Remy LaCroix (born June 26, 1988, in

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) is an American

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. She won the 2013

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for Best New Starlet and the 2014 AVN Award for

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Early life

Before entering the adult entertainment industry, LaCroix was a specialty dancer for several music festivals and Burning Man. Her performances included

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and hula-hooping.Tod Hunter, Steve Javors, Mark Kernes, and Eric Dro, Peter Warren, "Freshen Up!", '' AVN'', vol. 29/no. 6, issue 355, June 2012, pp. 46–51.

Career

LaCroix entered the adult film industry in December 2011, with a gang bang scene for

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, which was discussed in the

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produced documentary ''

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''. She worked for a period of six months before announcing that she was leaving porn. Citing burnout, she continued to honor previous commitments, worked for the talent department at Kink.com, and promoted her unreleased movies, eventually returning to shooting in November 2012. In 2013, ''

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'' ranked her tenth on their list of ’10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next

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’. She was also placed on

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's yearly list ’The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars’ in 2013 and 2014. In December 2014, it was announced that Remy LaCroix was signed as a contract star with ArchAngel Productions, but less than three months into her contract she terminated her relationship with the production company. In 2016, LaCroix was a judge on the web-based

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'' The Sex Factor'', which is a pornographic version of ''

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''. She retired from professional shooting in 2016 due to pregnancy, but in 2020, she announced her return to the

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. Her comeback scene, for the

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studio, was shot in July 2022 released in September 2022.

Awards

* 2013: AVN Award – Best New Starlet * 2013: AVN Award – Best Tease Performance – ''Remy'' (with Lexi Belle) * 2013:

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– Best Actress—Couples-Themed Release – ''Torn'' * 2013:

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– New Starlet * 2014: AVN Award – Best Actress – ''The Temptation of Eve'' * 2014: AVN Award – Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene – ''Girl Fever'' (with

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) * 2014: AVN Award – Best Three-Way Sex Scene (Girl/Girl/Boy) – ''Remy 2'' (with

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and Riley Reid) * 2014: NightMoves Award – Best Female Performer (Editor's Choice) * 2014: XBIZ Award – Best Actress—Feature Movie – ''The Temptation of Eve'' * 2014: XRCO Award – Best Actress – ''The Temptation of Eve'' * 2014: XRCO Award – Female Performer of the Year * 2015: AVN Award – Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene – ''Gabi Gets Girls'' (with Gabriella Paltrova)

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