CoCo Brown is an American

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, DJ, and former pornographic film actress. Brown has also acted in a German

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written and directed by Christian Alvart.

Early life

Brown spent part of her childhood in

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and moved to

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with her family when she was in

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. At age 15, she ran away from home and never returned.

Career

Adult entertainment

Brown once worked briefly as a

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. She stopped performing in adult films in 2003.

Music

Brown launched a rap music career after quitting porn and later worked as a DJ.

Suborbital flight

Brown had signed up to go on a

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flight in 2016, which would have lasted approximately one hour and would have provided 90 seconds of weightlessness. The flight was to have been arranged by the Space Expedition Corporation (SXC), a

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-based

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company. This opportunity for her arose in 2012 when she received a "space luncheon" invite by a

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she knew after another person canceled their appearance at the event. She began training for the flight, with help from XCOR Aerospace, that same year. In preparation for the trip, she had to earn a pilot's license. She was to have been the flight's

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. If the trip had taken place as planned, she would have been the first pornographic actress on a suborbital high altitude flight. XCOR ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy in 2017 without flying a single person on their Lynx spaceplane.

Personal life

Brown met her future husband while working in Las Vegas as a

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. She later moved to Germany with her son from a previous relationship.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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