Tori Black (born 1988) is an American pornographic film actress. In 2011, she became the first person to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award two years in a row. She was inducted in the XRCO and AVN Halls of Fame.
Early life and education Black was born in Seattle, Washington. She stated on Reddit in 2016 that she had studied journalism at Western Washington University.
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. She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for December 2008.
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. She also won the 2010 and 2011 XRCO Awards for Female Performer of the Year. 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.
Black had a guest-starring role in "Gem and Loan", the third episode of season 2 of the Showtime series Ray Donovan where she played porn star Lexi Steele. She also appeared in the film L.A. Slasher.
In 2010, Black was named by Loaded magazine as the most facially attractive female performer in the industry.
Black made her directorial debut with a video for Elegant Angels' website, featuring their Girl of the Month for June 2014, Alina Li.
In 2017, Black, credited as Tori Black, had a small part in the supernatural musical thriller film American Satan.
In March 2020, she was featured in KP Wolfe's music video "You Can Call Me".
Personal life , Black was married to Lyndell Anderson, director of the pornographic film studio Arch Angel. They have two children.
Awards +Awards and nominationsAwardWonNominatedAVN AwardsF.A.M.E. AwardsNightMoves AwardsXBIZ AwardsXRCO AwardsOther AwardsTotal number of wins and nominations YearCeremonyCategoryMovie2009AEBN VOD AwardBest Newcomerrowspan=3XRCO AwardCream DreamF.A.M.E. AwardFavorite Female Rookie2010AVN AwardBest All-Girl Couples Sex SceneField of Schemes 5Best All-Girl Three-Way Sex SceneThe 8th DayBest Tease PerformanceTori Black Is Pretty FilthyBest Threeway Sex SceneFemale Performer of the Yearrowspan=5XBIZ AwardFemale Performer of the YearXRCO AwardFemale Performer of the YearF.A.M.E. AwardFavorite Female StarletFame Registry AwardRising Star of the Year2011AVN AwardBest Oral Sex SceneStripper DiariesBest POV Sex SceneJack's POV 15Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot ProductionTori Black: NymphomaniacFemale Performer of the YearXBIZ AwardPorn Star Site of the YearToriBlack.comXRCO AwardFemale Performer of the Yearrowspan=5 Fame Registry AwardPerformer of the Year2012NightMoves AwardSocial Media Star (Editor's Choice)2013Fame Registry AwardFan Favorite Hottest Brunette20142016XBIZ AwardDirector of the Year – Non-Feature ReleaseTrue Lust 2018Best Sex Scene – All-Girl ReleaseTori Black is BackVixenAngel of the YearNightMoves AwardBest Star Showcase (Editor's Choice)Tori Black is BackSocial Media Star of the Year (Editor's Choice)rowspan=2XRCO AwardBest Cumback2019XBIZ AwardBest Sex Scene – Vignette ReleaseAfter DarkAVN AwardBest Group Sex SceneFleshbot Award2020XRCO AwardHall of Famerowspan=22022AVN AwardHall of Fame Other nominations 2009 AVN nominations 2010 NightMoves nominations 2012 AVN nominations 2012 XBIZ nominations 2012 XRCO nominations 2013 AVN nominations
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