Stormy Daniels Biography
Summary
"Stormy Daniels" (born March 17, 1979, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana), also known as "Stormy Waters" and simply "Stormy", is an American pornographic actress, screenwriter, and director. She chose her stage name to reflect her love of Mötley Crüe whose bassist Nikki Sixx named his son Storm.
Biography
Daniels is an only child whose parents were divorced when she was four. She was subsequently raised by her mother. Daniels attended a magnet school in Louisiana and was the editor of her high school paper and president of the 4-H club..
She began stripping at age 17 at a club in Baton Rouge then expanded to become a feature performer in September of 2000. While working as a feature she met with Devon Michaels, who was doing girl-girl scenes in a pair of upcoming movies-one for Wicked Pictures and one for Sin City, and invited Daniels to accompany her. Daniels accompanied Michaels to her Wicked shoot, where she met Brad Armstrong and co-starred with Michaels in her Sin City scene, which was "American Girls Part 2". Afterwards, Armstrong invited Daniels to stay out with him where she continued doing girl-girl only scenes.
Appeared in an episode of Real Sex were she is seen participating in 2001 Miss Nude Great Plains Contest.
In July 2002, she was cast as the lead in a feature film for Wicked called "Heat", where she did her first boy-girl scene, and in September of the same year she signed an exclusive contract with Wicked. In 2004, she won the coveted "Best New Starlet" Award from Adult Video News, which came as a complete surprise to Daniels as she was so sure Jesse Jane would win she made a $500 bet with another porn starlet. From 2004 to 2006 she went on to direct for Wicked while continuing as a leading performer
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She has appeared in several popular men's magazines including "Playboy", "Hustler", "Penthouse", "High Society", "GQ", and "FHM". She has also written for "FHM".
She appears in the film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" as the main character watches her in the video "Space Nuts: Episode 69-Unholy Union". She also plays a Las Vegas lap dancer in "Knocked Up", alongside fellow porn star Nautica Thorn. A deleted scene on the "Virgin" DVD includes her having dinner with producer Seth Rogen in a parody of "My Dinner with Andre".
In early-2007, she appeared in "Dirt" on the FX Network, where she played a stripper who helps to set up a basketball player played by Rick Fox. Later in 2007, Daniels appeared in Maroon 5's music video for their song Wake Up Call as a pole dancer.
She married fellow porn actor Pat Myne in 2003, but they divorced in 2005.
Awards
"2003" Adam Film World Contract Babe of the Year
"2004" NightMoves Best Actress
"2004" AVN Award for Best New Starlet
"2004" 'Space Nuts' won the AVN Award for Best Extras. These included a video commentary in which Ms. Daniels masturbates while watching the DVD.
"2005" NightMoves Best New Director
"2005" CAVR Star of the Year
"2006" CAVR Best Feature Director
"2006" NightMoves Best Actress
"2006" Exotic Dancer Adult Movie Feature Of The Year
"2006" Temptation Awards Best Actress
"2006" F.A.M.E. Award for Favorite Breasts
"2006" AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress (Video) - "Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre"
"2006" AVN Award for Best Screenplay - "Camp Cuddly Pines Powertool Massacre"
"2006" Adam Film World Crossover Performer of the Year
"2006" XRCO Award for Mainstream Adult Media Favorite
"2007" CAVR Best Feature Director
"2007" F.A.M.E. Award for Favorite Breasts
"2007" Golden G-String Award
"2007" AEBN Performer of the Year
"2007" AVN Award for Contract Star of the Year"
"2008" AVN Award for Crossover Star of the Year
"2008" XBIZ Award for Crossover Star of the Year
"2008" Adam Film World Actress of the Year
"2008" XRCO Award for Mainstream Adult Media Favorite
"2008" XRCO Award for Best Director - Features
"2008" F.A.M.E. Award for Favorite Director
External links
(Stormy Daniels) - Official website StormyDaniels.com
Interviews
(Audio Interview) at Adult DVD Talk
(Interview) at Luke Is Back
(Q&A: Stormy Daniels at the Winter Music Conference) Clubplanet, March 21, 2005
(ContactPornStars.com: Monstar's Interview) May 02, 2005
Credit
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