Kobe Tai

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

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

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

Year	Ceremony	Result	Award	Work
1997	Hot d'Or Award	Won	Best American Starlet [8]	—
2000	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress—Film [9]	The Awakening
		Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene, Film (with Cheyne Collins, Evan Stone & Andrew Youngman) [9]
	XRCO Award	Nominated	Actress (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. "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.

External links

• Kobe Tai on Adult Video News
• Kobe Tai at IMDb
• Kobe Tai at the Internet Adult Film Database
• Kobe Tai at the Adult Film Database