Sunny Leone

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Sunny Leone (born May 13, 1981 in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) is an Indian-Canadian model and pornographic actress. She is best known for winning Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Year title for 2003. She is also noted for being one of the few pornographic actresses with an Indian background. Leone's father was born in Tibet and raised in New Delhi, while her mother is from a small town called Nahan, Himachal Pradesh. Her family moved to California in 1996. After graduating high school in 1999, she began modeling and eventually transitioned into nude modeling. Leone began appearing in many magazines and websites in the nude, and eventually posed in a layout for Penthouse magazine in 2001 (Pet of the Month March), as well as being featured in the Holiday 2001 edition of Hustler magazine as a Hustler Honey. Her popularity and beauty allowed her to win the 2003 Penthouse Pet of the Year award. She mostly does softcore modeling and videos, both solo and lesbian. She has signed an exclusive contract with Vivid Entertainment, where she has now moved into hardcore videos, though only lesbian. In 2004, she was part of "No more Bush Girls", where along with several other popular adult actresses, they shaved off their pubic hair in protest of the Bush presidency. Her first release under vivid was titled Sunny, and was followed by her 2006 release, Virtual Vivid Girl Sunny Leone (which took four days to film). She was the first Vivid star to have such an interactive feature ever. In June 2006, Leone became an American citizen. Her follow up movie "Sunny and Cher" was released in October 2006, and her most recent release was "The Female Gardener" which was released in January 2007. She stars in the remake of "Debbie does Dallas...Again", the first Vivid movie to be released on Blu-Ray Disc and HD DVD, starring as Christie, released in April 2007. Her last movie released to date was "It's Sunny in Brazil". On May 9, 2007, Sunny Leone announced that she has signed a deal to appear in up to six more movies for Vivid Entertainment. As part of the contract, she will be performing with men for the first time in her adult career. Her first movie under the new contract will be titled "Sunny Loves Matt", and will co-star Matt Erickson, who is her ex-fiance. The movie is set for release in March 2008. In February 2008, it was announced that Sunny Leone will be the first adult performer to star in a Bollywood film. Filming for "Pirate's Blood" is slated to start mid-February 2008 in Oman. This English-language thriller will also star veteran Bollywood actor, Salim Bahwan. The Arabic press has dubbed Ms. Leone as the "Indian-American Marilyn Monroe".