Kobe Tai

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Kobe Tai
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Tai in Las Vegas, January 2000
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(m. 1997;div. 1999)

Kobe Tai is an American pornographic actress. [1] [2]

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Pornographic film career

Tai was a contract performer with Vivid Entertainment. [3] In 2011, Complex ranked her first on its list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". [4]

Mainstream appearances

In addition to her roles in porn films, Tai (billed as "Carla Scott" [5] ) appeared in the mainstream movie Very Bad Things , portraying a stripper at a bachelor party, and sang background vocals for Marilyn Manson's song, "New Model No. 15", on the album Mechanical Animals . [6]

She was an Opening Night Guest of Honor along with Asia Carrera at the Big Apple Anime Fest's Midnight Anime Concourse. [7]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyResultAwardWork
1997 Hot d'Or Award WonBest American Starlet [8]
2000 AVN Award Nominated Best Supporting ActressFilm [9] The Awakening
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene, Film (with Cheyne Collins, Evan Stone & Andrew Youngman) [9]
XRCO Award NominatedActress (Single Performance) [10]

References

  1. Hamamoto, Darrell Y. (2000). "The Joy Fuck Club: Prolegomenon to an Asian American Porno Practice". In Hamamoto, D.Y.; Liu, S. (eds.). Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 71. ISBN   978-1-56639-776-6.
  2. Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2007). The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene. Duke University Press. p. 165. ISBN   978-0-8223-4033-1.
  3. Rutter, Jared (September 30, 2009). "Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America". Adult Video News.
  4. Alvarez, Gabriel (September 19, 2011). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex . Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  5. Cameron-Wilson, James (2000). Film Review: 1999-2000. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 136. ISBN   978-1-903111-00-0.
  6. Li, Kenneth (November 6, 2000). "Porn Goes Public - Industry Trend or Event". The Industry Standard. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007 via Findarticles.com.
  7. Macdonald, Christopher (November 14, 2001). "BAAF Wrap-up PR". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  8. "Les cérémonies des Hot d'Or". hot-dor.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 25, 2014.
  9. 1 2 "AVN 2000 Nominations". AVN.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000.
  10. "Xrco nominations". Adult Video News. March 14, 2000. Retrieved August 2, 2013.