Oriana Small, known professionally as Ashley Blue,[1][2][3] is an American pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame, has hosted her own Vivid Radio show and written for Hustler magazine.[4] In 2011, she published a memoir of her career in the adult entertainment industry, titled Girlvert: A Porno Memoir.[2]
Ashley Blue | |
|---|---|
 Blue at the 2005 NightMoves USA Tampa Show | |
| Other names | Oriana Small[1][2][3] |
| Spouse | Dave Naz[1] |
Career
editBlue has appeared in over 300 adult films and directed 17 adult film features. Her performances include the Girlvert series,[1] which she appeared in under contract with JM Productions.[5] She ended her contract in 2007.[5] Blue won the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2004 and the AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005.[1]
She has co-hosted Playboy TV’s Night Calls Hotline,[1] hosted her own Vivid Radio show, and written for Hustler magazine.[4] She was featured in Inside the Porn Actors Studio: Ashley Blue (2006), an episode of Howard Stern's TV series Howard Stern on Demand.[6] She also did voice acting for the cartoon Three Thug Mice.[7] In 2011, Blue and other pornographic film actresses modeled for a series of paintings by Swedish artist Karl Backman.[8] She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2013[9] and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2021.[10]
Also in 2011, Blue published her memoir of nearly ten years working in the adult entertainment industry (using her JM Productions moniker "Girlvert"). Publishers Weekly called the book "fiercely honest," writing that Small "quickly became known for her gung-ho attitude and amazing endurance" and that despite pitfalls of the industry and "degradations too numerous to name", she "remains proud of her work, going so far as to call some of it 'performance art.'"[2]
Personal life
editIn 2003, Blue sued ex-boyfriend and fellow former adult film star Trent Tesoro on an episode of Judge Mathis.[11] As of 2015[update], she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, photographer Dave Naz.[1]
Publications
edit- Girlvert: A Porno Memoir. Los Angeles: A Barnacle Book. 2011. ISBN 978-0-9825056-3-2.
- "Liabilities and My Mother". (2015). In Lee, Jiz (ed.). Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy. Berkeley, Calif.: ThreeL Media. pp. 260–269. ISBN 978-0-9905571-6-6.
Awards
edit- 2003 XRCO Award for Cream Dream[12]
- 2004 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year[13]
- 2004 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – The Violation of Jessica Darlin (with Jessica Darlin, Brandi Lyons, Lana Moore, Hollie Stevens, Crystal Ray, & Flick Shagwell)[13]
- 2004 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year[14]
- 2004 Adam Film World Guide Award for Best Actress (Video) – Girlvert 4[15]
- 2005 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress (Video) – Adore[16]
- 2005 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – The Violation of Audrey Hollander (with Audrey Hollander, Gia Paloma, Tyla Wynn, Brodi, & Kelly Kline)[16]
- 2005 XRCO Award for Best Girl/Girl Scene – The Violation of Audrey Hollander (with Audrey Hollander, Gia Paloma, Tyla Wynn, Brodi, & Kelly Kline)[17]
- 2005 Adam Film World Guide Award for Female Performer of the Year
- 2007 AVN Award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene – Girlvert 11 (with Amber Wild & Steven French)[18]
- 2013 AVN Hall of Fame[9]
- 2021 XRCO Hall of Fame[10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Jiz, ed. (2015). Coming Out Like a Porn Star: Essays on Pornography, Protection, and Privacy. Berkeley, Calif.: ThreeL Media. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-9905571-6-6.
- ^ a b c d "Nonfiction Book Review: Girlvert: A Porno Memoir". Publishers Weekly. 258 (21). May 23, 2011. ISSN 0000-0019. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Gold, Jonathan (May 9, 2007). "Dave Naz: The big uneasy". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
- ^ a b Kingstown, Holly (August 28, 2014). "Throwback Thursday—A Five Question Quickie with Porno Superstar Ashley Blue". Fleshbot. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Warren, Peter (February 14, 2007). "Ashley Blue, JM Productions Part Ways". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007.
- ^ "Ashley Blue to Guest on Stern". AVN. September 19, 2006. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ^ Neuman, Joshua. "Year of the Rat". Heeb. No. 16. New York. ISSN 1535-0134. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008.
- ^ Backman, Karl (June 16, 2011). "Das Museum of Porn in Art Präsentiert: Karl Backman" [The Museum of Porn in Art Presents: Karl Backman]. Museum of Porn in Art (in German).
- ^ a b Smithberg, Allen (December 21, 2012). "AVN Announces 2013 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". Adult Video News. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ a b Warren, Peter (October 12, 2021). "Winners of 2021 XRCO Awards Announced". Adult Video News. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ "Ashley Blue Wins Partial Judgment From Judge Mathis". Adult Video News. November 25, 2003. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ Pike-Johnson, Heidi (April 4, 2003). "Evil Angel's The Fashionistas Big Winner At XRCOs Thursday Night". Adult Video News. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
- ^ a b "AVN Awards Past Winners". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013.
- ^ "Jules Jordan, Evil Angel, Elegant Angel, Wicked Pictures Capture XRCO Awards". AVN. August 19, 2004. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- ^ Andersson, Acme (June 7, 2004). "Adam Film World 2003 Award Winners Announced". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ a b Rutter, Jared (January 9, 2005). "The 22nd Annual AVN Awards: A Jenna Jameson Kinda Night". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008.
- ^ "XRCO Awards Mainstream Visibility, Longevity". XBiz.com. June 3, 2005. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012.
- ^ "2007 AVN Award Winners Announced". Adult Video News. January 16, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009.
External links
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- Ashley Blue at IMDb
- Ashley Blue on Twitter
- Ashley Blue at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Ashley Blue at the Adult Film Database
