Monica Mayhem | |
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| Mayhem in 2007 | |
| Born | 14 March 1978 [1] Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [1] |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [1] |
| Website | monicamayhem |
Monica Mayhem (born 14 March 1978) is an Australian former pornographic actress, dancer [2] and singer.
Mayhem was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and she is half Australian and half Welsh. [1] She attended Kenmore State High School but was expelled. [3] Prior to working in porn, she worked in financial markets and futures trading in Sydney. [1] She then moved to London and worked in an International Petroleum Exchange brokerage. [4]
Mayhem began her career in the adult entertainment industry as a dancer at the Spearmint Rhino on Tottenham Court Road. [1] Her first scene was with Lee Stone in Real Sex Magazine 38. [5] In 2002, she won the XRCO Award for Starlet of the Year [2] [6] and the FOXE Award for "Vixen of the Year". [7]
Outside pornographic films, Mayhem was a singer/guitarist in the all-girl metal band "Sweet Avenge". [2]
In 2008, she appeared in a small role in the Sex and the City film, in which she is seen through a window having sex with Samantha's neighbour Dante.
Mayhem wrote an autobiography titled Absolute Mayhem: Confessions of an Aussie Porn Star, [2] [8] which was released by Random House Australia in 2009 in her native Australia and by Skyhorse Publishing in North America the following year. [9] [10]
In August 2010, she announced that she had retired from pornographic acting, after over 400 films, [11] and that she was engaged to a Sydney veterinarian. [12]