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{{short description|American pornographic actress and writer}} | {{short description|American pornographic actress and writer}} | ||
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[[File:Aurora_Snow_2011.jpg|thumb|Snow | [[File:Aurora_Snow_2011.jpg|thumb|Snow in 2011]] | ||
'''Aurora Snow''' is a retired American [[pornographic actress]],<ref name="Snow | '''Aurora Snow''' is a retired American [[pornographic actress]],<ref name="Snow 2017a">{{cite news |last=Snow |first=Aurora |title=Retired Porn Star's Bittersweet Return to the Spotlight |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-retired-porn-stars-bittersweet-return-to-the-spotlight |work=The Daily Beast |date=April 11, 2017 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[film director|director]], and [[columnist]].<ref name="Snow 2013b">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-porn-star-retires-aurora-snow-on-life-after-porn |title=How a Porn Star Retires: Aurora Snow on Life After Porn |access-date=July 9, 2013 |first=Aurora |last=Snow |date=June 18, 2013 |work=The Daily Beast |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Street 2016"/> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Snow was raised by a single mother and was the oldest of three siblings.<ref name= | Snow was raised by a single mother and was the oldest of three siblings.<ref name="Walther 2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.wewomen.com/personal-life/mom-used-to-be-a-porn-star-aurora-snow-shares-her-story-s423309.html |title=Mom Used To Be A Porn Star: Aurora Snow Shares Her Story |first=Carla Cain |last=Walther |date=September 20, 2014 |website=Wewomen.com |archive-date=May 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531054609/http://www.wewomen.com/personal-life/mom-used-to-be-a-porn-star-aurora-snow-shares-her-story-s423309.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
===Adult films=== | ===Adult films=== | ||
Snow entered the pornographic entertainment industry when she was 18 years old,<ref name="Street">{{cite web |last=Street |first=Sharan |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2017-the-new-inductees-into-the-avn-hall-of-fame-707363.html |title=Class of 2017: The AVN Hall of Fame's Newest Inductees |work=Adult Video News |date=December 28, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Snow | Snow entered the pornographic entertainment industry when she was 18 years old,<ref name="Street 2016">{{cite web |last=Street |first=Sharan |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2017-the-new-inductees-into-the-avn-hall-of-fame-707363.html |title=Class of 2017: The AVN Hall of Fame's Newest Inductees |work=Adult Video News |date=December 28, 2016 |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Snow 2010a">{{cite news |last1=Snow |first1=Aurora |title=Porn Star Aurora Snow Goes from Barely Legal to MILF |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/porn-star-aurora-snow-goes-from-barely-legal-to-milf |work=The Daily Beast |date=August 9, 2010 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> planning to work in porn for only a year.<ref name="Snow 2021">{{cite news |last1=Snow |first1=Aurora |title=The Porn Stars Giving the Middle Finger to Father Time |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-porn-stars-giving-the-middle-finger-to-father-time |work=The Daily Beast |date=November 7, 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Snow 2010a"/> | ||
One of her first professionally made and distributed movies was ''More Dirty Debutantes 152'', produced by [[Ed Powers]].<ref name="Street"/> | One of her first professionally made and distributed movies was ''More Dirty Debutantes 152'', produced by [[Ed Powers]].<ref name="Street 2016"/> | ||
Snow was a contract performer and director for [[Sin City (studio)|Sin City]] between May 2003 and May 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sin-city-entertainment-signs-aurora-snow-31870.html |title=Sin City Entertainment Signs Aurora Snow |access-date=August 13, 2013 |date=May 21, 2003 |magazine=Adult Video News }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/aurora-snow-signs-new-two-year-deal-with-sin-city-mayhem-38802.html |title=Aurora Snow Signs New Two-Year Deal With Sin City/Mayhem |access-date=August 13, 2013 |date=May 26, 2004 |magazine=Adult Video News }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sin-city-terminates-aurora-snow-contract-43936.html |title=Sin City Terminates Aurora Snow Contract |access-date=August 13, 2013 |first=Acme |last=Andersson |date=May 31, 2005 |magazine=Adult Video News }}</ref> She made her directorial debut for the company with the film ''Assploitations''.<ref name="Street"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/aurora-snow-8217-s-assploitations-2-in-stores-37710.html |title=Aurora Snow's ''Assploitations 2'' In Stores |access-date=August 13, 2013 |first=Acme |last=Andersson |date=February 4, 2004 |work=Adult Video News }}</ref> Snow hosted ''Private Calls'' on [[Playboy TV]].{{r|Snow | Snow was a contract performer and director for [[Sin City (studio)|Sin City]] between May 2003 and May 2005.