Digital Playground Blog: Digital Playground : Stoya [Updated 30/09/2013]

Her Life

Stoya (born June 15, 1986 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American pornographic actress and model. Stoya began posing for a friend of hers. That eventually led her to modeling and working for alt-erotic websites. One of the websites she had worked for asked if she was willing to do a softcore scene for a DVD they were putting out.

Stoya claims that she discovered pornography through an interest in BDSM and via fetish newsgroups on the internet. She states that few adult films interested her, and prefers those with artistic and fetish themes.

Stoya was featured in two DVD productions for Razordolls and made a non-sex, cameo appearance in two Vivid Alt titles before being contacted by Digital Playground with the proposition to perform in a hardcore lesbian scene with Sophia Santi. The scene in question never happened, but in August 2007, she met with several Digital Playground representatives and was asked if she would star in a pornographic movie with male talent. After careful consideration, Stoya agreed.

In October 2007, Digital Playground signed her to an exclusive, three-year contract. She is regarded as the company's first alt porn contract girl.The first scene she shot for them was for Stoya Video Nasty (promoted on the DVD box as the first film featuring her engaging in heterosexual intercourse) but her first movie released by the company was Jack's POV 9.

Stoya stated that exploring her sexuality on camera has been a fun adventure.

In 2009, Stoya appeared in her first mainstream crossover as Kamikazi Shegun 5000 in the award winning 48 Hour Film Project "The Kingpin of Pain".

In April 2013, Stoya was featured in a Village Voice cover story issue profiling her career as well as her life in New York City.

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