Andrea Absolonová

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Andrea Absolonová (26 December 1976 – 9 December 2004), also known by the pseudonym Lea De Mae, was a Czech diver and a member of the Czech high diving national team, later an adult model and pornographic actress. She died from brain cancer on 9 December 2004, at the age of 27.

Biography

Born in Czechoslovakia, Absolonová became a member of the Czech high diving national team, along with her younger sister Lucie (born 5 March 1979).<ref name="respekt" /> She injured her spine when she was 20 years old in an accident when training for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, diving from the 10m platform.<ref name="voir">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She recovered from her injury, but did not qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her problems persisted, so she retired from professional sports.<ref name=NedelniSvet/>

Absolonová was later persuaded by a photographer to pose nude and eventually to participate in the adult film industry.<ref name=Blesk>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Blesk, 29 October 2006. Archived on Lea De Mae official site Template:Webarchive. Retrieved 2 October 2007.</ref><ref name=NedelniSvet>"A life like a jump from a tower" Template:Webarchive, English translation of Czech article from Nedělní avět, 23 July 2006. Lea De Mae official site. Retrieved 2 October 2007.</ref>

As Lea De Mae, she appeared in over 80 adult films.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She first appeared on American screens in a series of features for Private Media Group. She eventually returned to Europe, shooting more films, but after a short time returned to the United States.

Absolonová was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer in July 2004.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Fans and fellow porn actors contributed to a medical fund set up for her in Prague, but she died on 9 December 2004 at the age of 27.<ref name=AVN20041209>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Feature film

Her Body (Template:Langx) is a Czech-Slovak film by documentary filmmaker Natália Císařovská. It is her debut feature film.<ref name="ceu">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The film is a dramatization of Absolonová's life story.<ref name="respekt">Template:Cite news</ref> The film was supported by the State Cinematography Fund and the SK Audiovisual Fund.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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