Tawny Roberts

Tawny Roberts

Roberts in 2006
Born March 18, 1979[1]
Dallas, Texas, U.S.[1]
Other names Tawny, Tawni Roberts, Adrienne Almond
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Weight 110 lb (50 kg; 7.9 st)[1]
No. of adult films 103 (per IAFD)
Website
http://www.tawnyroberts.com

Tawny Roberts (born March 18, 1979) is an American former pornographic actress.[1]

Biography

After high school Roberts went to college in Utah for fashion and design, but quit after 2 years and took a job in retail management in Los Angeles, California. It was during this time that she met Dayton, another pornstar and through her learned about the adult business.[2] Roberts met her at the Key Club in Hollywood, which was well known by the locals for its live music. Dayton worked as a contract star for Vivid Entertainment and took Roberts in to meet with an executive of the firm. Because Vivid's company was bought out by Hustler Entertainment, they told her that they weren't interested.

Dayton then introduced her to some other friends, and through those introductions she was able to get work with the porn producers at Metro Interactive. In late-2000 and early-2001 she worked for them in three movies, Wild Cherries, All Teens Love Cum 1 and All Fucked Up, but she was not happy with the quality of the movies or her working conditions and as a result almost quit the adult business all together.

She met former pornstar Jill Kelly who had just started her own movie studio and was looking for new talent, and Kelly hired her for a role in her new movie Immorta, starring alongside Devon who had recently left Vivid as well [3] and long time industry veteran, Asia Carrera. This was the first time Roberts met Devon and they formed a friendship that would eventually even blossom into a business partnership with Roberts's own company.

After working for Jill Kelly, Roberts did some movies for other companies, such as Odyssey, Evil Angel and Digital Sin. In 2002, she secured a two-year deal with VCA Pictures. The deal didn't work out, as it wasn't overly lucrative, and, within a few months, she wanted out. A friend of hers suggested she give Vivid another try.

Roberts got out of her contract with VCA and signed a two-year contract with Vivid that included 6 movies a year.[4] Her first three films for Vivid won her critical acclaim, all gaining the highest reviewer ratings, including Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Unlovable, and Dual Identity.[5] Marey Carey told AVN in January 2008 that she planned to include Tawny in a movie with Krystal Steal and other friends of hers, tentatively titled The Adventures of Mary and Krystal.[6] Roberts retired from the adult industry around that time and moved to New York with her husband David O'Conner.

Personal life

Tawny Roberts is married with David (DOC) O'Conner. She gave birth to her first child in mid-December 2006. The Best Man at her wedding was Howard Silverman.[2][7]

Roberts is known to have engaged in lesbian encounters offscreen; fellow porn star Gina Lynn once said "Tawny is the only girl in the industry that I play around with outside of work".[8]

Marey Carey once said that Roberts had her heart broken by "a guy named Rich".[9] Rick Patrick, a male pornstar, was Tawny's boyfriend for many years -and husband for an unspecified numer of years-,[10] appearing on screen together numerous times before Rick apparently left Roberts for pornstar Jesse Jane, whom he married.[11]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Tawny Roberts". IAFD.com. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tawny Roberts biography". Retrieved 2007-05-01.
  3. ↑ "Pornstar Devon Biography". Retrieved 2007-05-10.
  4. ↑ "Tawny Roberts MySpace". Retrieved 2007-02-03.
  5. ↑ "AVN adult movie reviews". Retrieved 2007-05-16.
  6. ↑ Eddie Adams (2008-01-04). "Krystal Steal to Sign with Mary Carey Productions". AVN Video (AVN Media Network). Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Tawny Roberts Biography". monstersandcritics.com. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Wayne C. Lewis (2003-05-20). "A Chat with Gorgeous Adult & Mainstream Star... Gina Lynn". AdultFYI. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  9. ↑ Gene Ross (2006-03-01). "Mary Carey: Nobody Loves Me!". AdultFYI. Retrieved 2007-06-18.
  10. ↑ Biography of Ricky/Rick Patrick/Richard Taylor IMDb
  11. ↑ Jesse Jane Biography IMDb
  12. ↑ "2003 AVN Awards Nominations List". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 2002-11-27. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  13. ↑ "2005 AVN Awards Nominations". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 2004-11-14. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  14. ↑ Dan Miller (2005-11-25). "2006 AVN Awards Nominations Announced". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  15. ↑ "AVN Awards 2007 Nominees". AVN.com. 2006-11-22. Archived from the original on 2007-04-23. Retrieved 2009-12-19.

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