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sin-city-entertainment-signs-aurora-snow-31870.html |title=Sin City Entertainment Signs Aurora Snow |access-date=August 13, 2013 |date=May 21, 2003 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/aurora-snow-signs-new-two-year-deal-with-sin-city-mayhem-38802.html |title=Aurora Snow Signs New Two-Year Deal With Sin City/Mayhem |access-date=August 13, 2013 |date=May 26, 2004 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sin-city-terminates-aurora-snow-contract-43936.html |title=Sin City Terminates Aurora Snow Contract |access-date=August 13, 2013 |first=Acme |last=Andersson |date=May 31, 2005 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> She made her directorial debut for the company with the film ''Assploitations''.<ref name="Street 2016"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/aurora-snow-8217-s-assploitations-2-in-stores-37710.html |title=Aurora Snow's ''Assploitations 2'' In Stores |access-date=August 13, 2013 |first=Acme |last=Andersson |date=February 4, 2004 |work=Adult Video News}}</ref> Snow hosted ''Private Calls'' on [[Playboy TV]].{{r|Snow 2010a}} | ||
In July 2010, she reported on the obscenity case against [[John Stagliano]] for ''[[Adult Video News]]''.<ref name="Snow | In July 2010, she reported on the obscenity case against [[John Stagliano]] for ''[[Adult Video News]]''.<ref name="Snow 2010b">{{cite web |last=Snow |first=Aurora |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/legal/aurora-snow-blogs-for-avn-from-stagliano-trial-403410.html |title=Aurora Snow Blogs for AVN from Stagliano Trial |work=Adult Video News |date=July 14, 2010 |access-date=June 2, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Snow 2010c">{{cite web |last1=Snow |first1=Aurora |title=Aurora Snow: Trial and Error in the Nation's Capital |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/legal/aurora-snow-trial-and-error-in-the-nation-s-capital-403691.html |website=Adult Video News |date=July 15, 2010}}</ref> | ||
Despite not using condoms during most of her scenes, she came out as one of the few performers in favor of the 2012 [[Measure B]] vote in Los Angeles, mandating the use of condoms for all pornographic movie scenes.<ref name="Snow | Despite not using condoms during most of her scenes, she came out as one of the few performers in favor of the 2012 [[Measure B]] vote in Los Angeles, mandating the use of condoms for all pornographic movie scenes.<ref name="Snow 2012">{{cite news |last1=Snow |first1=Aurora |title=Condoms in Porn: One Adult Star Says Yes to Measure B |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/condoms-in-porn-one-adult-star-says-yes-to-measure-b |work=The Daily Beast |date=October 18, 2012 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> | ||
Snow left the pornographic film industry after ten years in 2011 and moved from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Macon, Missouri]].<ref name= | Snow left the pornographic film industry after ten years in 2011 and moved from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Macon, Missouri]].<ref name="Walther 2014"/> | ||
===Mainstream media appearances=== | ===Mainstream media appearances=== | ||
Snow appeared in the 2002 feature film [[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]] as ''Masked Naked Girl at Party''. | Snow appeared in the 2002 feature film [[The Rules of Attraction (film)|The Rules of Attraction]] as ''Masked Naked Girl at Party''. | ||
Snow appeared in a cameo in the [[Judd Apatow]] film ''[[Superbad (film)|Superbad]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aurora Snow |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1519094/Aurora-Snow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225155001/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1519094/Aurora-Snow |url-status=unfit |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2008 |archive-date=February 25, 2008 }}</ref> On January 6, 2010, Snow appeared in an episode of ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'' titled "Death On Arrival" to discuss [[edible underwear]] during the "Way to Die #444: Deadliest Munch" segment of the episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spike.com/episodes/8ve5bv/1000-ways-to-die-death-on-arrival-season-2-ep-201 |title=Death On Arrival - Episode 201 |access-date=August 13, 2013 |date=January 6, 2010 |publisher=[[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] |archive-date=August 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812132946/http://www.spike.com/episodes/8ve5bv/1000-ways-to-die-death-on-arrival-season-2-ep-201 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Snow appeared in a cameo in the [[Judd Apatow]] film ''[[Superbad (film)|Superbad]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aurora Snow |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1519094/Aurora-Snow |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225155001/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1519094/Aurora-Snow |url-status=unfit |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2008 |archive-date=February 25, 2008}}</ref> On January 6, 2010, Snow appeared in an episode of ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'' titled "Death On Arrival" to discuss [[edible underwear]] during the "Way to Die #444: Deadliest Munch" segment of the episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spike.com/episodes/8ve5bv/1000-ways-to-die-death-on-arrival-season-2-ep-201 |title=Death On Arrival - Episode 201 |access-date=August 13, 2013 |date=January 6, 2010 |publisher=[[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] |archive-date=August 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812132946/http://www.spike.com/episodes/8ve5bv/1000-ways-to-die-death-on-arrival-season-2-ep-201 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
