film *[All About Anna](/source/All_About_Anna)*, produced by [Lars von Trier](/source/Lars_von_Trier)'s[2] [Zentropa](/source/Zentropa), where she performed explicit and unsimulated [oral sex](/source/Cunnilingus) on mainstream actress/singer [Gry Bay](/source/Gry_Bay); in a twist typical of Zentropa films, she is the only porn star in the film's cast, yet stands out as she does not appear nude in the film (only Gry Bay is undressed during their [sex scene](/source/Sex_in_film)).

She also starred in the 2007 [Jean Rollin](/source/Jean_Rollin) film *[La nuit des horloges](/source/La_nuit_des_horloges)*, and in 2014 she appeared in *[Saint-Amour](/source/Saint-Amour_(film))*, directed by [Benoît Delépine](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Del%C3%A9pine) and [Gustave Kervern](/source/Gustave_Kervern), with [Benoît Poelvoorde](/source/Beno%C3%AEt_Poelvoorde) and [Gérard Depardieu](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Depardieu).

Ovidie directed the 2017 documentary ["Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals"](https://javafilms.fr/film/pornocracy-the-new-sex-multinationals/), about the transformation of the adult film industry into an oligopoly.

## Music

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Ovidie has also been active in musical circles, organizing underground concerts within [France](/source/France) for [martial](/source/Martial_industrial) musicians such as [Dernière Volonté](/source/Derni%C3%A8re_Volont%C3%A9), Position Parallèle, and others. In 2006, she directed 8 music videos for French electro punk band [Metal Urbain](/source/Metal_Urbain). In 2009, Ovidie directed and performed in a [music video](/source/Music_video) by the German [electronic rock](/source/Electronic_rock)/[glam rock](/source/Glam_rock) band The World Domination.

In 2012, she wrote, with French punk rocker Eric Debris, *Metal Urbain: a good hippie is a dead one* which has a preface by American punk rocker [Jello Biafra](/source/Jello_Biafra).

## Titles and awards

During five years in the porn business, Ovidie appeared in more than 60 movies[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] and received seven awards:

- Bruxelles 2001[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- 2001 [Hot d'Or](/source/Hot_d'Or) Award - Hot d'Or d'honneur and Best Original Screenplay (*Orgie en noir* - writer)[16]

- Bruxelles 2002[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- 2002 [Ninfa Award](/source/Ninfa_Award) - Best Actress (Public)[17]

- Bruxelles 2003[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

- 2004 [European X Award](/source/Brussels_International_Festival_of_Eroticism) nominee - Best Actress (France)[18]

- 2009 Hot d'Or Honorary Award[16][19]

- 2013 [Feminist Porn Award](/source/Feminist_Porn_Award) - Movie of the Year

- 2014 [Feminist Porn Award](/source/Feminist_Porn_Award) - Best Director

## Bibliography

- ——— (2002). *Porno Manifesto* (in French). Paris: Flammarion. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-08-068344-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-08-068344-1).

- ——— (2004). *In Sex We Trust: Backstage* (in French). Photographs by Hugo. Paris: La Musardine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-84271-202-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-84271-202-0).

- ——— (2006). *Osez… tourner votre film X* [*Dare to turn your movie… X*] (in French). Paris: La Musardine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-84271-282-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-84271-282-2).

- ——— (2007). *Osez découvrir le point G* [*Dare to discover the G spot*] (in French). Le Grand Livre du Mois. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-286-03040-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-286-03040-7).

- ——— (2007). [*Osez l'amour pendant la grossesse*](https://archive.org/details/osezlamourpendan0000ovid) [*Dare to love during pregnancy*] (in French). La Musardine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-84271-298-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-84271-298-3).

- ——— (2008). *Osez les sextoys* [*Dare Sex Toys*] (in French). La Musardine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-84271-275-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-84271-275-4).

- ——— (2010). *La sexualité féminine de A à Z* [*Female sexuality: A to Z*] (in French). La Musardine. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-84271-446-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-84271-446-8).

- ——— (2012). *Sexe Philo* [*Sex Philo*] (in French). Editions Bréal. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-7495-3103-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-7495-3103-8).

- ——— (Sep 2012). *Metal Urbain : un bon hippie est un hippie mort* [*Metal Urbain : a good hippie is a dead one*] (in French). Camion Blanc.

- ——— (2013). *Histoires inavouables* (in French). Editions Delcourt.

- ——— (2016). *Osez être une maman sexy* (in French). Editions La Musardine.

- ——— (2017). *Libres ! Manifeste pour s'affranchir des diktats sexuels* (in French). Éditions Delcourt.

- ——— (2024). *Assise, debout, couchée !* (in French). Editions J.-C. Lattès.

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## External links

- [Ovidie](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653994/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Ovidie](https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=Ovidie/gender=female) at the [Internet Adult Film Database](/source/Internet_Adult_Film_Database)

- [Ovidie](https://www.egafd.com/actresses/details.php/id/o0013) at the European Girls Adult Film Database

- [Ovidie](https://www.adultfilmdatabase.com/actor.cfm?actorid=25446) at the [Adult Film Database](/source/Adult_Film_Database)

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