Aurora Snow
Encyclopedia
Aurora Snow is the stage name
of an American
pornographic actress
and occasional director.
. She has been an actress since the age of 12, performing in local community and regional theater.
. After her first year of college, she answered an employment-advertisement for nude modeling. From there she moved on to pornography. She continued her education but changed her major to Business.
Despite her choice of career, she was initially very inexperienced sexually. She had performed in several smaller gonzo porn scenes and Pro-Am films featured online when she first started, but she has recently focused more on traditional, plot-based 'feature' films. One of her first 'professionally' made as well as distributed movies was titled More Dirty Debutantes 152, produced by Ed Powers
. Her stage name derives from her two favorite childhood fairy tale characters, Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty
and Snow White
.
She has also moved into directing and is a hostess on Playboy TV
. Her directorial debut is Assploitations, later followed by a fairy tale type movie called Perverted Tales. She directs hardcore anal films.
Snow appeared in a cameo in the Judd Apatow
film Superbad with fellow pornographic actress Jenna Haze
. She also made an uncredited masked cameo in the film The Rules of Attraction
.
In 2009 Snow's biography was released in comic book form by Carnal Comics
in Aurora Snow: True Stories of Adult Film Stars.
for more than 7 years. In June 2008, she was reported to be seeing writer Richard Abowitz.
In July 2010, she reported on the obscenity case against John Stagliano
for AVN
.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of an American
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
pornographic actress
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
and occasional director.
Early life
Snow was born and raised in Santa Maria, California, but also spent time in Albuquerque, New MexicoNew Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
. She has been an actress since the age of 12, performing in local community and regional theater.
Career
Snow entered college at the University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...
. After her first year of college, she answered an employment-advertisement for nude modeling. From there she moved on to pornography. She continued her education but changed her major to Business.
Despite her choice of career, she was initially very inexperienced sexually. She had performed in several smaller gonzo porn scenes and Pro-Am films featured online when she first started, but she has recently focused more on traditional, plot-based 'feature' films. One of her first 'professionally' made as well as distributed movies was titled More Dirty Debutantes 152, produced by Ed Powers
Ed Powers
Ed Powers is an American director, producer and actor of hardcore pornographic films. He owns his own production company, Ed Powers Productions.Powers was born in Brooklyn, New York...
. Her stage name derives from her two favorite childhood fairy tale characters, Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)
Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault...
and Snow White
Snow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
.
She has also moved into directing and is a hostess on Playboy TV
Playboy TV
Playboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
. Her directorial debut is Assploitations, later followed by a fairy tale type movie called Perverted Tales. She directs hardcore anal films.
Snow appeared in a cameo in the Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his work in comedy films, especially for films he has been involved with throughout the latter half of the 2000s. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, a film production company that also developed the...
film Superbad with fellow pornographic actress Jenna Haze
Jenna Haze
Jenna Haze is an American pornographic actress. She entered the adult film industry in 2001 at the age of 19. Between 2002 and 2005, she was a contract girl for the film company Jill Kelly Productions. During most of her time at the company, she performed exclusively with women, out of loyalty to...
. She also made an uncredited masked cameo in the film The Rules of Attraction
The Rules of Attraction (film)
The Rules of Attraction is a 2002 satirical dark comedy film directed by Roger Avary, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. It stars James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, and Kip Pardue.-Plot:...
.
In 2009 Snow's biography was released in comic book form by Carnal Comics
Carnal Comics
Carnal Comics is an adults-only comic book imprint which has so-far been published by three companies: Revolutionary Comics , Re-Visionary Press and Opus Graphics...
in Aurora Snow: True Stories of Adult Film Stars.
Personal life
Snow had a relationship with fellow pornographic actor Jay AshleyJay Ashley
Jay Ashley is a pornographic actor and director. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.He met Kaitlyn Ashley during high school; when she was 15, they moved in together. After graduation, he joined the U.S. Marines and was an underwater welding inspector...
for more than 7 years. In June 2008, she was reported to be seeing writer Richard Abowitz.
In July 2010, she reported on the obscenity case against John Stagliano
John Stagliano
John Allen Stagliano , also known as Buttman, is an American entrepreneur, pornographic actor, producer and director, who founded and owns the Evil Angel pornographic film studio.-Early life and career:...
for AVN
AVN (magazine)
Adult Video News is an American trade journal that covers the adult video industry. The New York Times notes that AVN is to pornographic films what Billboard is to records...
.
Awards
- 2002 – XRCO Award for Cream Dream
- 2002 – XRCO Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Up Your Ass 18 (with Mr. MarcusMr. MarcusMr. Marcus is an American pornographic actor. He specializes in interracial pornography.- Career :...
and Lexington SteeleLexington SteeleClifton Todd Britt , better known as Lexington Steele, is an American award-winning pornographic actor, director and owner of Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc. He is the first actor to have won the AVN Male Performer of the Year Award three times.- Education, career prior to...
) - 2002 – XRCO Award for Best Group Sex Scene – Gangbang Auditions 7
- 2003 – XRCO Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Trained Teens (with Gauge and Jules JordanJules JordanJules Jordan is an American pornographic movie director, actor, and producer. Originally his movies were distributed under John Stagliano's adult video company, Evil Angel. In early 2006 his company Jules Jordan Video began handling its own distribution...
) - 2003 – AVN Award Female Performer of the Year
- 2011 XRCO Hall of FameXRCO Hall of FameXRCO Hall of Fame lists some of the most notable adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO awards.-Actors:* 1985 John C...
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