On March 12, 2013, Snow appeared on ''[[The Young Turks]]'' to discuss racism in pornography and the reasons why some [[White people|Caucasian]] pornographic actresses refuse to do [[Ethnic pornography|interracial sex scenes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/adult-film-actress-aurora-snow-i-think-that-racism-actually-does-still-exist-in-porn |title=Adult film actress Aurora Snow: 'I think that racism actually does still exist [in porn]' |date=March 12, 2013 |publisher=[[Current TV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711160119/http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/adult-film-actress-aurora-snow-i-think-that-racism-actually-does-still-exist-in-porn |archive-date=July 11, 2013 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> | On March 12, 2013, Snow appeared on ''[[The Young Turks]]'' to discuss racism in pornography and the reasons why some [[White people|Caucasian]] pornographic actresses refuse to do [[Ethnic pornography|interracial sex scenes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/adult-film-actress-aurora-snow-i-think-that-racism-actually-does-still-exist-in-porn |title=Adult film actress Aurora Snow: 'I think that racism actually does still exist [in porn]' |date=March 12, 2013 |publisher=[[Current TV]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711160119/http://current.com/shows/the-young-turks/videos/adult-film-actress-aurora-snow-i-think-that-racism-actually-does-still-exist-in-porn |archive-date=July 11, 2013 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> | ||
Snow has been a contributor for ''[[The Daily Beast]]''<ref name="Street"/> and ''[[Glammonitor]]'', writing articles about the porn industry and women's issues.<ref name=" | Snow has been a contributor for ''[[The Daily Beast]]''<ref name="Street 2016"/> and ''[[Glammonitor]]'', writing articles about the porn industry and women's issues.<ref name="Aurora Snow">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/aurora-snow.html |title=Aurora Snow |access-date=November 26, 2021 |website=The Daily Beast}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glammonitor.com/author/aurorasnow/ |title=Aurora Snow |website=Glammonitor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602192209/http://www.glammonitor.com/author/aurorasnow/ |archive-date=June 2, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
On March 6, 2014, Snow spoke at [[Harvard Law School]]<ref name="Street"/> on the topic of "Sex, Drugs, and Rolling Dice: The Regulation of Vice."<ref name="Dickson">{{cite web |last=Dickson |first=EJ |url=http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/porn-harvard-q-and-a-aurora-snow/ |title=Retired porn star Aurora Snow hits Harvard to talk about the new politics of porn |access-date=March 25, 2015 |date=March 4, 2014 |work=[[The Daily Dot]] }}</ref> On March 19, 2015, Snow spoke at the [[University of South Carolina School of Law]] on "Vice, Porn and American Culture."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITO3H9EfKE |title=Aurora Snow speaks at USC School of Law on Porn Industry | | On March 6, 2014, Snow spoke at [[Harvard Law School]]<ref name="Street 2016"/> on the topic of "Sex, Drugs, and Rolling Dice: The Regulation of Vice."<ref name="Dickson 2014">{{cite web |last=Dickson |first=EJ |url=http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/porn-harvard-q-and-a-aurora-snow/ |title=Retired porn star Aurora Snow hits Harvard to talk about the new politics of porn |access-date=March 25, 2015 |date=March 4, 2014 |work=[[The Daily Dot]]}}</ref> On March 19, 2015, Snow spoke at the [[University of South Carolina School of Law]] on "Vice, Porn and American Culture."<ref>{{cite web |last=Snow |first=Aurora |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITO3H9EfKE |title=Aurora Snow speaks at USC School of Law on Porn Industry |date=March 22, 2015 |via=YouTube |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307220100/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITO3H9EfKE |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Independent source inline|date=June 2025}} | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
