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Sunny Leone is one of those performers who always seems on the
cusp of retiring or resigning from the adult industry. What with her Punjabi-Indian
parental background, desire to move into mainstream movies, the continuation of
her educational commitments, and the fact that she just seems to many people too
damned intelligent to be a part of the industry, you wouldn't be surprised if
she called it a day. If she did, she'd have left behind quite an impact on the
adult industry.
Born in Canada in 1981, her family moved to California in 1996, a move which
Sunny Leone still claims was the main influence on her move
into adult entertainment. Had they not made the move, she claims, she would
have ended up as a paediatric nurse - a career she still seems to be wishing
to enter at a later date. A post-college dalliance with modelling quickly turned
into nude modelling, and in 2001 she was named Penthouse Pet Of The
Month for March, with an appearance as a Hustler Honey
later in that year.
Sunny's distinctive and unique looks have, understandably, put her in almost
constant high demand within the industry, particularly so since she was named
Penthouse Pet Of The Year in 2003. There are very few adult
stars of a desi background in Hollywood at the moment and the need to exhibit
a model and performer with a different and exotic look has never been higher.
However, Sunny Leone has never wanted her background to give
her an edge nor an advantage.
Whether she likes it or not though, her dusky beauty has marked her out as
special. Indeed, not just with desi sites - this writer has even seen her passed
off as a Latina during one particularly memorable website that must have thought
we were born yesterday. And, to many people's eyes, she's benefited from the
rising popularity of Indian culture in mainstream movies such as Bend
It Like Beckham and East Is East, and through popular
music thanks to the likes of Panjabi MC.
Her career has been conducted entirely at her own pace though - to date Leone
has only been involved in 10 major DVD movie releases, almost all of which have
been produced and released by Vivid.
Indeed, they repaid the success she has brought to her mostly self-named titles
by signing her to an exclusive six picture deal in June 2007, a deal which would
see her first steps into hardcore performing.
The current status of the hardcore side of this deal remains unclear, however.
The first title she performed under the deal, Sunny Loves Matt,
was performed with her then-fiance Matt Erickson. However,
the two split towards the end of 2007, and it is believed that Sunny
Leone only agreed to perform hardcore content as long as it was with
Erickson.
However, one constant in her professional life is the success of her official
website. Established in 2001, soon afterwards she established her own online
affiliate company, Sunny's Money, and on the label released
a further site, Sunny's Girlfriends. This site has seen her
turn her expertise to performing with some of the industry's upcoming female
stars, and has proved to be extremely popular with her fans. Indeed, she claimed
of her official site that it has gained more traffic at times than the official
site of Jenna
Jameson.
Whether we, as adult fans, like it or not, it does increasingly as though Sunny
Leone views her future as being outside of the adult industry. In February
2008 she completed a shoot on her first mainstream movie, a Bollywood release
named Pirate's Blood which is due for a worldwide release imminently.
She has reiterated her desire to perform in more mainstream movies recently
and has also hinted at a move to India to start a modelling career.
Whatever the near future may hold for Sunny Leone, she has
left a mark on the adult industry not born out of being prolific, but simply
born out of how she was born - whether she likes it or not.
PROFILE:-
Name - Sunny Leone
Porn aliases - None
Place of birth - Ontario, Canada
Nationality / Ethnicity - American / Canadian / Indian
Date of birth - May 13th, 1981
Official website - www.sunnyleone.com
Debut year - 2001 (approx.)
Niches / genres - Lesbian
Mainstream exposure - Pirate's Blood (movie - scheduled for
June 2008 release)
Must-see sites - Danni.com
Vivid, Finest
Models.com, Mod
FX Models, Blue Fantasies
Must-see titles - Sunny Loves Matt (2007), Sunny (2005), Debbie Does Dallas
Again (2007), Virtual Vivid Girl Sunny Leone (2006), Sunny And Cher (2006)
Notable awards -
Penthouse Pet Of The Year (2003)
AVN Award: Best Interactive DVD for Virtual Vivid Girl Sunny Leone (2006).
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