Belladonna (actress) explained

Belladonna
Birth Name:Michelle Sinclair
Spouse:Aiden Kelly
Children:1
Yearsactive:1999–2018

Michelle Sinclair (born 1980 or 1981), known professionally as Belladonna, is an American former pornographic film and erotic actress, director, producer, and model. Since announcing her retirement from pornography in 2012,[1] she has acted in several mainstream films, including Inherent Vice and The Ladies of the House.

Early life

Sinclair grew up as the second of seven children in a Mormon family in Salt Lake City.[2] Her father was a retired Air Force captain and former bishop in the LDS Church.[3]

Career

Sinclair started performing in pornography in Los Angeles at age 18.[4] One of her early films featured a rough group sex scene with her and twelve men, staged in a prison. She has since appeared in over 300 adult films, including titles such as Service Animals 6 & 7, She-Male Domination Nation, Bella Loves Jenna, Back 2 Evil, Weapons of Ass Destruction, and Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge. In 2002 she featured in the multi award-winning BDSM themed Fashionistas; its director John Stagliano described her as "a woman with the most incredible sexual abilities I’ve ever seen."[5] As well as Stagliano she has often been directed by Nacho Vidal, Jules Jordan and Rocco Siffredi.

Appearances

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.

In 2011, she was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn.[6] CNBC noted that while she had stepped back from acting to pursue directing and producing, she has maintained a loyal fan base, and has been nominated for 42 AVN awards and won 10 in the course of her career.

Primetime special

Her career in the pornography business was followed for two years by a crew from ABC Television, culminating in a January 2003 interview for ABC's Primetime with Diane Sawyer.In the interview, she broke down in tears while talking about experiencing abuse and depression. The segment led to backlash from other pornography performers but also boosted her career.

Retirement and later career

In August 2007, Sinclair decided to semi-retire from performing with other people over concerns about sexually transmitted infections, specifically herpes. She thought she had contracted herpes in 2002 and was worried the disease had spread; however, it was later discovered that it was a skin rash rather than herpes.[7] [8]

In 2008, she came out of retirement, and filmed a number of hardcore scenes.[9] She appeared in Digital Playground's Pirates II, the sequel to their top-selling DVD, Pirates.[10] She has also appeared recurringly in James Gunn's PG Porn.

Sinclair was featured on the cover of the second album of British metalcore band Asking Alexandria, titled Reckless & Relentless, released in 2011.[11] She also later featured in their short film Through Sin + Self Destruction.

In July 2012, she announced via Twitter that she was "no longer interested in having sex on camera" and would be pursuing her other interests.[12] In 2014, she made her non-pornographic feature film debut in John Wildman's The Ladies of the House (working title Stripped), a horror film about a group of female cannibals.[13] She appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's film Inherent Vice as Clancy Charlock in 2014 and in a short film titled Dream Murder Machine in 2018. She also considered becoming a sex positive speaker and instructor.[14]

Personal life

Sinclair's husband Aiden Kelly worked as a website developer for the pornographic film distributor Evil Angel.She gave birth to a daughter in 2005.[15] [16]

Awards

YearCeremonyAward
[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] 		Film
2003AVN AwardBest Supporting Actress (Film)The Fashionistas
Best Tease Performance
Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Film)
Best Oral Sex Scene (Film)
XRCO AwardBest Single Performance (Actress)
Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene
Female Performer of the Yearrowspan=3
Orgasmic Analist
AFWG AwardAmerican Female Performer of the Year
Best Supporting Actress (Film)The Fashionistas
Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Film)
Best Anal Sex Scene (Video) Up Your Ass 19
NightMoves AwardBest Actress (Editor's Choice)rowspan=2
Ninfa PrizeBest Actress
2004AVN AwardBest Sex Scene Coupling (Video) Back 2 Evil
2007Best Group Sex Scene (Video) Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge
FAME AwardDirtiest Girl in Pornrowspan=2
Ninfa PrizeSpecial Jury Award
Most Original Sex SceneFashionistas Safado: The Challenge
2008AVN AwardBest Director (Non-Feature)Belladonna: Manhandled 2
AFWG AwardDirectrix of the YearIodine Girl
Urban X AwardBest Interracial Starrowspan=3
NightMoves AwardHall of Fame
Triple Play Award (Dancing/Performing/Directing)
2009AVN AwardBest All-Girl 3-Way Sex Scene Belladonna's Girl Train
Best Supporting Actress
Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene
XBIZ AwardDirector (Body of Work)rowspan=6
XRCO AwardOrgasmic Oralist
Orgasmic Analist
FAME AwardFavorite Anal Starlet
Favorite Director
2011AVN AwardHall of Fame[35]
2012Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene Belladonna: Sexual Explorer
NightMoves AwardBest Director – Non-Parody (Fan's Choice)rowspan=2
2013XRCO AwardHall of Fame

