Cytherea (actress)

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Cytherea
Cytherea 2011.jpg
Cytherea in 2011
Born
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Other namesCynthia, Cytheria, Cyntherea, Sytheria, Cythera, Cyntheria
SpouseTimothy Hale (died 2016) [1]
Children2
Website cythereaxxx.com

Cytherea is an American pornographic actress and model. She is known for her ability to ejaculate (known as "squirting" in the adult industry) while performing sex acts.

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Career

Cytherea took her stage name from the Greek goddess of love, beauty, and music. [2] [3] She originally had a Yahoo! fan group when she was recruited by an agent into the adult industry. Her video career started in 2003, [4] and she has performed in over 350 movies. Her first scene was with Tyce Bune for I've Never Done That Before 14. Elegant Angel produced a series of movies featuring her dubbed as "Squirtwoman". [3] Cytherea performed her first anal scene in the movie Cytherea's Anal Whores in 2006. [4]

In 2005, she received the AVN Best New Starlet Award. She made her feature dancing debut at The Gentlemen's Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, also in that year. [5] Cytherea formed a production company called Cytherea Productions in 2004. [6]

In 2012, Cytherea signed with Ideal Image Management for representation, returning to performing after a brief stint in 2010–11 after a nearly four-year hiatus. [7]

In 2014, Cytherea announced her intentions to crowdfund her return to the adult industry. She stated that since retiring from the industry in 2005, she has been a stay-at-home-mother to her two children. She also stated that she has had plastic surgery done in order to prepare herself for her return. [8]

Appearances

She has appeared on cable television shows, most notably the HBO/Cinemax series Sex Games: Vegas, Playboy TV's Night Calls and has been a guest on the Tom Leykis Show [3] and The Howard Stern Show . [2]

Cytherea also hosted an industry talk and interview radio show on KSEX in Los Angeles, California called Goddess of Gush. [9] According to her website, the show was cancelled in 2006 and Cytherea has toured as a feature dancer in the past.[ citation needed ]

She has also had minor roles in a variety of movies such as the thriller Tumbling After [10] and the comedy film Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee , [11] both in 2007, and the cable television series Sex Games Vegas in 2005. [12]

Personal life

Cytherea was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. [2] She is a former Mormon. [13]

Cytherea's house was invaded and robbed in January 2015, which involved a sexual assault by three armed men. Police believed the house was selected at random. [14] Cytherea, her husband, and her two children were all home at the time. [15] [16] [17]

She was married to Timothy Hale. Hale died at the age of 52 on November 2, 2016. [1]

Awards and nominations

AVN Awards
YearResultAwardFilm
2004 [18] NominatedBest Sex Scene Coupling – Video (with Mark Ashley)Barely Legal 40
2005 [19] [20] WonBest New Starlet
Nominated Female Performer of the Year
NominatedBest Couples Sex Scene – Video (with Mark Ashley)Internal Cumbustion 3
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene – Video (with Flower Tucci, Mari Possa, Aria & Julian)Anal Surprise Party
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene – Video (with Roxanne Hall, Frank Gun & Arnold Schwartzenpecker)Cytherea Iz Squirtwoman
NominatedBest All-Girl Sex Scene – Video (with Tiana Lynn)
NominatedBest Threeway Sex Scene – Video (with Delilah Strong & Brian Bacchus)
NominatedBest Threeway Sex Scene – Video (with Fallon Summers & Toni Ribas)Addicted to Sex
NominatedBest Threeway Sex Scene – Video (with Lauren Phoenix & Randy Spears)Buttwoman Iz Lauren Phoenix
NominatedBest Solo Sex SceneBob's Videos 184
2006 [21] NominatedBest All-Girl Sex Scene – Video (with Sandra Romain)Cousin Stevie’s Pussy Party 7
NominatedBest Solo Sex SceneScuba Squirters
NominatedMost Outrageous Sex Scene (with Rodney Moore)I Survived a Rodney Blast 3
2007 [22] NominatedMost Outrageous Sex Scene (with Flower Tucci, Angela Stone, Kat, Felony, Lexi Love & Mark Davis)The Great American Squirt Off
2008 [23] NominatedBest All-Girl Sex Scene, Film (with Melisande)X
XBIZ Awards
YearResultAward
2013 [24] NominatedPerformer Comeback of the Year
XRCO Awards
YearResultAwardFilm
2004 [25] WonTeen Cream Dream
2005 [26] NominatedNew Starlet
NominatedSingle Performance, ActressSquirtwoman
2012 [27] NominatedBest Cumback

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