Silvia Saint, born Silvie Tomčalová (born 12 February 1976) is a former Czech
pornographic actress
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. In 1996 she was '' Penthouse'' Pet of the Year in the Czech edition of the magazine. She has appeared in over 300 pornographic movies.
Early life
Silvia Saint was born Silvia Tomcalova on February 12, 1976, in what is now the Czech Republic. She was an only child who faced many hardships in her life including poverty and the death of her father when she was young.
Career
Saint began as an erotic
modeling
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Models c ...
, first
lingerie
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, then nude in magazines and finally to pornographic films. She was '' Penthouse Pet of the Year'' in 1996 (Czech edition). After her introduction to the American porn industry she became the October 1998 '' Penthouse Pet of the Month'' (U.S. edition).
Saint's early films were shot in Europe, many for Private Media Group. She performed in a Private Media Group
sex in space
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-themed pornographic film '' The Uranus Experiment: Part Two'', which featured a brief scene filmed in a Russian aircraft flying a parabolic track (similar to NASA's
Vomit Comet
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Versions of such airplanes were operated by the NAS ...
). The film featured around 20 seconds of Saint and Nick Lang (who both portray astronauts living on a space station) having penetrative sex in
freefall
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. The scene was nominated for a Nebula Award, but it did not win.
Saint was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Torino Sex 2005,
Turin
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's second annual Delta of Venus Fair.
In 2006 she won the rights to the Internet
domain name
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Java ME
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-supported phones. Since 2007 she has only starred and performed in lesbian sex movies, while also taking care of the auditions as director and producer to her official website.
Awards
* 1998 AVN Award – Best Tease Performance (''Fresh Meat 4'')
* 2000
Hot d'Or
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* 2004 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (Public)
* 2005 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (Public)
* 2012
AVN Hall of Fame
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Wayback Machine
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