In September 2013, Snow wrote an article for ''The Daily Beast'' titled "A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son" in which she announced she was pregnant with her first child and stated how she would explain her choice to work in the porn industry to her son once he is older.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-porn-stars-letter-to-her-unborn-son |title=A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son |access-date=January 2, 2014 |first=Aurora |last=Snow |date=September 30, 2013 |website=The Daily Beast |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The letter quickly went viral on the Internet.<ref name="Berry">{{cite web |url=http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Oh-Mother/October-2013/Retired-Porn-Star-Writes-a-Letter-to-Her-Unborn-Child/ |title=Retired Porn Star Writes a Letter to Her Unborn Child |first=Latonya |last=Berry |date=October 2, 2013 |publisher=[[Metro Parent Publishing Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103174403/http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Oh-Mother/October-2013/Retired-Porn-Star-Writes-a-Letter-to-Her-Unborn-Child/ |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |url-status=dead | In September 2013, Snow wrote an article for ''The Daily Beast'' titled "A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son" in which she announced she was pregnant with her first child and stated how she would explain her choice to work in the porn industry to her son once he is older.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-porn-stars-letter-to-her-unborn-son |title=A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son |access-date=January 2, 2014 |first=Aurora |last=Snow |date=September 30, 2013 |website=The Daily Beast |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The letter quickly went viral on the Internet.<ref name="Berry 2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Oh-Mother/October-2013/Retired-Porn-Star-Writes-a-Letter-to-Her-Unborn-Child/ |title=Retired Porn Star Writes a Letter to Her Unborn Child |first=Latonya |last=Berry |date=October 2, 2013 |publisher=[[Metro Parent Publishing Group]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103174403/http://www.metroparent.com/Blogs/Oh-Mother/October-2013/Retired-Porn-Star-Writes-a-Letter-to-Her-Unborn-Child/ |archive-date=January 3, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Williams 2013">{{cite web |url=http://health.ninemsn.com.au/family/digestive/8731943/porn-stars-touching-letter-to-her-unborn-son |title=Porn star's touching letter to her unborn son |first=Lachlan |last=Williams |date=October 1, 2013 |website=[[Ninemsn]] |archive-date=February 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206141624/http://health.ninemsn.com.au/family/digestive/8731943/porn-stars-touching-letter-to-her-unborn-son |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="Soto 2013">{{cite web |url=https://mamaslatinas.com/parenting-pregnancy/118173-porn_star_writes_brutally_honest |title=Porn star writes brutally honest letter to her unborn son |access-date=November 26, 2021 |first=Roxana A. |last=Soto |date=October 8, 2013 |website=Mamás Latinas}}</ref> She gave birth to her son in December 2013.<ref name="Snow 2013a">{{cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-sex-for-six-weeks-after-giving-birth-its-too-long |title=No Sex For Six Weeks After Giving Birth? It's Too Long! |access-date=January 2, 2014 |first=Aurora |last=Snow |date=December 27, 2013 |website=The Daily Beast |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Her father stated that he was proud upon finding out about her occupation.<ref name="Snow 2017b">{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/my-daughter-the-porn-star |title=My Daughter the Porn Star |first=Aurora |last=Snow |date=May 30, 2017 |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=May 24, 2017 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> | ||
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
* 2002 [[XRCO Award]] – Best Threeway Sex Scene (''Up Your Ass 18'') <small>with [[Mr. Marcus]] & [[Lexington Steele]]</small><ref name= | * 2002 [[XRCO Award]] – Best Threeway Sex Scene (''Up Your Ass 18'') <small>with [[Mr. Marcus]] & [[Lexington Steele]]</small><ref name="Nelson 2002">{{cite web |url=http://www.ainews.com/Archives/Story3247.phtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030308024502/http://ainews.com/Archives/Story3247.phtml |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 8, 2003 |title=The 18th Annual Awards of the X-Rated Critics Organization |first=Steve |last=Nelson |date=April 13, 2002 |website=Adult Industry News}}</ref> | ||
* 2002 XRCO Award – Best Group Sex Scene (''Gangbang Auditions 7'')<ref name= | * 2002 XRCO Award – Best Group Sex Scene (''Gangbang Auditions 7'')<ref name="Nelson 2002"/> | ||
* 2002 XRCO Award – Cream Dream<ref name= | * 2002 XRCO Award – Cream Dream<ref name="Nelson 2002"/> | ||
