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Raylin Joy, formerly known by her stage name Skin Diamond (born February 18, 1987) is a American-Scottish actress, model, singer-songwriter and former pornographic actress.
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Early life
Christensen was born on February 18, 1987 inVentura, California
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, She was raised in Dunfermline, Scotland where her parents took up position as missionaries
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'', Vol. 27/No. 6, Issue 343, June 2011, pp.40–50. Her father is of Eritrean descent and her mother is of Czech, Danish, German and Yugoslavian descent.
Career
Christensen started her career as an alternative model
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posing for GodsGirls, before branching out into art modeling and fetish model
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ing for photographers in Europe and the United States. Her unique look attracted the attention of a wide variety of photographers.
In 2009, she posed on the cover of Bizarre
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winning their first ever "Cover Girl Search" competition, after which she was signed to London-based modeling agency Girl Management. She also entered the adult film industry in 2009, performing her first scenes with Joanna Angel
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and James Deen
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for Burning Angel
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.
In 2011, she posed in an editorial campaign for i-D magazine's "The Exhibitionist Issue No. 312" wearing Louis Vuitton
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and American Apparel
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In 2012, Christensen posed for comic book artist David Mack, who portrayed her as Echo
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in the Marvel Comics
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miniseries '' Daredevil: End of Days''.
Christensen first dabbled in the music industry with her 2013 song/music video, "Sex in a Slaughter House". which she wrote as part of a scene for Brazzers
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.
In 2014, Christensen was on CNBC
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's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars". Diamond also starred (with Allie Haze) in the music video for American hip hop recording artist B.o.B, for his song "John Doe
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", which features Priscilla Renea
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.
Christensen was the '' Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for July 2014. That same year, she made her directorial debut with the film ''Skin Diamond's Dollhouse'' for Deviant Entertainment.
In 2015, Christensen was named Penthouse Penthouse Pet of the Year Runner-up.
In 2016, Christensen performed her last adult film scenes to pursue mainstream acting and singing full-time, after she was cast in the role of Dylan Quinn in ''Submission
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'', a series on Showtime
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exploring BDSM
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themes. It was also during this time period that she launched her music project with the release of her first official single and music video ("Fire" produced by Ben Cole) under her real name, "Raylin Joy". She briefly posed for Dechristo Studios in 2019 in a shoot for Penthouse magazine
In April 2020, Christensen and eleven other adult/former adult actresses appeared in the music video for the G-Eazy
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song "Still Be Friends".
Personal life
Diamond has two piercings in her navel, and one in her right nostril. She is also well known for her distinctive shaved-on-one-side haircut; because of this, she has been featured in the column "Beauty Showdown" in the magazine ''Cosmopolitan
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''."Beauty Showdown", ''Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan may refer to:
Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
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* Cosmopoli ...
'', US Issue, N.6, June 2012, p.102 When she first entered the adult film industry, her hair was pink. She is bisexual
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.
Her father is Rodd Christensen, an actor and photographer.
Filmography
Television
Awards and nominations
Discography
* 2016: Fire (Single) * 2016: All Night (Single) * 2016: Feel Me (Single) * 2016: Karma (Single) * 2016: Sunny Grey (Single) * 2017: Wet Dreams (Single) * 2017: Freak (Single)References
External links
* * https://www.raylinjoy.com * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diamond, Skin 1987 births Living people 21st-century American singers African-American pornographic film actors Alt porn American female adult models American people of African descent American people of Danish descent American people of Czech descent American people of Ethiopian descent American people of German descent American people of Yugoslav descent American pornographic film actresses American pornographic film directors Bisexual musicians Bisexual pornographic film actresses Film directors from California LGBT adult models LGBT African Americans American LGBT actors LGBT people from California Penthouse Pets People from Ventura, California Pornographic film actors from California Songwriters from California Women pornographic film directors 20th-century LGBT people 21st-century LGBT people 21st-century African-American musicians 21st-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women