Mari Possa is a

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and

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personality.

Early life

Possa was born in

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. Her family moved from El Salvador to the United States when she was nine.

Career

Mari Possa was a former secretary at a law firm when she entered the adult industry as assistant of director Seymour Butts. In 2003, she became a contract girl for Seymour Butts Home Movies and Adam & Eve Pictures, and appeared in about 35 scenes until 2009. In 2009, Possa retired from the porn industry to pursue a degree in broadcasting, then made her comeback to porn in 2012 as a freelance performer for solo and lesbian scenes. Possa also appeared in the

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'' and was the cover girl of the book ''Dirty Talk: Conversations with Porn Stars'' by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson."Adult Who's Who: Mari Possa", ''

AVN Magazine ''Adult Video News'' (also called ''AVN'' or ''AVN Magazine'') is an American trade magazine that covers the adult video industry. ''The New York Times'' notes that ''AVN'' is to pornographic films what ''Billboard'' is to records. ''AVN'' spon ...

'', Vol. 28/No. 8, Issue 356, August 2012, p. 40. Her porn name is a pun on the word ''mariposa'', which means "

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" in Spanish.

Awards

*2005

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nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – ''Anal Surprise Party'' *2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – ''House of Ass'' *2006 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – ''War of the Girls'' *2007 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – ''Butt Pirates of the Caribbean'' *2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – ''Jenna 9.5'' * 2013

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nomination – Performer Comeback of the Year

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Possa, Mari Year of birth missing (living people) Salvadoran emigrants to the United States American pornographic film actresses Living people 21st-century American women