Karen Lancaume (19 January 1973 – 28 January 2005) was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in over 40 pornographic films between 1996 and 2002, all but one being on video. She is best known internationally for her role as Nadine in the controversial 2000 film, Baise-moi, a mainstream film in which she performed unsimulated penetration and fellatio.
She was born Karen Bach in the suburbs of Lyon, France, into a wealthy family. Her father was French and her mother was of Moroccan origin. She spent her childhood in the Lyon countryside and completed her studies in communications.
She declared that she had her first sexual experience at the age of 17, just before embarking on her university course and that she worked weekends at a nightclub to pay for her studies. At the nightclub she met Franck Ceronne, the disc jockey, whom she married. The couple divorced in 1997.
She was a nominee for the Best French Actress Hot d'Or in 2000. Her screen name is a pun on Lancôme.
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