Vanessa Demouy (born 5 April 1973 in Moulins, France) is an actress and model. She began modeling at age seventeen and later crossed over into film and television.She is primarily known for her role as Linda in a French sitcom Models in Paradise (Coeurs caraïbes). She was also the third model for Lara Croft coming after Rhona Mitra and before Nell McAndrew.
On her modeling start as a teen: "My mother, who directs the modeling agency Beauties Of Paris, did not wish me to choose this work. So it was against the wishes of my parents."
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Exotic-looking French actress as well known for her modeling as she is for her career in film and television.
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Auditioned for the role of Lara Croft in Tomb Raider but lost out to Angelina Jolie.
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Named as "Sexiest on TV" by British Maxim magazine in 1997.