Netherlands

Number of pornstars: 73

Currently active : 48 (66%)

Population: 16.8M

Ratio: 4.3

Pornography legalised in: 1975

Geography and economics

The centre of Dutch porn is Rotterdam, located in the South-West (South Holland) of the country. The Netherlands seem to follow, once again, the Lévy-Strauss model : a centre with a relatively high pornstar density (Rotterdam,), surrounded by a circle of areas with a much lower pornstar density, with the the peripheries of the country displaying densities somewhere intermediate between the centre and its first circle. The Netherlands could however be considered an acentred country in the sense that the pornstar density is not that much higher in the centre than in the most peripherical regions, leading to a certain dispersion of the Dutch pornstars all over the territory. 

As for economic determinants, none of the usual variables seem to have any operational value in the Dutch case. Unemployment is by no means correlated (negatively nor positively) with the pornstar density. Neither is regional GDP/capita and median revenues. The explanation for the distribution of the Dutch pornstars thus seems to be solely geographical, even though there is slight positive correlation with the rate of urbanisation. 

Ethnic distribution

The Netherlands dominant model for pornstars is a white brunette, even though the number of blondes is relatively high. The redhead part of pornstars (6%) is, like in most other western countries, much higher than in the population and it is also the only ethnic type, like in many other countries, to have been in constant progress over the last years. The main ethnic minority represented in Dutch porn is the Latin minority (6%), followed by smaller contingents of Black (2%) and Asian (2%) sex performers.

The overall diversity index (chance that two pornstars of different ethnicities perform together) for the Netherlands is 0,13, but amounts to a sturdy 0.61 if white actresses of different hair colours are considered separate ethnicities.

Practices

The Dutch pornstars are #3 in Western Europe, after their Spanish and British counterparts, with an overall score of 16,7, which ranks them #17 out of 26 in the world. The Dutch present a very classic West-European, old-school profile in terms of practices. With the notable exception of Bondage, category in which the Dutch rank #7, the Dutch pornstars are more proeminent in rather classic categories such as Vintage (#6) and Lesbian (#11). In spite of a relatively good ranking in Anal (#11), the Dutch pornstars tend in general not to engage in other "hard" scenes, scoring very low both in Extreme and Hardcore, as well as in number-intense practices such as orgies or gangbangs.

Porn stars

Dutch pornstars are, bodily speaking, somewhere close to the world average, both in terms of boobs and asses. Somewhere just between the big tits and small asses of the Anglo-Saxon pornstars and the voluptous, curvy Southern European pornstars, the Dutch display however a slight preference for bigger tits, where they overseed both the French and the German. 28% of the Dutch pornstars have fake breasts, a relatively low percentage in Western Europe. 

40% of the Dutch pornstars have tatoos, ranking the country a respectable #9 worldwide.

Dutch pornstars go all the way from girl-next-door looks to the siliconed stereotype of a blonde bombshell of a slutty pornstar.

Taylor Sands

Taylor Sands aka. Heidi (on x-art), was born in Amsterdam in 1992. Her filmographic career began in 2014, at age 22, with the release of Education of a Young Maid by French producer Marc Dorcel. She's since starred in 18 films, mostly for Viv Thomas and Marc Dorcel. She's also done 6 scenes for x-art under the nickname "Heidi". She's a rather glamourous pornstar and the releases she stars in are mainly plot-based and high-budget films, such as her debut title or Gambling (2015) by Viv Thomas. She is an upcoming starlet who hasn't yet had the time to diversify her genres, by she's done a fair share of lesbian, boy/girl and solo performances. More recently, she's also done interracial scenes (Blacked, 2015) and anal (Ride me hard, 2014). Her smile, her perky boobs and her cute face are her main assets. She's probably the most promising newcomer in Dutch porn.

Bobbi Eden

Bobbi Eden aka Vixen de Ville, is still the safest value in Dutch porn and probably the Dutch pornstar who has starred in the highest number of films. She was born in The Hague in 1980 and began a softcore career as soon as she turned 18, in 1998, achieving notable fame as a runner-up for Dutch Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2000. Her hardcore career took off in 2002 with 18 and alone in Cleveland by K-Beech productions. She's since appeared in approximately 150 scenes, in most genres, including a great deal of solo performances, lesbian and anal-themed scenes. She's managed to go through all the stages in the career of a pornstar, starting in teen-themed films such as Sorority Babes 2 (2002) and finishing mainly in MILF-centred releases, such as MILFs In Heat 4 (2009). Her career has considerably slowed down since 2011 and she's been concentrating on her solo website BobbiEdenLive.com. She got mainstream media attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, promising blowjobs to the entire Dutch team if they won the competition. She got breast implants after some years in the industry (she's now a 34C). Her career has considerably slowed down since 2011. Bobbi Eden was awarded the Best Actress Award (Benelux) from European X in 2004 and was nominated for an AVN Award for best Solo Site in 2014. 

Chelsey Lanette

Chelsey Lanette was born in Vlissingen in 1991, starting her career in 2012, aged 21 with the film Be My Anal Lover by local DDF production, setting a certaine tone for the rest of her career: she's specialised in anal porn with titles such as DP Chicks 5 (2014) and Rocco's Perfect Slaves 1 (2013) alongside British Samantha Bentley. She's mainly worked for European companies but also appeared for 21 Sextury in 2014 Lipstick Romance and for Reality Kings in My Hot Roommate 11 (2015). Her popularity is due to her height (178 cm), long legs and model-like face. Another young and promising Dutch pornstar.

Dynamic

In spite of a sturdy national porn production, Dutch porn seems to be in decline, like most of the Western European countries. The growth of active pornstars actually showed negative figures last year, with a 2,2% recession. The overall growth of pornstars stagnated at 7,4%, around half of the world average. The percentage of pornstars who are aged 18-22 and therefore represent a chance for the future is the lowest in Western Europe, at 23,4 %, and it looks even worse when compared to the world average (37,7%). The Dutch however have relatively longer careers, which ensures them a correct share of active actresses, at 67%, way above the world average at 48%. Dutch porn is dying out, but dying out slowly.

Production

The Netherlands being one of the countries that legalised porn the first after Denmark, it has a long history with porn, reaching back to the 1970s. In the 1980s, Amsterdam-based Private Media corporation was one of Europe's finest and most dominant porn producers, before moving to Barcelona in 1992. Reminiscent of this era, one of the most popular Dutch porn producers is Club Seventeen, based in Uitgeest in North Holland and who's been producing porn since 1975. They notably do teen-releases, nowadays mostly with girls from Eastern Europe. Classmedia, owner of famous Oldje series is also based in the Netherlands, as well as Your Choice Productions.