Serenity (actress)

For other uses, see Serenity (disambiguation).
Serenity

Serenity in Las Vegas, January 2000
Born (1969-10-29) October 29, 1969
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA
Other names Serenity Wilde
Ethnicity Caucasian
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight 121 lb (55 kg)
No. of adult films 121 (per IAFD)

Serenity (born October 29, 1969) is an American former erotic dancer and former pornographic actress. She was sometimes credited as Serenity Wilde.

Adult film career

Born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Serenity drew on her ballet training to perform exotic dancing. She won a six-day competition for 1994 Topless Dancer-World Championship at the Stardust Resort and Casino in Las Vegas Strip. She has performed at four major Las Vegas hotels and at four AVN shows.[1]

Her debut scene was 1993's Jennifer Ate for Wicked Pictures.[2] The scene was an all-girl orgy with six other females.[3]

Serenity signed with Wicked Pictures in 1996 and became one of the longest-tenured contract stars in the company's history. In her five years there she became the first and only person (to date) to win back-to-back AVN Awards for Best Actress, winning in 2000 for Wicked's Double Feature and 2001 for M: Caught in the Act.[2]

Serenity has mainstream credits, appearing in more than 20 specials for E! including one segment on the Wild On series.[2] She started Las Vegas Novelties, a company that made various sex toys. After a successful six years, she sold Las Vegas Novelties to Pipedream Products.[2]

She became a vegetarian in 1999, and is a staunch animal-rights activist. In 2003 she was nominated for "Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA.[4]

In September 2004, after 14 months of on-screen inactivity,[note 1] Serenity announced her retirement from performing in adult movies. At the time of her retirement, she was in the third trimester of her first pregnancy. The father of that child is her husband Steve Lane.[note 2][note 3][2][5]

Filmography

Per IAFD, Serenity has 121 titles credited as a performer. Her most productive year was 1997, when 21 scenes were released with her name.[6] Her most frequent sex partners on-screen were Mickey G. (10 scenes) and Shayla LaVeaux (10 scenes).[7]

Awards

Serenity accepting her AVN Award for Best Actress, Video, January 2000

Notes

  1. ↑ Before she announced her retirement, her last film was Serenity in Pornland, which was released in July 2003 according to IAFD
  2. ↑ Steve Orenstein, owner of Wicked Pictures, said in response to Serenity's retirement in 2004, "I am very happy to hear that she and Steve Lane will be parents soon. I wish them all the best.”
  3. ↑ The cited book "Skin City" says in Chapter 1, "I am introduced to Steve Lane, who with his wife, adult actress Serenity, owns a company called Las Vegas Novelties"

References

  1. ↑ "AVN - Serenity". avn.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Serenity Makes It Official: She’s Retired From Performing". AVN. 2004-09-22. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  3. ↑ "jennifer ate - porn movie - internet adult film database". iafd.com. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  4. ↑ "Serenity And Jacklyn Lick Up For Sexiest Vegetarian". avn.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Sheehan, Jack (2006). Skin City: Behind the Scenes of the Las Vegas Sex Industry. Nevada: William Morrow Paperbacks.
  6. ↑ "Serenity IAFD". IAFD. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "serenity - scene pairings - internet adult film database". iafd.com. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  8. 1 2 "Past Winner History". NightMoves. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  9. ↑ "2000 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2000-01-17. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  10. ↑ "2001 AVN Awards Winners". AVN. Archived from the original on 2001-02-03. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  11. ↑ "2005 AVN Awards Show Winners Announced". AVN. 2005-01-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  12. ↑ Peter Warren (2007-10-11). "2007 NightMoves Award Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  13. ↑ Tod Hunter (2007-04-06). "Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  14. ↑ "XRCO 2006 AWARD CATEGORIES, NOMINATIONS, AND WINNERS". 5 April 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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