Manuela Falorni (born 20 May 1959), best known as Venere Bianca (), is an Italian model, pornographic actress and author.

Career

Born in

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, Falorni started her career in 1979, entering the

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pageant in which she was awarded "Miss Toscana". Then, she started a successful career as a glamour and

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. In 1993 she started working as a strip teaser and hosting the TV-show ''TopClub'', the following year she joined the agency "

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" and made her adult film debut. In 2001 she was nominated at Hot D'Or as best actress for ''Doom Fighter'', a porn parody of ''

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''. In 2005 she published her first novel, ''Di là dal fosso'', and in 2010 she published her autobiography, ''E se andassi in paradiso''; the same year she announced her retirement. In 2012 Falorni starred in the music video for the song "Odio i vivi" by rock songwriter Edda.

Personal life

Falorni was a protagonist of gossip columns, mainly for her tumultuous marriage with ex-European welter-weight boxing champion

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, and for the legal battle for the custody of their son, Antonio. From 2004 Falorni is married to composer Franco Ciani, well known for a previous marriage with the singer

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bianca, Venere 1953 births Living people People from Fucecchio Actresses from Tuscany Italian pornographic film actresses 21st-century Italian novelists Italian female models 21st-century Italian women writers 21st-century Italian actresses