pornographic actress
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts on video that is usually characterized as a pornographic film. Such videos tend to be made in a number of distinc ...
, nude model, and 2017 AVN Hall of Fame inductee. Alexander has also been an advocate for free speech and sex education, and has appeared on ''Fox News'' and in a debate at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
addressing these topics. In addition to her pornographic work, she has had several cameo appearances in mainstream films and television shows.
Career
Sex industry
Alexander began working in the
adult industry
The sex industry (also called the sex trade) consists of businesses that either directly or indirectly provide sex-related products and services or adult entertainment. The industry includes activities involving direct provision of sex-related se ...
as a
stripper
A stripper or exotic dancer is a person whose occupation involves performing striptease in a public adult entertainment venue such as a strip club. At times, a stripper may be hired to perform at private events.
Modern forms of stripping m ...
in
Sacramento
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when she was 18 years old to supplement her daytime earnings as a
receptionist
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. She started performing in adult films in 2001 beginning with a girl-girl scene. In addition to a catalog of solely girl-girl hardcore work, she appeared in a handful of
softcore
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* Soft core (synthesis), a digital circuit that can be wholly implemented using logic synthesis
* Soft roc ...
erotic films produced by
HBO
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and
Cinemax
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such as '' Hotel Erotica'', ''The Sex Spa'', '' Sex House'', and ''Voyeur: Inside Out''.
Alexander was a contract girl for
Vivid Entertainment
Vivid Entertainment Group is an American independent pornographic film production company, to 2009. After years of appearing only in girl-girl scenes, she began appearing in boy-girl scenes in 2005, including an interactive
DVD
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and a feature role with
Rocco Siffredi
Rocco Antonio Tano (born 4 May 1964), known professionally as Rocco Siffredi, is an Italian Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, director, and producer. Known as the "Italian Stallion", Siffredi has starred in more than 1,300 pornograph ...
in Vivid's ''Lexie and Monique Love Rocco''. She was a Trophy Girl at the 2002
AVN Award
The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') annually to honor achievements in the global Sex industry, adult entertainment industry. ...
s ceremony in
Las Vegas
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.
Mainstream acting
Alexander appeared in a mainstream film entitled '' Spider's Web'' with
Stephen Baldwin
Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films ''Born on the Fourth of July (film), Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), ''Posse (1993 film), Posse'' (1993), ''8 Seconds'' (1994), ''Threesome (1994 ...
and
Kari Wuhrer
Kari Samantha Wuhrer (born April 28, 1967) is an American actress, model, and singer. She is known for her time as hostess of the MTV game show ''Remote Control (game show), Remote Control'' (1988–1989), her portrayals of Abby Holland, Abigail ...
in 2002.
Alexander made a
cameo appearance
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in the Season 3 finale of the HBO series ''
Entourage
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Arts and entertainment
* L'entourage, French hip hop / rap collecti ...
''. In 2007, she became a
sports reporter
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on
National Lampoon Comedy Radio
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's ''The Phil Show''.
She also appeared in the 2009 action film '' Crank: High Voltage''.
Advocacy
Alexander was invited to the
Fox News
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show ''
Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
''Red Eye'' (also known as ''Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld'' from 2007 to 2015 and ''Red Eye w/ Tom Shillue'' from 2015 to 2017) is an American late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on Fox News, which aired at 3:00 a.m. ET Tuesday throug ...
'' to discuss a
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__NOTOC__ General political concepts
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* Non-partisan democracy, an election with no official recognition ...
study that found that abstinence-only programs for teens do not work, whereas
safe sex
Safe sex is sexual activity using methods or contraceptive devices (such as condoms) to reduce the risk of transmitting or acquiring sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially HIV. "Safe sex" is also sometimes referred to as safer ...
education programming was highly successful. Alexander discussed what being a Vivid Girl meant to her as well as her preference for hands-on
sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, birth ...
, with the segment airing on November 10, 2007. On February 15, 2008, she and
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former Pornographic film actor, pornographic actor, and actor.
Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN (magazine), ''AVN'' at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" l ...
represented the industry in a debate at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
against pornography opponents Craig Gross (founder of the XXX Church) and Donnie Pauling, a former porn producer, and the debate was aired on
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting
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's ''
Nightline
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''.
In 2017, Alexander starred in a public service campaign encouraging parents to discuss sexual health education with their children, noting that children are likely to see pornography at some point in their childhood, and need to be informed that what is portrayed in pornography is an unrealistic representation of sexual behavior.