Penny Flame

A self -described nymphomaniac, Penny Flame, with her all-American good looks, is an adult performer and porn director who has starred in more than 370 titles during her XXX career. Born a Pisces in February of 1983 in Aurora, Colorado and raised in Oakland, California, Ms. Flame began her adult career at the age of 19. She was active in the adult entertainment business from 2002 to 2009 and came up with the name Penny Flame because of the Beatles song “Penny Lane.”

Penny said in an interview online that stayed in the adult industry because it allowed her to work about three days during the week, while making a decent amount of money. It all started In 2001, while attending San Diego State University, Penny Flame wanted to focus on her studies instead of worrying about paying her bills and having to work at a job that paid minimum wage. So, she answered an ad in a San Diego paper and shortly after, landed an interview. That’s when she got her first taste of porn film sex. The first experience proved to be easy, and surprisingly fun thanks to the producer who told her she didn’t have to do anything she didn’t want to do, words that changed her life forever.

After the first shoot, she spent the next year and a half doing nude stills. At this point in her life, Penny Flame was dealing with a volatile relationship with her on again, off again boyfriend. The emotional ups and downs Flame experienced were characteristic of the behavioral patterns many Pisces face, as the zodiac sign shows two fish swimming away from each other. After taking some time to straighten out her personal life and deal with some of her emotional issues, she decided to take matters into her own hands.

Penny walked into the offices of the famous LA Direct nude modeling agency and spoke with the owner. She told him she was interested in only doing girl-girl scenes. After that meeting, her adult career took off. With her outgoing personality, girl-next-door good looks and a body that measures 36C-25-35, it’s no surprise she started to book scenes almost immediately. Flame stayed very busy doing only girl - girl lesbian scenes for quite a while.

In December of 2004, she decided that she would also start working with men. Since signing up with LA Direct, Flame had worked with numerous producers and studios including Playgirl, Metro, Red Light, Platinum X, Wicked, Digital Playground, DVSX and various top level directors including PT, Craven Morehead, Mike Adams and Chico Wang from Anabolic. Through her connections, Flame decided to branch out and try her skills at directing.

In 2005, she got a directing job at Shane’s World Studios, where she directed an instructional sex video. She went on to direct several titles for the company’s Girls Night Out and Blazed and Confused DVD lines. Three years later, Flame’s directing career took a significant turn when she signed a deal with one of the top production houses in the adult industry, Vivid Entertainment. The deal called for Penny Flame to direct her own line of movies under Vivid-Ed, the studio’s sex education department. She directed her first film called “Penny Flame’s Guide to Handjobs.” The second title was “Penny Flame’s Expert Guide to Rough Sex.” In all, Miss Penny Flame is credited with directing eight titles.

In her 7-year porn career, Penny Flame has won multiple adult industry awards recognizing her for her work in front of the camera as well as behind it. Her first critical acclaim came in 2005, when she was honored with an AVN Award for Best Solo Sex Scene for “Repo Girl.” The following year, she landed three more awards including an XRCO Award for Best On-Screen Couple for “Darkside” with Herschel Savage. “Darkside” took two more honors at the AVN Awards for Best Couples Sex Scene and Best Group Sex Scene with Alicia Alighatti, Dillan Lauren, Hillary Scott, Randy Spears and John West. In 2008, she added three more industry awards to her mantle. She won two AVN awards for “Layout,” including Best Actress and Best Couples Sex Scene with Tom Byron. The third award that year came from the FAME Awards when she received the Favorite Oral Starlet award. In 2010, she landed her eighth industry award when she won the AVN Best Supporting Actress Award for “Throat, A Cautionary Tale.”

In 2009, a year before retiring from the adult industry, Penny Flame began writing a blog about the life lessons she had learned and her different experiences in the porn industry. In addition to her blog, Flame has also been featured on reality television and made appearances on several popular mainstream television shows including: Oprah, Tyra, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Extra and others. Her blog has also been featured on Carson Daly. In December of 2009, she began writing and contributing for a well-known online news and entertainment outlets.

In March of 2010, Penny Flame appeared on The View to talk about her life in porn. In the interview, she talked about how she had taken a vow of abstinence for a year. She also spoke about how she was able to face and overcome her relationship issues when she met a great man and entered into a monogamous supportive relationship with him.

Now Penny Flame has written her first memoir, which is scheduled to be published in 2012 by Gallery Books. She is grateful to the porn industry for helping put her on the path she is on today. She also credits the porn industry for giving her the support she needed and for having met her friends, people who will help guide her on her new path. She will always carry with her the fond memories she made during her porn career. One memory she will always remember is when couples would thank her for a particular scene she participated in that they connected with - which makes her time spent teaching classes on handjobs and blowjobs all worthwhile. Penny Flame is not shy when she credits the porn industry for helping people bring out their sexual desires and for helping others feel less lonely. Through her blog and writings, Flame has set out on a life-long quest to look deep inside and find out who she really is and her sexuality continues touch us all in her own unique way.