Shayla LaVeaux (born December 27, 1969) is a former
American
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pornographic actress
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and
exotic dancer
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Modern forms of stripping m ...
.
Early life
LaVeaux was born in
Golden, Colorado
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. She graduated from
Wheat Ridge High School
Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school operated by the Jefferson County School District R-1 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
State championship titles:
*Baseball: 1992 (5A)
*Boys' ic ...
.
Career
At 18 years old, LaVeaux began stripping at Shotgun Willie's, a topless bar in
Glendale, Colorado
The City of Glendale is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality located in an exclave of Arapahoe County, Colorado, Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 4,613 at the 2020 ...
.
[ She later began dancing at ]bachelor parties
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.[ She started modeling in ]men's magazine
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s, such as ''Playboy
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'', ''Penthouse
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'', and '' Hustler'', in order to build her brand.[ She began performing in adult films in 1992.][ Her first scene was with her friend Alexis DeVell, who she had accompanied to the shoot with initially no intention of performing in the scene, but she was asked if she wanted to replace another performer who didn't show up for work.][ She was a contract performer for director Paul Norman in 1993.][ She was once under a one-year contract with the studio ]VCA Pictures
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as well.[ LaVeaux has also done ]voice acting
Voice acting is the art of performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animated, off-stage, off-sc ...
for hentai
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The developme ...
cartoons.[
]
Awards
*1994 Adam Film World Award – New Starlet[
*1994 ]AVN Award
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– Best New Starlet[
*1994 ]XRCO Award
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– New Starlet[
*1997 AVN Award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene – ''Shock'' (with T. T. Boy & ]Vince Vouyer
Vince Vouyer is a pornographic actor and director. He is sometimes credited as Vince, Vince Voyeur, Vince Voyer, or Vince Voyuer.
''Breakin' 'Em In #9'', in which Vouyer starred, won the AVN Award for Best Pro-Am Release at the 24th Annual '' AV ...
)
* 2001 AVN Hall of Fame
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Positive Image Award
* 2008 XRCO Hall of Fame
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1969 births
American female erotic dancers
American erotic dancers
American pornographic film actresses
Living people
People from Golden, Colorado
Pornographic film actors from Colorado
21st-century American actresses