Sunny Leone Biography

Fast Facts

• Shifted from Canada to the US with her family when she was 13
• Studied nursing when she was in her 20s
• Worked at a bakery before entering the pornography industry
• In 2003, was named Penthouse Pet of the Year, the first woman of South Asian descent to have won the title
• The magazine offered her a $100,000 (U
• S
• ) contract along with the title
• In 2007, won an Adult Video News Award for best interactive DVD; it was the first time she worked with Vivid Entertainment
• Became an Indian citizen in 2012
• Debuted in Bollywood with the movie Jism 2 (2012), following her appearance in the fifth season of the reality TV series Big Boss
• Posed for a PETA campaign in 2013
• Participates in many activism campaigns