In Loving Memory of Karen Lancaume (a.k.a.: Karine Bach)

Born January 19, 1973 - Passed Away January 28, 2005

This memorial website was created in the memory of Karen Lancaume , born in Lyon, Occitanie on January 19, 1973 and passed away on January 28, 2005 at 32 years of age.

Karen Lancaume (born Karine Bach, January 19, 1973 – January 28, 2005) was a French pornographic film actress. She appeared in over 83 pornographic films between 1996 and 2000, all but one being on video. She starred as Nadine in the 2000 film, Baise-moi, a mainstream film in which she performed unsimulated penetration and fellatio. She was a nominee for the Best French Actress Hot d'Or in March 2000.

Karine Bach was born in the suburbs of Lyon, France, into a wealthy family. Her father was German and her mother was Moroccan. She spent her childhood in the Lyon countryside and completed her studies in communications.

She stated 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, a disc jockey, whom she married. The couple divorced in 1997.

Lancaume committed suicide on 28 January 2005, by taking an overdose of temazepam and alcohol, in her ex-boyfriend's apartment in Paris, France. She was 32.