Rachel Starr (born November 26, 1983) is an American pornographic actress. She was inducted into the

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, United States and now lives in

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. She played tennis competitively while in high school, until she graduated early at the age of 16.

Career

Starr worked as a

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prior to her porn career. She entered the adult film industry when Jack Venice, a male performer met her in December 2006 in

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while at the Deja Vu

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. She made her on screen debut in the

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movie ''American Daydreams'', which was released on March 2, 2007. Starr signed a one year exclusive contract with

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on August 2, 2011. While working with Bangbros, Starr was also a brand ambassador for Naked.com until December 2017. On September 2, 2016, Starr signed an exclusive contract with Naughty America for two years, where she did a series of virtual reality videos for the company. On August 1, 2020, Starr signed with

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for one year; however, the contract was extended due to the various restrictions placed on production during the

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lockdown due to the

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. Shortly after, in November 2021, FanCentro signed Starr to be a brand ambassador to promote their platform.

Personal life

In 2013 Starr was linked romantically with baseball star

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. That same year she was caught in a compromising position with

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, reportedly having given him oral sex while he was on stage. In an interview with Power 98.3 FM radio in Phoenix, Arizona, Machine Gun Kelly stated that he and Starr made a sex tape, although it was never released to the public. Starr has been friends with ''

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'' star

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since 2013. A mutual colleague of theirs asked Starr to do a photoshoot with Exotic in

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. Rachel and Joe hit it off within the first 10 minutes of working together, and have remained close friends ever since. Starr and Joe Exotic worked together again in 2021 when from prison, ''Tiger King'' Joe Exotic released his first collection of

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s in 2021.

Career

Personal life

Awards and nominations

See also