Dany Verissimo

Her 2013 performance in the play D.A.F. Marquis de Sade, based on the life of the legendary writer and directed by Nicolas Briançon, won critical accolades.

Verissimo played a recurring role in the TV series Maison Close, broadcast on Canal+ from 2010 to 2013.

She starred in the 2009 comedy drama film Shot List, written and directed by Joe LiTrenta, as Chicken, her first English-language role.

In 2006, she appeared in 'ELLE's "Cannes Special Edition". That same year, she was cast in the film Gradiva, directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. The film was shown out of competition at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.

In 2002 Verissimo had her first non-erotic film role, as an extra in So Long Mister Monroe and she made an appearance on an episode of the French police drama Brigade des mineurs. In 2004, she was cast as Lola in the film District 13 (Banlieue 13), produced by Luc Besson.

At the time, she used the stage name Ally Mac Tyana, which was a play on Ally McBeal and her second name, Malalatiana. She worked in the French porn industry from 2001 to 2002, with all of her adult pictures either directed or produced by Root.

Dany Verissimo (born 27 June 1982), is a French actress and model. She originally worked from 2001 to 2002 as a pornographic actress under the stage name Ally Mac Tyana before starting a mainstream career. She also uses the name Dany Verissimo-Petit.