1. Eva Ionesco was born on 18 July 1965 and is a French actress and filmmaker.
16 Facts About Eva Ionesco
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Eva Ionesco is the daughter of photographer Irina Ionesco and came to international prominence as a child model after being featured in her mother's works.
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Eva Ionesco's parents separated when she was 3 at which point Ionesco became estranged from her father.
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In 1977 her mother lost custody of her and Eva Ionesco lived for a time with the parents of footwear designer Christian Louboutin who had already left home.
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Eva Ionesco was in and out of various foster homes until an older boyfriend of hers took custody of her at the age of 16.
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At the age of 5, Eva Ionesco became her mother's favorite photo model.
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Irina Ionesco's erotic photographs of her young daughter Eva have been a source of controversy since they first appeared in the 1970s.
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Eva Ionesco is the youngest model ever to appear in a Playboy nude pictorial, since she was featured at age 11 in the October 1976 issue of the Italian edition of the magazine in a set by Bourboulon.
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Eva Ionesco appeared on the cover page of Der Spiegel at the age of 12 completely nude.
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Eva Ionesco made her film debut at the age of 11 in 1976, playing a child in Roman Polanski's film The Tenant.
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Eva Ionesco claimed her story served as inspiration for Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby.
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Eva Ionesco again paired with Isabelle Huppert for her next film, Golden Youth, about a young couple in Paris who begin to spend time with a much older and wealthier couple.
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In 2017 Eva Ionesco released her first book, Innocence, which dealt with her fractured relationship with her father.
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Since the time in which her mother lost custody of her for repeatedly photographing or allowing Eva Ionesco to be photographed by others completely nude, Eva Ionesco has been engaged in protracted court battles with her mother to censor and reclaim the images taken of her as a child.
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Eva Ionesco tried three times to sue her mother for emotional distress, and the trial is still going on through various courts in France.
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In 2012 Eva Ionesco sued her mother for taking pornographic photos of her as a child.