The photographs caught the attention of Italian film makers and she was cast in director Pier Ludovico Pavoni's erotic film Amore libero (1974). The film was shot on the Seychelle islands and Laura later admitted that she had accepted the role as little more than an excuse to travel abroad.

While the film was not overly successful, Laura was offered a small part in Emmanuelle: L'antivierge (1975) by director Francis Giacobetti who had worked with Laura in the past as a photographer. The second of the Sylvia Kristel Emmanuelle films, following on from the iconic Emmanuelle (1974)

Gemser's role was small, playing an unnamed masseuse in an erotic massage sequence, but it caught the attention of audiences and film makers and she was offered a part in Emanuelle nera (1975). Although seemingly intended as little more than a cash in, director and co-writer Bitto Albertini created a completely different character for Laura to play.

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