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Taylor Rain
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Birthdate August 16, 1981 (1981-08-16) (age 28)
Birth location Long Beach, California, U.S.A.[1]
Measurements 34B-24-34[1]
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Weight 105 lb (48 kg; 7.5 st)[1]
Eye color Hazel[2]
Hair color Brown[1]
Alias(es) Talor Rain, Taylor Raine, Taylor Rains, Nikki Starr, Charlie[1]
No. of films 261 films; 5 as director (per IAFD)[1]
Taylor Rain at IMDb
Taylor Rain at IAFD
Taylor Rain at AFDB

Taylor Rain (born August 16, 1981[3] in Long Beach, California) is an American former pornographic actress.

Contents

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Rain first entered the pornographic video industry in November 2001. By October 2003, she estimated that she had shot between 200-250 scenes. She signed an exclusive two-year performing contract with Legend Video, which would allow her to cut back on the number of scenes she shot and provided her a private chauffeur so that she could arrive at her sets in a timely manner.[4] However, Legend released her from her contract less than a month later, and she considered retirement.[5] She took a brief hiatus from performing.[6]

In August 2004, she signed a non-exclusive promotional contract with Astrux Entertainment.[7]

In 2005, she made her directorial debut with the 1st Strike Films release Ass Up Face Down, in which she also starred.[8] In the same year, she signed a contract with Defiance Films and Torrid Entertainment[9] and auctioned a day with herself onset on eBay for US $3,900.[10]

Rain was the winner of the "Porn Star Beauty Pageant" on the Howard Stern Radio Show in March 2005, beating out fellow porn stars Kami Andrews, Railee, Renee Pornero, and Aurora Snow.[11]

Off-screen, Rain won control over Scott Fayner's porn industry gossip blog lukeford.com,[9] but announced in May 2006 that she would no longer fill this position.[citation needed]

In December 2005, Rain announced her retirement from acting in pornographic movies.[12] When announcing her retirement from acting in December 2005, Rain also expressed her desire to settle down and start a family.[12] Despite her retirement, Defiance Films extended her contract for two years.[13] She launched her website, clubtaylorrain.com, after retirement.[14] In June 2006, she announced via her website that she was pregnant,[15] but miscarried one month later.[16]

In February 2007, she spent twenty days in jail for possession of marijuana and for driving under the influence.[17] Rain wrote she was given the choice to either spend twenty days in jail or to do community service and enter a DUI program, and chose the jail time. She has since stopped using and selling drugs, and now attends meetings of Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous.[18]

Rain announced that she was pregnant again in March 2008 and that the ultrasound indicated the child would likely be a girl.[19][20]

[edit] Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Taylor Rain at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. ^ Taylor Rain at the Adult Film Database
  3. ^ Taylor Rain at the iafd.
  4. ^ Acme Andersson (2003-10-03). "Legend Signs Taylor Rain to Two-Year Deal". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/14257.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  5. ^ "Legend Seeking New Contract Girls; Taylor Rain No Longer Under Contract". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/14387.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  6. ^ "Taylor Rain Back in Action". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/14790.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  7. ^ Ron Martin (2004-08-16). "Astrux Signs Taylor Rain, Gets Distro Deal". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/17400.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  8. ^ Chip Baker (2005-07-28). "1st Strike Unveils Rain's Directorial Debut". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/22422.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  9. ^ a b "Taylor Rain Goes Exclusive With Defiance/Torrid". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/22343.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  10. ^ "EBay Auction for Taylor Rain Set Visit Closes". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/22343.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  11. ^ "The Howard Stern Show for March 4, 2005" (in English). HowardStern.com. March 4, 2005. pp. 1. http://www.howardstern.com/rundown.hs?month=March&day=4&year=2005&x=35&y=6. Retrieved 2 January 2009. 
  12. ^ a b David Woodman (5 December 2005). "AVN :: Rain Retires from Performing" (in English). Adult Video News. pp. 1. http://business.avn.com/articles/24217.html. Retrieved 11 March 2008. 
  13. ^ "Buxom Blondes Mix it Up for Rain". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/25026.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  14. ^ Thomas J Stanton (2006-01-30). "Rain Launches Official Member Site". Adult Video News. http://business.avn.com/articles/25031.html. Retrieved 2009-04-21. 
  15. ^ Rain, Taylor (3 June 2006). "GET READY TO CHAT WITH A HOT HORNY PREGNANT CHICK!!!" (in English). ClubTaylorRain.com. pp. 1. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070311060401/http://www.clubtaylorrain.com/server.php?/list.blog=176. Retrieved 2 January 2009. 
  16. ^ Rain, Taylor (10 July 2006). "NOT THE RIGHT TIME!!!" (in English). ClubTaylorRain.com. pp. 1. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927234755/http://www.clubtaylorrain.com/server.php?/list.blog=241. Retrieved 2 January 2009. 
  17. ^ Rain, Taylor (20 March 2007). "DID SOME TIME........" (in English). ClubTayloRrain.com. pp. 1. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070809024700/http://www.clubtaylorrain.com/index.php?/list.blog=461. Retrieved 2 November 2008. 
  18. ^ Rain, Taylor (27 February 2008). "SOBRIETY" (in English). ClubTaylorRain.com. pp. 1. http://www.clubtaylorrain.com/blog/?p=7. Retrieved 2 January 2009. 
  19. ^ Rain, Taylor (2 March 2008). "BEING PREGNANT" (in English). ClubTaylorRain.com. pp. 1. http://www.clubtaylorrain.com/blog/?p=5. Retrieved 2 January 2009. 
  20. ^ Rain, Taylor (25 March 2008). "IT’S A GIRL!!!!" (in English). ClubTaylorRain.com. pp. 1. http://www.clubtaylorrain.com/blog/?p=12. Retrieved 2 January 2009. 
  21. ^ "XRCO". XRCO.com. http://xrco.com/. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  22. ^ Michael Hayes (2006-06-26). "FAME Awards Announces Winners". XBIZ. http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=15692. Retrieved 2008-03-11. 

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