Monique Covet
Monique Covet (born July 14, 1976 in Hungary ) is a Hungarian porn actress . She has been working as an actress in the porn industry since 1995. Her original family name is Monika Visi . The surname Cancellieri , often used as an alternative on the Internet , is an alias used by the production company Private in the first years of their career. Her family name was changed by the Hungarian authorities responsible for this at her request in the 2000s, because she had fallen out with her immediate family and no longer wanted to use her original family name.
Personal background and early career
At the age of 16, Covet was already working as a model in Budapest . According to her own account, her career as a porn actress started rather by accident when she was 18 years old. When she arrived in Paris , where she expected another routine job as a model, her manager recommended her for a casting for the production company Private , where she met the director Pierre Woodman . Her own statement: “You offered me a leading role because, according to you, I had the potential to become a star. I am one of those people who try anything that arouses their interest. Everyone was very friendly to me, so I accepted. "
She shot her first scene on a yacht in Sydney Bay (the scene can be found in Private Video Magazine 21 , for example ). From 1995 to 1998, Monique Covét lived in Germany, where she had a contract with the German porn label "Helen Duval". Originally this company was aimed at the actress Helen Duval by the German producer Oliver Chez . After differences between the two, Duval was replaced by Monique Covét and the company continued to produce films under the "Helen Duval" label. As a result, Covét became known in Germany as Helen Duval even after a short time, although she never actively used the name herself. This collaboration also ended in 1998. That year, Covét also starred in the first video in the Private Media Group's “Pirate Video Deluxe - Xtreme Desires” series . Covét appeared in three out of five scenes, and after the film was shot, the first actress ever to be signed to an exclusive contract with Private.
Pirate Video Deluxe 1: Xtreme Desires was also the beginning of the collaboration between Monique Covét and the London director Tanya Hyde, who had made a name for herself particularly in the hardcore fetish area. Films from this phase of Covét's career are e.g. For example: Pirate Video Deluxe 5: Tanya Hyde's Twisted Dreams (1999), Pirate Video Deluxe 7: Tanya Hyde's London Calling (2000), Pirate Video Deluxe 10: Hell, Whores and High Heels (2000) and Pirate Video Deluxe 13: Tanya Hyde's Rubberfuckers Rule (2000). In 2001 she was named best European actress by Venus Berlin .
The later career and life after private
After Monique Covet ended the collaboration with Private in 2001, she withdrew for a year to devote herself to sports activities and obtaining a driver's license. In 2003 she signed a contract with Boss Films . That same year she starred in her first film Shining sex, shot for the company . In 2004 Monique Covét decided to retire from the erotic business as an actress, to which she however remained in principle connected. She appears at corresponding shows and events, and is medial, v. a. present in her home country Hungary. The few videos that Covét made in the period after 2004 are all short clips or softcore productions.
Covet attended a business school in Hungary before or during her career as a model, speaks four languages (Hungarian, Italian, English and German) and lives alternately in Hungary, Italy and Ireland, countries with which she says she has a special affinity feels. For professional reasons, Monique Covét traveled a lot, especially in Europe. Monique gave up riding as a hobby after a serious riding accident in 2005. The accident resulted in two years of therapy. Her interests and activities include diving and ancient Egyptian cultural history. Covét describes himself as bisexual. In 2015 Monique Covét graduated from the Roman School of Fashion and Design “Academia Del Lusso” with a diploma. She has since pursued a career in fashion.
In 2015 Monique Covét was named one of the 5 most legendary and formative porn actresses of the past 50 years in the film Best of Private 50th Anniversary , which was released on the occasion of the company's 50th anniversary in November 2015.
Awards
- 1998: Pirate Girl of the Year Award
- 2001: Venus Award : Best Actress Europe
- 2002: Venus Award : Best Actress Eastern Europe (shared with Rita Faltoyano )
- 2004: Festival International de l'Erotisme Brussels 2004: Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2004: Berlin Erotic Film Festival: Jury Actress Award
Filmography (selection)
- Amanda Diary 4 (2001)
- Amanda Diary 5 (2001)
- Dream Factory (2002)
- Erica (2000)
- Helen versus Helen (1999)
- Hell, Whores and High Heels (2001)
- Hot Spice Girls (1997)
- Monique Covet (2001)
- Private XXX 12 (1999)
- Private XXX 4 (1999)
- Rocco never say never 1 (2001)
- Rubberfuckers Rule (2001)
- Tanya Hyde's London calling (2000)
- Tanya Hyde's Twisted Dreams (1999)
- The Gigolo (1995)
- The Tower 1 (1995)
- The Tower 2 (1995)
- The Tower 3 (1995)
- The best by private 15 (1999)
- The best by Private 16 (1999)
- The splendor of hell (2001)
- Triple X 3 (1995)
- Triple X 4 (1995)
- Video Magazine 21 (1995)
- Video Magazine 24 (1995)
- Video Magazine 25 (1995)
- Video Magazine 26 (1995)
- Xtreme desires (1999)
Individual evidence
Web links
- Monika Cancellieri in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Monique Covet in the European Girls Adult Film Database
- Monique Covet in the Internet Adult Film Database (English)
- Official Homepage (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Covet, Monique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cancellieri, Monika; Visi, Monika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian porn actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hungary |