There aren't many people, let alone adult princesses, who can boast the dizzying mix of ethnicities that make up the unquestionably gorgeous looks of Aria Giovanni. It's fair to say that there is no-one quite like her thanks to the mixed heritage that both of her parents have handed down to her, and some would say that there will never be anyone quite like her. But fairly early on in her life it looked as though for a while she wouldn't make it to a career of any description.

After a fairly shy and retiring childhood, in an incident not dissimilar to that which befell Hollywood actress Drew Barrymore, Aria fell into a chronic drink and drugs problem before she became a teenager. As a result, she entered rehab for over 2 years in an attempt to clean herself up. Whilst there though, she was able start high school-level classes in an undemanding atmosphere and really regain her standing.

After high school she entered modelling after successfully majoring in biochemistry - not the only adult star to do so, in fact. Her early forays into adult entertainment are not something she often discusses, and perhaps understandably so. As a performer who has built a career on the back of fetish modelling as well as highly sexualised but artistic lesbian and masturbation action, it's not surprising that she tends not to discuss some rarely seen but highly sought after early hardcore performances for Bubblegirls. For that site she was called Kennedy. It was when she reverted to Aria Giovanni that her career was truly launched.

She wouldn't be working in such circles for long and by the end of 2000 she was working for Suze Randall courtesy after being introduced by her close friend Aimee Sweet, who was also at the time relatively new to the industry. Aria regretted her early work but instead of beating herself up about it, she threw herself headlong into more glamour-centred circles. The meeting with Randall would yield almost immediate dividends for her as one of the shoots led to her being named as the Penthouse Pet Of The Month for September 2000.

Aria Giovanni was so thrilled with this initial breakthrough that she decided to put aside further studies to pursue modelling full-time, believing that she could return to education later in her life. The decision would prove to be an incredibly successful one. By the end of 2001, she would be the star of several Andrew Blake movies, including one title that was created directly in her honour and thus named Aria. To make such an extraordinary breakthrough in such a small space of time was a testament to a unique beauty that even beguiled photographers out there who had seen more talents than you could possibly imagine.

Indeed, Aria still remains her favourite movie of hers to date, thus cementing a mutually successful professional relationship with Blake. All the while, her mainstream profile began to rise - nothing too dramatic, but occasional dalliances thanks to the amusing erotic spoofs 13 Erotic Ghosts and Survivors Exposed, both of which have received numerous airings on British satellite TV, helped her profile. An appearance on the dating show Shipmates capped a more-than-satisfying 2001 for her.

Since then, she has become one of the most recognisable faces in nude modelling, with she herself admitting that artistic nude photography was her personal favourite. Despite titles such as Aria Giovanni Stocking Tease and Aria Giovanni Foot Tease playing with her undoubted ability in those respective fetishes, she was keen not to be classed as a fetish or glamour model. Rumours that she was moving away from active performing were dispelled when she appeared in two more Andrew Blake projects in 2007.

She herself is now looking to enter the market of the downloading of adult movies with a pay-per-view DRM site which she is hoping to make the 'iTunes of adult entertainment'. She has also hinted at a step behind the camera as well as possibly launching a line of posters and calendars of herself, not to mention the continued shooting of new content for her extremely successful adult site. Like Drew Barrymore, it all came good in the end for her.

PROFILE:-

Name - Aria Giovanni
Porn aliases - Kennedy
Place of birth - Long Beach, California, USA
Nationality / Ethnicity - Italian / Yugoslavian / French / German / Native-American
Date of birth - November 3rd, 1977
Official website - www.ariagiovanni.com
Debut year - 1999
Niches / genres - Modelling / lesbian
Mainstream exposure - Shipmates (TV series, 2001), divorced from John 5 (Marilyn Manson guitarist)
Must-see sites - Andrew Blake, Suze.net, Mac and Bumble, Mystique Magazine, Mod FX Models, Pornstar.com
Must-see titles - Girlfriends (2001), Survivors Exposed (2001), Naked Diva (2003), Blondes & Brunettes (2001), 13 Erotic Ghosts (2002)
Notable awards - Penthouse Pet Of The Month (September 2000)