Kobe Tai

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Kobe Tai
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Tai in Las Vegas, January 2000

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 who is accidentally killed by Jeremy Piven 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][9] N/A
2000 AVN Award Nominated Best Supporting Actress—Film[10] The Awakening
Nominated Best Group Sex Scene, Film (with Cheyne Collins, Evan Stone & Andrew Youngman)[10]
XRCO Award Nominated Actress (Single Performance)[11]

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. ^ Jared Rutter (September 30, 2009). "Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America". AVN.com. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
  4. ^ Gabriel Alvarez (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. ^ "Porn Goes Public - Industry Trend or Event" Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, The Industry Standard, November 6, 2000, by Kenneth Li Archived on Findarticles.com. Retrieved 2007-09-18
  7. ^ "BAAF Wrap-up PR". Anime News Network. November 14, 2001. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "6ème cérémonie des Hot d'Or". Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  9. ^ "Cérémonies". hot-dor.fr. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "AVN 2000 Nominations". AVN.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  11. ^ "Xrco nominations". AVN. March 14, 2000. Retrieved August 2, 2013.

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