Sasha Grey: From Soderbergh’s Camera to Novels and Electronic Music
Grey’s film roles, fiction and music collaborations offer a career timeline that extends well beyond her first public identity.
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Browse every story in the VIRVIB edition across U.S. news, politics, sports, entertainment, money, lifestyle, courts and culture.
Sunny Leone: The Journey from Reality Television to Cannes
Bigg Boss, a Bollywood debut, animal-welfare campaigns and Kennedy mark different stages in Leone’s public career.
Stormy Daniels: The Writer, Director and Documentary Subject Behind the Headlines
Her memoir and screen work supply a public biography beyond the political story most readers recognize.
Traci Lords: Film, Music and the Memoir That Reframed Her Story
From Cry-Baby to a dance album and a first-person book, Lords built a public career beyond the exploitation of her youth.
Sibel Kekilli: From a Chance Casting to Film Awards and Women’s Rights Work
Head-On, When We Leave and Game of Thrones anchor a career that also includes advocacy beyond the screen.
Riley Reid: From Industry Awards to Questions About AI and Identity
Her early awards and later technology venture show how a performer’s public identity became a business question.
Angela White: The Academic and Production Work Behind the Awards
University study, a political candidacy and filmmaking decisions add context to White’s public career.
Lisa Ann: How Sports Radio Became a Second Career
A memoir and a move into fantasy-sports broadcasting reveal the preparation behind Lisa Ann’s change of direction.
Tera Patrick: The Model, Businesswoman and Memoirist Behind the Name
A book collaboration and candid interviews document Patrick’s movement between modeling, performance and business.
Asa Akira: The Writing Routine Behind a Screen Career
Memoirs, a public-television interview and an unusually specific writing schedule reveal another side of Akira’s work.
Joanna Angel: From Punk-Era Entrepreneurship to Interactive Fiction
An English degree, a production company and two novels show the continuity of Angel’s interest in storytelling.
Nina Hartley: From Nursing Studies to Film and Public Education
Hartley’s long public career includes a mainstream movie role, a book and campus discussions about media and representation.
Stoya: Essays, Science Fiction and a Public Identity on Her Own Terms
An essay collection and a Serbian science-fiction film reveal different dimensions of Stoya’s creative work.
Maitland Ward: From Boy Meets World to a Memoir About Reinvention
Soap opera, sitcoms, cosplay and a first-person book mark the different stages of Ward’s public career.
Belle Knox: The Student Whose Public Story Became a Documentary
The 2014 media storm, a documentary series and a later television dramatization tell different versions of Knox’s public career.
Lana Rhoades: The Fashion and Podcast Chapters After Adult Films
Runway work, vintage fashion and long-form interviews show how Rhoades developed a different public career.
Brandi Love: Publishing, Industry Recognition and a Political Flashpoint
A book, a long screen career and a disputed conference appearance form distinct parts of Love’s public biography.
Bree Olson: From Awards Hosting to a Horror-Film Audition
Public appearances and interviews trace Olson’s effort to build a screen career beyond the work that first made her recognizable.
Jenna Haze: Directing, Photography and a Carefully Documented Farewell
A studio launch, a change of role and a collaborative photography project show how Haze’s career developed beyond performing.
Gloria Leonard: The Performer Who Took the Publisher’s Chair
Magazine publishing, industry organizing and an archive at Harvard reveal the business career behind Gloria Leonard’s screen name.
Candida Royalle: From Performance to a Company of Her Own
Femme Productions, theater, writing and the Harvard archive trace Candida Royalle’s effort to change who made adult cinema and whom it addressed.
Georgina Spelvin: The Memoir Behind a Famous Screen Name
Theater, a chance casting and a self-published book form separate chapters in Georgina Spelvin’s working life.
Jessica Drake: How a Screen Career Became an Education Platform
Campus talks, writing and product development show the range of Jessica Drake’s work beyond performing.
Kayden Kross: The Writer Who Moved Behind the Camera
Columns, hosting and directing trace how Kayden Kross expanded her role in the business that first made her known.