Melissa Lauren was born on October 16, 1984 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. She is a French pornographic actress and director. Lauren started off studying as a cook for three years and worked for a year in a fine food restaurant Paris as a pastry chef. After reading an ad in a newspaper from a French director, Lauren began filming six days later, in June of 2003. In November 2006, Lauren stated that she would stop performing in heterosexual pornographic scenes, and instead would focus more on directing pornographic films. She would continue to perform with women, in solo scenes, and in photo shoots. She had already directed several films.