Shyla Stylez (September 23, 1982 – November 9, 2017) was a Canadian pornographic actress.

Career

Shyla Stylez became interested in entering the pornography industry in her teens, and later moved to

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where she worked as both a stripper and a

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, and appeared in nude pictorials in adult magazines such as ''

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'' and '' Swank''. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in films. She received her first

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nomination as Best New Starlet in 2003. Stylez was involved in a sex scandal with former

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assistant-sheriff George Jaramillo, where she was noted as having had several sexual encounters with him. Stylez signed on as exclusive contract performer for

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and later married its CEO, Bob Friedland, on October 25, 2002. The couple divorced in August 2003, but Friedland held Stylez to her contract, making it impossible for her to shoot

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scenes for anyone else. In September 2004, she met Michael Whiteacre, who cast her in a series of softcore late-night films in 2004 and 2005. In August 2005, Jill Kelly Productions filed for bankruptcy. Stylez was nominated at the 2009

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s for the Best Comeback. Stylez hosted the Los Angeles independent TV show ''Un-Wired TV'' in 2007. In 2008, she was nominated for more AVN Awards, including Best Supporting Actress, for Best Tease Performance, and for her performances in ''My Plaything: Shyla Stylez'' and ''

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''. In 2010, she was named by ''

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'' as one of the 12 top female stars in porn. Shyla Stylez was inducted into the Halls of Fame of the

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and the AVN in 2011 and 2016, respectively.

Death

On November 9, 2017, Stylez was found unresponsive in her bed at her mother's house in Armstrong. She was pronounced dead shortly after, aged 35.

Awards and nominations

*2003

nominee – Best New Starlet *2007

nominee – Best Cumback *2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – ''Girlvana 2'', Zero Tolerance Entertainment with Sammie Rhodes and Jenaveve Jolie *2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – ''Coming Home'',

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*2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD – ''My Plaything: Shyla Stylez'',

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*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – ''Curvy Girls'' *2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – ''Full Streams Ahead'' *2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – ''Pirates II'' *2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – ''Jack's POV 12'' *2011

Hall of Fame *2016

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