Notes and References

  1. Richardson Magazine A6 - The Love Issue . 2012-05-29 . Highsnobiety . 2192-6964 . 2019-07-09 . March 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315192926/https://www.highsnobiety.com/ . dead.
  2. Web site: Sex Machine . January 13, 2023 . Stephen . Dark . April 12, 2007 . Salt Lake City Weekly.
  3. News: . Love on a Porn Set: One Woman's Story . 13 January 2023 . ABC News . 27 May 2004.
  4. . 8 Porn Stars Who Made National News . Rolling Stone . April 23, 2014 . October 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010114630/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/pictures/8-porn-stars-who-made-national-news-20140423/belladonna-0869687 . dead.
  5. Web site: Cachapero . Joanne . Porn Star XXXposure: Belladonna Q&A . April 11, 2007 . Good Vibrations Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20070502015841/http://magazine.goodvibes.com/2007/04/11/porn-star-xxxposure-belladonna-qa/ . May 2, 2007.
  6. News: Morris . Chris . The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars . 15 January 2023 . CNBC . 6 January 2011.
  7. Web site: Belladonna Entertainment . Myspace . September 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080909211953/https://www.myspace.com/enterbelladonna . dead.
  8. News: Tristan . Taormino . Tristan Taormino . Pucker Up: Danger on the Set: A porn star's early retirement has industry insiders talking STDs . Archive.today . September 11, 2007 . https://archive.today/20070915034535/http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0737,taormino,77775,24.html . dead . September 15, 2007 . The Village Voice.
  9. Web site: Belladonna . Second chances... . EnterBelladonna.com . May 14, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209214709/http://enterbelladonna.com/guests/page.php?node=latest_blog&id=110 . February 9, 2010 . dead.
  10. Digital Playground's Pirates Toy Line Receives Rave Reviews . Piratesxxx.com . January 21, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100412170119/http://www.piratesxxx.com/main.php . April 12, 2010 . usurped.
  11. Web site: Guarnieri . John . 27 July 2011 . Fallen Blue Chills With Asking Alexandria After They Set the Stage Ablaze . FallenBlue.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315223737/http://fallenblue.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=180%3Afallen-blue-chills-asking-alexandria-after-setting-the-stage-ablaze-&catid=41%3Aartiststories&Itemid=59 . March 15, 2012.
  12. Web site: Peter . Warren . Belladonna: No More Sex on Camera . Adult Video News . July 2, 2012 . January 13, 2023.
  13. Web site: Eric . Eisenberg . Pornstar Belladonna Will Attempt To Mainstream In The Horror Movie Stripped . CinemaBlend . June 8, 2010 . 14 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414121139/https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Pornstar-Belladonna-Will-Attempt-To-Mainstream-In-The-Horror-Movie-Stripped-18941.html.
  14. Web site: Nieratko . Chris . Catching Up with the Actress Formerly Known as Belladonna . VICE . 13 January 2023 . January 9, 2015.
  15. Web site: . Belladonna Delivers Girl . Adult Video News . 13 January 2023 . January 14, 2005.
  16. News: Porn's dirtiest girl cleans up . January 16, 2023 . Georgina . Robinson . March 3, 2008 . Brisbane Times . limited.
  17. Web site: 2007 AVN Awards Nominations Announced . Adult Video News . Jared . Rutter . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705224514/http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=278474 . July 5, 2007 . November 22, 2006 . unfit.
  18. Web site: 2005 AVN Awards Nominations . Adult Video News . https://web.archive.org/web/20060718075739/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/20/53/72/2053722005_Nominations.pdf . July 18, 2006 . dead.
  19. Web site: AVN Awards Nominations . Trent . Brown . 1 December 2003 . Adult Video News . https://web.archive.org/web/20070608213642/http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=55832 . June 8, 2007 . unfit.
  20. Web site: This Year's Nominees . AVN Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20021127014135/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml . November 27, 2002 . dead.
  21. Web site: AVN Awards Past Winners . AVN Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929000922/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners . September 29, 2007 . dead.
  22. 2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced . Adult Video News . January 12, 2008 . September 11, 2017 . Jared . Rutter.
  23. Web site: Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards . AVN Awards . November 25, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003734/http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf . December 3, 2008 . dead.
  24. Web site: 2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced . Adult Video News . David . Sullivan . January 11, 2009.
  25. Web site: Best of 2002 (2003 Show) . Dirtybob.com . September 11, 2017.
  26. Web site: Cheribibi . X Stars à la Remise des Prix du Ficeb par Cheribibi . X Stars at the Ficeb Awards Ceremony by Cheribibi . fr . October 10, 2007 . XStarsNews . 3 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803171206/http://www.xstarsnews.com/ninfas-awards-ficeb-1818.html . dead.
  27. Web site: Adams . Eddie . Evil Angel Wins Eight Awards at Barcelona's NINFA Awards . Adult Video News . October 14, 2007 . January 16, 2023.
  28. Web site: Past Winner History . NightMoves Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20130722133601/http://www.nightmovesusa.com/awards-show/past-winner-history.html . July 22, 2013 . dead.
  29. . Evil Angel, The Fashionistas Dominate Adam Film World 2002 Movie Awards . January 16, 2023 . May 1, 2003 . Adult Video News.
  30. Adam Film World Announces Annual Award Winners . January 16, 2023 . Nelson X . April 25, 2008 . Adult Video News.
  31. Web site: XBIZ Award Winners . . February 2011.
  32. Web site: F.A.M.E. Finalists . Thefameawards.com . https://archive.today/20070928011004/http://thefameawards.com/2006/nominees.aspx . September 28, 2007 . usurped.
  33. 2008 F.A.M.E. Awards Finalists Announced . David . Sullivan . April 25, 2008 . Adult Video News . https://web.archive.org/web/20080430205935/http://www.avn.com/video/articles/29854.html . April 30, 2008 . usurped.
  34. Web site: The 23rd Annual XRCO Award Show . XRCO . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073341/http://www.xrco.com/ . September 28, 2007 . unfit.
  35. Web site: . Belladonna . Adult Video News . September 11, 2017.

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