Shyla Stylez
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Shyla Stylez is the stage name
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 Amanda Friedland, a Canadian 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...

.

She was interested in entering the pornography in her teens. She moved to Vancouver and worked as both a stripper and a webcam model, in addition to appearing in nude pictorials. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in movies.

She credits Erik Everhard
Erik Everhard
Erik Everhard is a Canadian pornographic actor and director, known for gonzo pornography films.-Biography:...

 with being the person to formally introduce her to the business. She appeared in her first film, Slap Happy by Anabolic Video
Anabolic Video
Anabolic Video is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Chatsworth, California. The studio was a pioneer of gonzo pornography, and is considered one of the most successful gonzo producers.-History:...

, in 2000 at the age of 19. She signed an exclusive relationship with Jill Kelly Productions in 2002 and would later marry their CEO, Bob Friedland, in 2002. They divorced in 2003.

She temporarily left the adult industry in 2005 and began appearing in low-budget films such as Call Girl Wives and Alabama Jones and the Busty Crusade under the name "Amanda Auclair." She returned to pornography in 2006.

Stylez was involved in a sex scandal
Sex scandal
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 with former Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

 assistant-sheriff
Sheriff
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 George Jaramillo, where she was noted as having had several sexual encounters with him.

Stylez hosted the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 independent TV show Un-Wired TV in 2007.

In 2010, she was named by Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....

 as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.

Awards and nominations

  • 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet
  • 2007 XRCO Award nominee - Best Cumback
  • 2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video - Girlvana 2, Zero Tolerance Entertainment
    Zero Tolerance Entertainment
    Zero Tolerance Entertainment is an American pornographic film studio. The studios Third Degree Films and Black Ice are sister companies of Zero Tolerance. The studio's films are generally classed as Gonzo pornography. -History:...

     with Sammie Rhodes
    Sammie Rhodes
    -Biography:She credits her pornographic agent for getting her life in order. "I was stressed, I drank and was immature. But under the influence of Skooby, I got my act together. Now, I take care of myself physically and mentally...

     and Jenaveve Jolie
    Jenaveve Jolie
    Jenaveve Jolie is an American pornographic actress, nude model and exotic dancer. She is also known as Jenaveve Joli or Jenevieve.She worked as a waitress at a steak house, before beginning her adult film career in around 2004...

  • 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video - Coming Home, Wicked Pictures
    Wicked Pictures
    Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry...

  • 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD - My Plaything: Shyla Stylez, Digital Sin
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – Curvy Girls
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Full Streams Ahead
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – Pirates II
  • 2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Jack's POV 12
  • 2011 Urban X Awards
    Urban X Awards
    The Urban X Awards is an annual award ceremony held in the United States to honor achievement in ethnic pornography. Originally known as the Urban Spice Awards, it was established in 2008 by black porn director Giana Taylor. The awards recognize achievement by the porn stars, producers, directors,...

     Hall of Fame

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