* 2003 XRCO Award – Best Threeway Sex Scene (''Trained Teens'') <small>with [[Gauge (actress)|Gauge]] & [[Jules Jordan]]</small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/evil-angel-s-i-the-fashionistas-i-big-winner-at-xrcos-thursday-night-32315.html |title=Evil Angel's The Fashionistas Big Winner At XRCOs Thursday Night |access-date=September 28, 2014 |first=Heidi |last=Pike-Johnson |date=April 4, 2003 |magazine=Adult Video News }}</ref> | * 2003 XRCO Award – Best Threeway Sex Scene (''Trained Teens'') <small>with [[Gauge (actress)|Gauge]] & [[Jules Jordan]]</small><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/evil-angel-s-i-the-fashionistas-i-big-winner-at-xrcos-thursday-night-32315.html |title=Evil Angel's The Fashionistas Big Winner At XRCOs Thursday Night |access-date=September 28, 2014 |first=Heidi |last=Pike-Johnson |date=April 4, 2003 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> | ||
* 2003 [[AVN Award]] – [[AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year|Female Performer of the Year]]<ref name="Snow | * 2003 [[AVN Award]] – [[AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year|Female Performer of the Year]]<ref name="Snow 2017a"/><ref name="Street 2016"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2003-avn-awards-winners-announced-awards-presented-big-year-for-evil-angel-32917.html |title=2003 AVN Awards Winners Announced: Awards Presented Big Year for Evil Angel... |access-date=August 13, 2013 |author=Heidi Pike-Johnson |date=January 21, 2003 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> | ||
* 2011 [[XRCO Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{cite magazine |title=XRCO Announces 2011 Nominations |magazine=Adult Video News |first=Peter |last=Warren |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/xrco-announces-2011-nominations-426791.html |access-date=February 26, 2011 |date=February 22, 2011 }}</ref> | * 2011 [[XRCO Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref>{{cite magazine |title=XRCO Announces 2011 Nominations |magazine=Adult Video News |first=Peter |last=Warren |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/xrco-announces-2011-nominations-426791.html |access-date=February 26, 2011 |date=February 22, 2011}}</ref> | ||
* 2017 [[AVN Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref name="Street"/> | * 2017 [[AVN Hall of Fame]] inductee<ref name="Street 2016"/> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Aurora Snow is a retired American pornographic actress,[1] director, and columnist.[2][3]
Early life
Snow was raised by a single mother and was the oldest of three siblings.[4]
Career
Adult films
Snow entered the pornographic entertainment industry when she was 18 years old,[3][5] planning to work in porn for only a year.[6][5] One of her first professionally made and distributed movies was More Dirty Debutantes 152, produced by Ed Powers.[3]
Snow was a contract performer and director for Sin City between May 2003 and May 2005.[7][8][9] She made her directorial debut for the company with the film Assploitations.[3][10] Snow hosted Private Calls on Playboy TV.Template:R
In July 2010, she reported on the obscenity case against John Stagliano for Adult Video News.[11][12]
Despite not using condoms during most of her scenes, she came out as one of the few performers in favor of the 2012 Measure B vote in Los Angeles, mandating the use of condoms for all pornographic movie scenes.[13] Snow left the pornographic film industry after ten years in 2011 and moved from Los Angeles to Macon, Missouri.[4]
Mainstream media appearances
Snow appeared in the 2002 feature film The Rules of Attraction as Masked Naked Girl at Party.
Snow appeared in a cameo in the Judd Apatow film Superbad.[14] On January 6, 2010, Snow appeared in an episode of 1000 Ways to Die titled "Death On Arrival" to discuss edible underwear during the "Way to Die #444: Deadliest Munch" segment of the episode.[15]
On March 12, 2013, Snow appeared on The Young Turks to discuss racism in pornography and the reasons why some Caucasian pornographic actresses refuse to do interracial sex scenes.[16]
Snow has been a contributor for The Daily Beast[3] and Glammonitor, writing articles about the porn industry and women's issues.[17][18]
On March 6, 2014, Snow spoke at Harvard Law School[3] on the topic of "Sex, Drugs, and Rolling Dice: The Regulation of Vice."[19] On March 19, 2015, Snow spoke at the University of South Carolina School of Law on "Vice, Porn and American Culture."[20]Template:Independent source inline
Personal life
In September 2013, Snow wrote an article for The Daily Beast titled "A Porn Star's Letter to Her Unborn Son" in which she announced she was pregnant with her first child and stated how she would explain her choice to work in the porn industry to her son once he is older.[21] The letter quickly went viral on the Internet.[22][23][24] She gave birth to her son in December 2013.[25] Her father stated that he was proud upon finding out about her occupation.[26]
Awards
- 2002 XRCO Award – Best Threeway Sex Scene (Up Your Ass 18) with Mr. Marcus & Lexington Steele[27]
- 2002 XRCO Award – Best Group Sex Scene (Gangbang Auditions 7)[27]
- 2002 XRCO Award – Cream Dream[27]
- 2003 XRCO Award – Best Threeway Sex Scene (Trained Teens) with Gauge & Jules Jordan[28]
- 2003 AVN Award – Female Performer of the Year[1][3][29]
- 2011 XRCO Hall of Fame inductee[30]
- 2017 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[3]
References
External links
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