Ashley Blue
Ashley Blue | |
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Blue at the 2005 Nightmoves USA Tampa Show | |
Born |
Oriana Small[1] July 8, 1981[2] Thousand Oaks, California, United States[2] |
Other names | Girlvert & Dixie Diddle[2] |
Spouse(s) | Dave Naz |
No. of adult films | 420 as performer, 17 as director (per IAFD) |
Ashley Blue (born Oriana Small[1] July 8, 1981) is an American radio personality, writer, and former pornographic actress.[3] She currently hosts her own Vivid Radio show and writes for Hustler magazine.[3]
Career
Blue was born in Thousand Oaks, California.[2] She has won multiple Adult Video News awards, including 2004 Female Performer of the Year and 2005 Best Supporting Actress. In March 2004, she signed a three-year contract with JM Productions, appearing in the Girlvert series.[4] She ended the contract on February 14, 2007.[4] She also does voice acting for the cartoon Three Thug Mice.[5]
Blue married photographer Dave Naz on July 30, 2009.[1] 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]
In 2011, she was portrayed by Swedish artist Karl Backman for the Museum of Porn in Art in Zurich.[7]
In 2013, she was inducted into AVN's Hall of Fame.[8] Blue has been hosting her own Vivid Radio show, Blue Movies, since November 2013.[9] In 2008, Oriana finished writing her memoir of nearly ten years working in the adult entertainment industry (using her JM Productions moniker "Girlvert"). It was published as Girlvert: A Memoir by Oriana Small by Los Angeles-based independent publisher A Barnacle Book & Record in 2011.[10]
Awards
- 2003 XRCO Award for Cream Dream[11]
- 2004 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year[11]
- 2004 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year[12]
- 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)[12]
- 2004 Adam Film World Guide Award for Best Actress (Video) – Girlvert 4[13]
- 2005 Adam Film World Guide Award for Female Performer of the Year[14]
- 2005 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress—Video – Adore[15]
- 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)[15]
- 2005 XRCO Award for Best Girl/Girl Scene – The Violation of Audrey Hollander (with Audrey Hollander, Gia Paloma, Tyla Wynn, Brodi & Kelly Kline)[16]
- 2007 AVN Award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene – Girlvert 11 (with Amber Wild & Steven French)[17]
- 2013 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[8]
References
- 1 2 3 Jonathan Gold (May 9, 2007). "Dave Naz: The big uneasy". LA Weekly. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
- 1 2 3 4 Ashley Blue at the Internet Adult Film Database
- 1 2 Holly Kingstown (August 28, 2014). "THROWBACK THURSDAY--A Five Question Quickie with Porno Superstar Ashley Blue". Fleshbot. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- 1 2 Peter Warren (February 14, 2007). "Ashley Blue, JM Productions Part Ways". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ↑ Joshua Neuman. "Year of the Rat". Heeb Magazine. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Howard Stern on Demand" Inside the Porn Actors Studio: Ashley Blue (TV episode 2006)
- ↑ The Museum of Porn in Art presents an exhibition by KARL BACKMAN
- 1 2 "AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN. December 21, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
- ↑ Apache Warrior. "Ashley Blue interview". XCritic. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Nonfiction Reviews". Publishers Weekly. 258 (21). May 23, 2011. ISSN 0000-0019. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
- 1 2 "XRCO". XRCO.com. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
- 1 2 "AVN Awards Past Winners". AVN.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2007.
- ↑ Acme Andersson (June 7, 2004). "Adam Film World 2003 Award Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ↑ Crucifixio_Jones, "Adam Film World Awards Winners", AdultDVDTalk.com, April 27, 2005 (Retrieved September 25, 2012)
- 1 2 Jared Rutter (January 9, 2005). "The 22nd Annual AVN Awards: A Jenna Jameson Kinda Night". AVN. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ↑ "XRCO Awards Mainstream Visibility, Longevity". XBiz.com. June 3, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2007.
- ↑ "2007 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. January 16, 2007. Archived from the original on March 7, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashley Blue. |
- Ashley Blue on IMDb
- Ashley Blue on Twitter
- Ashley Blue at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Ashley Blue at the Adult Film Database
- Interview with Ashley Blue from October 2005
- Ashley Blue's Blog at Dave Naz Photography web site
- Interview with Oriana Small aka Ashley Blue - January 11, 2013
- "4 Porn Stars Talk About How They Fell in Love"