Tori Black

Tori Black
Black in 2014
Born1988 (age 36–37)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Other namesTory Black
SpouseLyndell Anderson
Children2
Websitetoriblack.com

Tori Black (born 1988[1][2]) is an American pornographic actress. In 2011, she became the first person to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award two years in a row.[3] She was inducted in the XRCO and AVN Halls of Fame.[4]

Early life and education

Black was born in Seattle, Washington.[3] She stated on Reddit in 2016 that she had studied journalism at Western Washington University.[3]

Career

Black started her career at age 18 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she was on a summer vacation while attending college. At her parents' insistence on getting a job, Black saw an advertisement for an adult talent agency and sent in her pictures. The agency accepted and, after considering their offer, she accepted and returned to the agency a week later.[1] She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for December 2008.[5][6]

Black is the first person in history to win two AVN Female Performer of the Year Awards, winning back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011.[1][7] She also won the 2010 and 2011 XRCO Awards for Female Performer of the Year.[8][9] In 2011 and 2012, she was also named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn and CNBC noted her role as Catwoman in Vivid Entertainment's Batman XXX: A Porn Parody, as well as her 2010 wins by AVN and XBIZ and 2011 AVN win and XBIZ nomination as Female Performer of the Year.[10][11]

Black had a guest starring role "Gem and Loan", the third episode of season 2 of the Showtime series Ray Donovan where she played porn star Lexi Steele.[12] She also appeared in the film L.A. Slasher.[13]

In 2010, Black was named by Loaded magazine as the most facially attractive female performer in the industry.[14]

Black made her directorial debut with a video for Elegant Angels' website, featuring their Girl of the Month for June 2014, Alina Li.[15]

In 2017, Black, credited as Tori Black, had a small part in the supernatural musical thriller film American Satan.

In March 2020, she featured in KP Wolfe's music video "You Can Call Me".[16]

Personal life

As of 2018, Black was married to Lyndell Anderson, director of the pornographic film studio Arch Angel. They have two children.[3]

Awards

Awards and nominations
Year Ceremony Category Movie
2009 AEBN VOD Award[17] Best Newcomer —
XRCO Award[18] Cream Dream
F.A.M.E. Award[19] Favorite Female Rookie
2010 AVN Award[20][21] Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene Field of Schemes 5
Best All-Girl Three-Way Sex Scene The 8th Day
Best Tease Performance Tori Black Is Pretty Filthy
Best Threeway Sex Scene
Female Performer of the Year —
XBIZ Award[22][23] Female Performer of the Year
XRCO Award[9] Female Performer of the Year
F.A.M.E. Award[24] Favorite Female Starlet
Fame Registry Award[25] Rising Star of the Year
2011 AVN Award[26][27] Best Oral Sex Scene Stripper Diaries
Best POV Sex Scene Jack's POV 15
Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production Tori Black: Nymphomaniac
Female Performer of the Year —
XBIZ Award[28] Porn Star Site of the Year ToriBlack.com
XRCO Award[8][29] Female Performer of the Year —
2012 NightMoves Award[30] Social Media Star (Editor's Choice)
2016 XBIZ Award Director of the Year – Non-Feature Release[31] True Lust
2018 Best Sex Scene – All-Girl Release[32] Tori Black is Back
Vixen[33] Angel of the Year —
NightMoves Award[34] Best Star Showcase (Editor's Choice) Tori Black is Back
Social Media Star of the Year (Editor's Choice) —
XRCO Award[35] Best Cumback
2019 XBIZ Award[36] Best Sex Scene – Vignette Release After Dark
AVN Award[37] Best Group Sex Scene
2020 XRCO Award Hall of Fame —
2022 AVN Award Hall of Fame

Other nominations

  • 2009 AVN nominations[38]
  • 2010 NightMoves nominations[39]
  • 2012 AVN nominations[40]
  • 2012 XBIZ nominations[41]
  • 2012 XRCO nominations[42]
  • 2013 AVN nominations[43]

References

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  2. ^ "Adult film star Tori Black chats about career and family, appears at Exxxotica Miami Beach". Miami Herald. February 6, 2019.
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  4. ^ "2022 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. January 22, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Hainsworth, Jay (December 4, 2008). "Penthouse Babe of the Day: Tori Black". IGN. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "December 2008". Penthouse. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Warren, Peter (January 11, 2011). "The Final Wrap-Up: Parting Shots from the Floor of AEE Day 4". AVN. Archived from the original on November 3, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
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  10. ^ Morris, Chris (January 6, 2011). ""The Dirty Dozen: Porn's most popular stars"". CNBC. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
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  12. ^ "Pornstar Tori Black's Full Frontal Nudity Goes Mainstream On Ray Donovan". Fleshbot. July 28, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  13. ^ "'L.A. Slasher': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. June 14, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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  16. ^ "PREMIERE: KP Wolfe Releases "You Can Call Me" Video Featuring Tori Black". Audiofemme.com. March 20, 2020.
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  36. ^ "Award Winners | 2019 Winners". XBIZ Awards. XBIZ. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019.
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  40. ^ "AVN AWARDS 2012 – NOMINATIONS" (PDF). AVN Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2012.
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