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Kobe Tai
Tai in Las Vegas, January 2000
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( m. 1997; div. 1999)​

Kobe Tai is an American pornographic actress. [1] [2]

Pornographic film career

Tai was a contract performer with Vivid Entertainment. [3] In 2011, Complex ranked her first on its list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". [4]

Mainstream appearances

In addition to her roles in porn films, Tai (billed as "Carla Scott" [5]) appeared in the mainstream movie Very Bad Things, portraying a stripper at a bachelor party, and sang background vocals for Marilyn Manson's song, "New Model No. 15", on the album Mechanical Animals. [6]

She was an Opening Night Guest of Honor along with Asia Carrera at the Big Apple Anime Fest's Midnight Anime Concourse. [7]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Result Award Work
1997 Hot d'Or Award Won Best American Starlet [8] —
2000 AVN Award Nominated Best Supporting Actress—Film [9] The Awakening
Nominated Best Group Sex Scene, Film (with Cheyne Collins, Evan Stone & Andrew Youngman) [9]
XRCO Award Nominated Actress (Single Performance) [10]

References

  1. ^ Hamamoto, Darrell Y. (2000). "The Joy Fuck Club: Prolegomenon to an Asian American Porno Practice". In Hamamoto, D.Y.; Liu, S. (eds.). Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 71. ISBN  978-1-56639-776-6.
  2. ^ Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2007). The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene. Duke University Press. p. 165. ISBN  978-0-8223-4033-1.
  3. ^ Rutter, Jared (September 30, 2009). "Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America". Adult Video News.
  4. ^ Alvarez, Gabriel (September 19, 2011). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Cameron-Wilson, James (2000). Film Review: 1999-2000. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 136. ISBN  978-1-903111-00-0.
  6. ^ Li, Kenneth (November 6, 2000). "Porn Goes Public - Industry Trend or Event". The Industry Standard. Archived from the original on October 5, 2007 – via Findarticles.com.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)
  7. ^ Macdonald, Christopher (November 14, 2001). "BAAF Wrap-up PR". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "Les cérémonies des Hot d'Or". hot-dor.fr (in French). Archived from the original on February 25, 2014.
  9. ^ a b "AVN 2000 Nominations". AVN.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000.
  10. ^ "Xrco nominations". Adult Video News. March 14, 2000. Retrieved August 2, 2013.

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