Early life

Black was born in Seattle, Washington.

Career

Black started her career at age 18 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she was on a summer vacation while attending college. At her parents' insistence on getting a job, Black saw an advertisement for an adult talent agency and sent in her pictures. The agency accepted and, after considering their offer, Black accepted and returned to the agency a week later. Black's first scene was a solo shaving video for The Score Group, which was filmed in 2007. She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for December 2008. She appeared in her first anal sex scene in the 2009 movie Interactive Sex with Tori Black, with her first non-POV anal taking place in Tori Black Is Pretty Filthy, also 2009. She partook in her first DP scene in the 2010 sequel Tori Black is Pretty Filthy 2.

Black is the first person in history to win two AVN Female Performer of the Year Awards, winning back-to-back years in 2010 & 2011. She also won the 2010 & 2011 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year. In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn and in 2011 was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn. CNBC noted her role as Catwoman in Vivid Entertainment's Batman XXX: A Porn Parody, as well as her 2010 wins by AVN and XBIZ and 2011 AVN win and XBIZ nomination as Female Performer of the Year.

Black had a guest starring role in episode 3, "Gem and Loan", of season 2 of the Showtime series Ray Donovan where she played porn star Lexi Steele. She also appeared in the film L.A. Slasher.

Director

Black made her directorial debut with a video for Elegant Angels website featuring their Girl of the Month for June 2014, Alina Li.

Personal life

On December 16, 2011, Black announced on her official website that she had given birth to a baby boy on October 14 by her fiancé Lyndell Anderson. In January 2012, Black and her fiance were arrested for domestic battery after getting into an altercation in a Las Vegas hotel. Black later released a statement to AVN explaining that the altercation was the result of her intoxication after a night of partying. On February 6, 2013, Black announced on her official website that she was four months pregnant with her second child.

Black has stated in an interview that she finds it difficult to find meaningful personal relationship while working in the pornographic industry.

Awards

List of accolades

Awards & nominations Award Won Nominated AVN Awards 9 50 CAVR Awards 3 2 F.A.M.E. Awards 2 2 Galaxy Awards 1 0 NightMoves Awards 1 2 XBIZ Awards 3 6 XRCO Awards 3 4
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	22	66

Year	Ceremony	Category	Movie
2009	XRCO Awards	Cream Dream	N/A
	F.A.M.E. Awards	Favorite Female Rookie	N/A
2010	27th AVN Awards	Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene	Field of Schemes 5
		Best All-Girl Three-Way Sex Scene	The 8th Day
		Best Tease Performance	Tori Black Is Pretty Filthy
		Best Threeway Sex Scene
		Female Performer of the Year	N/A
	XBIZ Awards	Female Performer of the Year	N/A
	XRCO Awards	Female Performer of the Year	N/A
	F.A.M.E. Awards	Favorite Female Starlet	N/A
2011	28th AVN Awards	Best Oral Sex Scene	Stripper Diaries
		Best POV Sex Scene	Jack's POV 15
		Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production	Tori Black: Nymphomaniac
		Female Performer of the Year	N/A
	XBIZ Awards	Porn Star Site of the Year	N/A
	XRCO Awards	Female Performer of the Year	N/A
2012	NightMoves Awards	Social Media Star (Editor's Choice)	N/A
2016	XBIZ Award	Director of the Year — Non-Feature Release	True Lust

Other nominations

• 2009 AVN Nominations
• 2010 NightMoves Nominations
• 2012 AVN Nominations
• 2012 XBIZ Nominations
• 2012 XRCO Nominations
• 2013 AVN Nominations

[ Source: Wikipedia ]