Ashley Blue

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Ashley Blue
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Blue at the 2005 NightMoves USA Tampa Show
Other namesOriana Small [1] [2] [3]
Spouse Dave Naz [1]

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]

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Career

Blue 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.[ citation needed ] She also did voice acting for the cartoon Three Thug Mice. [6] In 2011, Blue and other pornographic film actresses modeled for a series of paintings by Swedish artist Karl Backman. [7] She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2013 [8] and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2021. [9]

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

In 2003, Blue sued ex-boyfriend and fellow former adult film star Trent Tesoro on an episode of Judge Mathis . [10] As of 2015, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, photographer Dave Naz. [1]

Publications

Awards

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