Monica Mayhem (born 14 March 1978) is an Australian former pornographic actress,
dancer
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and singer.
Early life
Mayhem was born in
Brisbane, Queensland
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, Australia and she is half Australian and half Welsh. She attended
Kenmore State High School
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but was expelled. Prior to working in porn, she worked in
financial market
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s and
futures trading
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in Sydney. She then moved to London and worked in an
International Petroleum Exchange
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Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
* ''International'' (The T ...
brokerage.
Career
Mayhem began her career in the adult entertainment industry as a dancer at the
Spearmint Rhino
Spearmint Rhino is a chain of strip clubs that operates venues throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The first Spearmint Rhino was located in Upland, California.
Operations
John Gray is the founder & CEO of Spearmint R ...
on
Tottenham Court Road
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The road runs from Euston Road in the north to St Giles Circus in the south; Tottenham Court Road tub ...
. In December 2000, she moved to the United States (allegedly on a dare) to begin acting in pornographic films. Her first scene was with Lee Stone in ''Real Sex Magazine 38''. In 2002, she won the
XRCO Award
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Once every calendar year, XRCO m ...
for Starlet of the Year and the
FOXE Award
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Outside pornographic films, Mayhem was a singer/guitarist in the all-girl metal band "Sweet Avenge".
In 2008, she appeared in a small role in the ''
Sex and the City
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'' film, in which she is seen through a window having sex with Samantha's neighbour Dante.
Mayhem wrote an autobiography titled ''Absolute Mayhem: Confessions of an Aussie Porn Star'', which was released by
Random House
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Australia in 2009 in her native Australia and by
Skyhorse Publishing
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History
The current president and publisher is founder Tony Lyo ...
in North America the following year. A French translation was published in 2011 by Camion Noir.
In August 2010, she announced that she had retired from pornographic acting, after over 400 films, and that she was engaged to a
Sydney
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