Zara Whites
Dutch pornographic actress and political activist
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Esther Kooiman (born 1968[2]), known professionally as Zara Whites, is a French-Dutch environmental activist and former pornographic film actress.[3][4][1]
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 Whites in 2019 | |
| Born | 1968 (age 57–58) |
Early life
Whites was born in Rotterdam in 1968.[2] She dropped out of school at an early age and moved in with her boyfriend when she was 17. In her late teens she worked as a barmaid and at the age of 19, as a prostitute in two men's clubs in Rotterdam.
Pornographic film career
Whites appeared in 27 pornographic films in the 1990s, taking her stage name from White's, a brothel in Rotterdam.[2] In 1992, Whites was briefly married to Italian porn actor Roberto Malone and reoriented her career towards non-sex roles in soft core with a French TV series for M6, Joy. In 1998, she made a comeback with a lesbian hardcore movie, La Dresseuse, directed by Alain Payet.
Environmental activism
She has appeared in various French TV programmes on issues such as the legislative election and vegetarian cuisine.[citation needed]
In 2006, Whites published her autobiography, titled Je suis Zara Whites mais je me soigne ("I am Zara Whites but I'm taking care of myself").[5]
She was nominated for the French electoral campaign of 2007 under the name Esther Spincer.[2] In May 2011, she became national secretary of the green political party Independent Ecological Alliance (AEI).[4]
Publications
- Zara Whites: Ma vie et mes fantasmes (in French). JC Lattès. 1992. ISBN 978-2-7096-1147-3.
- With Ludovic Menguy: Je suis Zara Whites mais je me soigne (in French). Paris: J.-C. Gawsewitch. 2006. ISBN 978-2-35013-054-5.
