Serenity (born October 29, 1969) is an American former pornographic actress who worked with Wicked Pictures and Hollywood Video. She was a ballet dancer and waitress prior to entering the adult entertainment industry.
Career
Serenity started out stripping and modeling for men's magazines. In September 2002, she signed a one-year, multi-picture deal with Hollywood Video. She announced her retirement on September 22, 2004. With the exception of her first boy-girl scene, she always shot with condoms. AVN ranked her 36th on their list of "The Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time". She was also the first performer to win back-to-back AVN Awards for Best Actress - Video. She appeared in over twenty specials for Wild On!. That same year, she appeared on Good Day L.A. reporting from Erotica LA. alongside Stephanie Swift. She made another appearance on the show shortly after. In 2000, she made appearances in Action and Frank Chindamo's The Dalai Camel. The Dalai Camel is part of an anthology titled Love Bytes.
Other ventures
In June 1999, Serenity launched Las Vegas Novelties, a sex toy manufacturer. She co-founded it with Mark Goodman. In 2001, she purchased Goodman's half of the company and became its sole proprietor.
In November 2002, Serenity, Peter Chan, and Steve Lane launched C & L Wholesalers, a Canberra, Australia-based company that sold adult products such as condoms, personal lubricants, and sex toys.
In May 2000, Serenity began reviewing pornographic films for Adult DVD Empire. A photo of her wearing fake snakeskin chaps and a pleather corset was featured in PETA's Shopping Guide to Nonleather Products, which was released in October 2001. She's been an outspoken proponent of vegetarianism and received a nomination by PETA for Sexiest Vegetarian in 2003, five years after she became a vegetarian. She married her business partner, Steve Lane.
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|Best Couples Sex Scene <small>(with Colt Steele)</small>
|Time Machine
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|rowspan="5"| 1998
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|Best All Girl Sex Scene <small>(with Missy)</small>
|rowspan="2"|Crazed
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|Best Actress
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|Best Couples Sex Scene <small>(with Alex Sanders)</small>
|rowspan="2"|Lost Angels
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|Best Group Sex Scene <small>(with Sindee Coxx & Alex Sanders)</small>
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|rowspan="3"| 1999
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|Best Actress
|Date From Hell
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|Best All-Girl Sex Scene <small>(with Ruby)</small>
|Wicked Covergirls
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| 2000
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|Best Actress, Video
|Double Feature!
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|rowspan="3"| 2001
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|Best Actress - Video
|M Caught in the Act
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|Best Group Sex Scene - Video <small>(with Brittany Andrews & Kyle Stone)</small>
|Wickedgirl.com
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|rowspan="3"| 2002
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|Best Actress - Video
|XXX Training
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|Best Couples Sex Scene - Video <small>(with Ian Daniels)</small>
|Jack & Jill
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| 2005
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|AVN Hall of Fame
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|+ NightMoves Awards
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! Year
! Result
! Award
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| 1997
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|Best New Starlet
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| 1998
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|Best Actress (Fan's Choice)
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| 1999
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|Best Actress
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| 2000
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|Best Actress
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| 2002
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|Best Actress
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| 2007
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|NightMoves Hall of Fame
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ XRCO Awards
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! Year
! Result
! Award
! Film
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| 1998
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|Female Performer of the Year
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| 2000
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| 2001
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|Female Performer of the Year
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|Single Performance, Actress
|M Caught In The Act
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| 2002
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|Single Performance, Actress
|XXX Training
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| 2007
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|XRCO Hall of Fame
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