Drakaina

Infobox actor
name = Drakaina


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caption = Drakaina in "Fearerotic art by Ariock", 2006
birthdate = Birth date and age|1975|8|28|mf=y
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location = Vincennes, France
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spouse = Ariock

Drakaina (IPA2|dra.ˈka.ena) (born August 28, 1975) is a French actress and model.

Biography

Early life

Drakaina was born in Vincennes, France. Her father, Gilles, is a retired restaurant owner and her mother, Catherine, is a breeder of Pyrenean Mountain Dogs. Drakaina began her acting career after being spotted in a club. Beforehand, she had been working as a receptionist and been a model for an international hair product company CAPIRELAX as well as a Fantasy art Model working with many international painters and comic book artists.

Career

Since 2001, Drakaina has appeared in a number of both French magazines which include Playboy, Verites, Khimairia, New Look, as well as television/radio productions TF1, Europe1, France3, and comedy. She became Ariock's spokesmodel and has been recognized as France's first ever [http://www.drakaina.com/fam_us.htm Fantasy art model] . She had a supporting role in the 2001 TV film, "Sa mère la pute". In August 2006, Drakaina relocated to Canada were she is now pursuing her acting career.

Drakaina has been Ariock's spokesmodel since 2001. She also appeared in the 2006 Heavy Metal calendar as a December angel by Lorenzo Sperlonga. She is also working with Ariock and Spanish comic artist Mike Ratera on a comic book based on her character. She has also recently been approached by Red Sky Comics to portray the comic book character Warrior Queen.

Additionally, She was approached in February 2006 by PETA France to become one of their official spokesmodels.

Currently, she is working on the "Outlander" (2007) set starring James Caviezel and Jack Huston [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462465/] .

Personal life

Drakaina lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she recently relocated in 2006 from Avignon, France to pursue her acting and modeling career . She enjoys walking in the woods, spending time with her dog, computer designs, reading comics and cooking. Today, she is living with French artist and concept designer Ariock, whom she met in 2001 when he was looking for his spokesmodel and their shiba inu Beltane.

elected Appearances

Interviews

* [http://www.aliens-cafe.com/book_drakaina_1.htm Interview, 2006, Aliens Café]
* [http://www.fantasymagazine.it/notizie/3214/ Article on Drakaina, from "Fantasy Magazine », italy]

Trivia

*About the name, Drakaina, it means she dragon in Greek and it came up while Ariock and Drakaina were talking about Echidna, the mother of all monsters : he mentionned that she was a "Drakaina", and she instantly knew that it would be her name... --from Drakaina's official biography--
* Drakaina is a registered trademark belonging to Drakaina since 2001

External links

*imdb name|id=2464135|name=Drakaina
* [http://drakaina.com The first and only official Drakaina website since 2001]
* [http://drakaina.com/blog Drakaina's diary]
* [http://drakaina.ptibook.com Drakaina Fantasy of desires - The artbook]

External videos

* [http://drakaina.com/IMVFINAL.wmv "Drakaina: first ever Fantasy art Model from France", French documentary on Drakaina, TF1, 2005]
* [http://drakaina.com/smlp.wmv Extract from the french movie Sa mere la pute]