Oriana Small, known professionally as Ashley Blue, is an American radio personality, writer, and former pornographic actress. She is a member of the AVN and

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Halls of Fame. She hosts her own

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show and writes for ''

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'' magazine.

Career

Blue has won multiple

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awards, including 2004 Female Performer of the Year and 2005 Best Supporting Actress. In March 2004, she signed a three-year contract with

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, appearing in the ''Girlvert'' series. She ended the contract on February 14, 2007. In 2003, she sued ex-boyfriend and fellow former adult film star Trent Tesoro on an episode of ''

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''. She was featured in ''Inside the Porn Actors Studio: Ashley Blue'' (2006), an episode of

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's TV series ''Howard Stern on Demand''. She also did voice acting for the cartoon ''Three Thug Mice''. In 2008, Small finished writing her memoir of nearly ten years working in the

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(using her

moniker "Girlvert"). It was published as ''Girlvert: A Memoir by Oriana Small'' by Los Angeles-based independent publisher A Barnacle Book & Record in 2011. In 2011, she was portrayed by Swedish artist Karl Backman for the ''Museum of Porn in Art'' in Zurich. Blue has been hosting her own

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show, ''Blue Movies'', since November 2013. She was inducted into the

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in 2021.

Awards

*2003

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for Cream Dream *2004 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year *2004 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – '' The Violation of Jessica Darlin'' (with Jessica Darlin, Brandi Lyons, Lana Moore, Hollie Stevens, Crystal Ray, & Flick Shagwell) *2004 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year *2004 Adam Film World Guide Award for Best Actress (Video) – ''Girlvert 4'' *2005 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress (Video) – ''Adore'' *2005 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – '' The Violation of Audrey Hollander'' (with Audrey Hollander, Gia Paloma, Tyla Wynn, Brodi, & Kelly Kline) *2005 XRCO Award for Best Girl/Girl Scene – ''The Violation of Audrey Hollander'' (with Audrey Hollander, Gia Paloma, Tyla Wynn, Brodi, & Kelly Kline) *2005 Adam Film World Guide Award for Female Performer of the Year *2007 AVN Award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene – ''Girlvert 11'' (with Amber Wild & Steven French) *2013

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