Belladonna (porn star)

Adult bio
name = Belladonna
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Belladonna (born Michelle Anne Sinclaircite web|url=http://www.slweekly.com/article.cfm/sexmachine|title=Sex Machine|accessdate=2007-07-16|author=Stephen Dark|date=April 12, 2007|publisher=Salt Lake City Weekly] on May 21, 1981cite web|url=http://www.the213.net/php/article.php?id=554|title=A Day With Belladonna (Part 1)|accessdate=2007-07-16|author=Jason Coleman|date=June 8, 2007|publisher=the213.net] ) is an American pornographic actress. She derived her stage name in part from a friend in Utah named Bella, then an early agent suggested Bella Donna as it meant "beautiful woman".cite web|url= http://www.mrwebreview.com/interviews/newbelladonna.htm|title= The Essential Belladonna Interview|accessdate= 2008-05-27|author= Evan|year= 2004|month= February|publisher= mrwebreview.com] As of early 2008 she has appeared in nearly 250 movies and been credited as the director on 40 films.

Biography

Early life

Michelle Anne Sinclair was born in Biloxi, Mississippi of German, Scottish and Cherokee ancestry.cite web|url= www.foundrymusic.com/porn/displayinterview.cfm/id/60/div/porn/interview/IN_DEEP_WITH_BELLA_DONNA.html|title= In Deep with Bella Donna|accessdate= 2008-05-27|author= SteveC|date= 2003-09-21|publisher= FoundryMusic|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20050426125119/www.foundrymusic.com/porn/displayinterview.cfm/id/60/div/porn/interview/IN_DEEP_WITH_BELLA_DONNA.html|archivedate= 2005-04-26]

Sinclair got her first tattoo at age 12, and at age 14 she attempted suicide. She dropped out of high school and moved out of her parents house at the age of 15.

Career

Belladonna got into the adult film industry after she moved to Los Angeles to become a nude model. Her career began in 2000 when she was only 19. She has appeared in over 250 adult films with the majority of them being anal-themed. She now owns and operates Belladonna Entertainment with her partner and husband, Aiden Kelly. She produces her own movies under the Belladonna Entertainment and Deadly Nightshade Productions labels, exclusively distributed by Evil Angel.

She has appeared several times in the reality television series "Family Business", which focuses on the life of porn director Adam Glasser a.k.a. "Seymore Butts". In 2004 she was one of a number of porn stars photographed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders for a "coffee table book" on the adult industry, "XXX: 30 Porn-Star Portraits"; she also appears in the HBO documentary "Thinking XXX" about the making of the book.

Media attention from "Primetime"

Her career in the pornography business was followed for two years by a crew from ABC Television, culminating in a January 2003 interview with Diane Sawyer as part of a "Primetime Thursday" segment on pornography. During the interview she broke down in tears. Following its broadcast Belladonna condemned what she felt had been unfair treatment at the hands of Sawyer and the ABC staffers, saying the segment had portrayed her as a victim and that the interview was edited [cite web|url= http://www.gamelink.com/news.jhtml?news_id=news_nt_interview_belladonna|title= The Naked Truth Interview: Belladonna's On Top|accessdate= 2008-05-27|author= P. Weasels|year= 2006|month= January|publisher= www.gamelink.com] to convey the misleading impression that she had been forced to perform against her will.

One topic discussed in the interview was the fact that she had contracted chlamydia.http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2003_05_11/story_831.asp]

The interview has since been used by a number of anti-pornography groups to support their case that pornography is exploitative of the women who appear in it; nevertheless, Belladonna remains an active performer in the industry. In later interviews, Belladonna claimed that she had never intended to make "anti-porn" statements, and that "Primetime" had deliberately taken many of her statements out of context to give the segment a negative slant. In one interview, when she was asked if she was happy how the interview came out, her reply was:

ABC contacted her once to do a follow-up to the interview; Belladonna refused saying, "No thank you. I don't want to be embarrassed again."

