Vanessa Blue

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vanessa Blue

Vanessa Blue in 2007
Other names Domina X[1]
Ethnicity African American
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
No. of adult films 176 as actress, 19 as director (per IAFD)
Website
http://www.vanessablue.com/

Vanessa Blue is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and director.

Career

Blue initially worked as a nude dancer and studied to be an emergency medical technician. During her dancing career, she met a fellow dancer who introduced her to fetish modeling. After that, at the suggestion of a different model, she started performing in porn movies. Her first appearance was in a film with Ed Powers. After a year, she took a three-year break, moving to Nebraska to be with her family,[2] but came back to the industry in 2000.

She worked for Mercenary Pictures for several years and directed several of their series, one of which, Black Reign, won the 2005 AVN Award for Best Ethnic-Themed Series.[3] She was engaged to Mercenary's owner, Lexington Steele.[3] In 2008, Steele and Blue filed federal lawsuits against each other over the ownership of numerous videos that first appeared under the Mercenary Pictures label. The suits were settled in March 2009 after meeting with an alternative dispute resolution jurist.[4]

Blue has also directed femdom genre of movies under the pseudonym Domina X, and has also been a contract director for DVSX and Adam & Eve.[1] Blue starred on Playboy TV and hosted Private Calls and Night Calls on Playboy Radio[3] until 2008.

In 2008 Blue won an Urban X Award for Videography and was admitted to the Urban X Hall of Fame in 2009.[5] She has since been nominated for "Ebony Performer of the Year" by the 2010 XFanz Awards.[6]

She now distributes her movies through Justin Slayer International signing with them in April 2010.[7]

Personal life

A December 2009 article in California Lawyer magazine reported that Blue was romantically involved with adult industry attorney Michael Fattorosi.[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vanessa Blue Inks Exclusive Deal with Hustler, Launches Fetish Web Site". AVN.com. 2004-11-16. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
  2. ↑ Anthony Springer Jr (2008-01-21). "Vanessa Blue: My Blue Heaven Part 1". hiphopdx.com. Retrieved 2008-03-03. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Vanessa Blue Leaves Mercenary Pictures". AVN.com. 2006-06-20. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
  4. ↑ Rhett Pardon (2009-03-13). "Lexington Steele, Vanessa Blue Settle Suits Against Each Other". xbiz.com. Retrieved 2009-07-08. 
  5. ↑ "2009 Award Winners". Urban X Awards. Retrieved August 1, 2009. 
  6. ↑ Ariana Rodriguez (2010-05-05). "XFanz Awards 2010". XFanz.com. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
  7. ↑ Press (2010-04-22). "Justin Slayer Int. to Release V is for VANESSA". XBiz.com. Retrieved 2010-05-22. 
  8. ↑ Michael Estrin (December 2009). "Hardcore Advocates". California Lawyer. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vanessa Blue.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.