emi-retirement

In August, 2007 Belladonna decided to semi-retire from performing with other people over concerns of STDs, specifically herpes. She contracted herpes in 2002 and was worried the disease had spread. [cite web|url=http://myspace.com/enterbelladonna|title=The end of an era... |accessdate=2007-08-28] [cite web|url=http://www.businessvoyeur.com/2007-08-29/belladonna-retires-from-performing|title=Belladonna retires from performing|accessdate=2007-08-29] cite news | first=Tristan | last=Taormino | authorlink=Tristan Taormino | title=Pucker Up: Danger on the Set: A porn star's early retirement has industry insiders talking STDs | date=2007-09-11 | publisher= | url =http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0737,taormino,77775,24.html | work =The Village Voice | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-22 | language = ] However, according to her blog, she has since come out of retirement, and has filmed a number of hardcore scenes [ [http://www.enterbelladonna.com/guests/page.php?node=latest_blog&id=110 Belladonna The Official Site of the Porn Star - Belladonna Entertainment, LLC. - Enter Belladonna - Node: latest_blog ] ] . Digital Playground has announced that she will appear in "Pirates II", the sequel to their top-selling DVD, "Pirates". [ [http://www.piratesxxx.com/main.php Pirates, A Joone Film ] ]

Personal life

She was formerly engaged to fellow porn actor Nacho Vidal. On April 11, 2004, she married Aiden Kelly in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her daughter, Myla, was born on January 11, 2005.

Awards

*2002 AVN Award for Best All-Sex Video – "Buttwoman Iz Bella"
*2003 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Film) – "The Fashionistas"
*2003 AVN Award for Best Oral Sex Scene (Film) – "The Fashionistas"
*2003 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress (Film) – "The Fashionistas"
*2003 AVN Award for Best Tease Performance – "The Fashionistas"
*2004 Night Moves Award for Best Gonzo – "Belladonna's Evil Pink"
*2004 AVN Award for Best Couples Sex Scene – "Back 2 Evil"
*2005 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Feature – "ConnASSeur"
*2006 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Feature – "Belladonna's Fucking Girls"
*2006 XRCO Award for Best Girl/Girl Movie – "Belladonna's Fucking Girls"
*2006 F.A.M.E. Award for Favorite Gonzo Movie – "Belladonna: No Warning"
*2007 F.A.M.E. Award for Dirtiest Girl in Porn [cite web
url= http://avn.com/performer/articles/2609.html|title= 2007 F.A.M.E. Award Winners Announced|accessdate=2007-06-24|author=Peter Warren|date=2007-06-23|publisher=AVN]
*2008 AVN Award for Best Director, Non-Feature – "Belladonna: Manhandled 2" [cite web | title = 2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced | publisher = AVN|author=| url = http://avn.com/video/articles/2759.html| date =2008-01-12| accessdate = 2007-12-18 |first=Jared|last=Rutter]

References

External links

Interviews

* [http://www.foundrymusic.com/porn/displayinterview.cfm/id/112/ Interview 2005] at FoundryMusic.com
* [http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/Belladonna.asp Interview #1 (January 2002)] and [http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/Belladonna2.asp interview #2 (March 2003)] at RogReviews.com
* [http://www.eros-zine.com/articles/2007-03-20/belladonna/ Belladonna interview] at Eros-Zine.com, March 2007
* [http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2007/04/11/porn-star-xxxposure-belladonna-qa/ Belladonna QA] at Good Vibrations, April 2007
* [http://blog.adultdvdtalk.com/2007/09/belladonna_confessions_of_dese.html Audio Interview] at Adult DVD Talk, June 2007
* [http://blog.freeones.com/2007/09/11/exclusive-interview-with-belladonna/ Exclusive Interview] at Freeones on September 11th 2007
* [http://www.maynard.com.au/downloads/podcast/Belladonna.mp3 A mum in disguise] Audio interview at Maynard.com.au May 2008
* [http://blog.adultdvdtalk.com/2008/05/belladonna_blowing_minds.html Audio Interview] at Adult DVD Talk, May 2008