Mari Possa
{{Short description|American pornographic actress (born 1980)}}
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Mari Possa is a Salvadoran American pornographic actress and reality TV personality.
Early life
File:Mari Possa, Seymore Butts at Digital Playground Party 1.jpg in 2004]]
Possa was born in San Miguel, El Salvador. Her family moved from El Salvador to the United States when she was nine.{{cite web|url= http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/3218/mari_possa.html|title= Sleaze Interview: Mari Possa|access-date= 2008-01-16|author= Chris Nieratko|date=March 2006|publisher= Bizarre}}
Career
Mari Possa was a former secretary at a law firm when she entered the adult industry as assistant of director Seymour Butts.{{cite news|last=Tristan Taormino|title=Porn Stars in Love|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-01-04/columns/porn-stars-in-love/|access-date=12 June 2013|newspaper=The Village Voice|date=January 4, 2005|archive-date=2009-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210154526/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-01-04/columns/porn-stars-in-love/|url-status=dead}} In 2003, she became a contract girl for Seymour Butts Home Movies and Adam & Eve Pictures, and appeared in about 35 scenes until 2009. In 2009, Possa retired from the porn industry to pursue a degree in broadcasting, then made her comeback to porn in 2012 as a freelance performer for solo and lesbian scenes. Possa also appeared in the Showtime TV series Family Business and was the cover girl of the book Dirty Talk: Conversations with Porn Stars by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson."Adult Who's Who: Mari Possa", AVN Magazine, Vol. 28/No. 8, Issue 356, August 2012, p. 40. Her porn name is a pun on the word mariposa, which means "butterfly" in Spanish.
Awards
- 2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Anal Surprise Party
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – House of Ass
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – War of the Girls{{cite web | title = 2006 AVN Awards Nominations Announced | publisher = AVN.com|author=Dan Miller| url = http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=248223 | date =2005-11-25| access-date = 2007-08-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061206171908/http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=248223 |archive-date = 2006-12-06}}
- 2007 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Butt Pirates of the Caribbean{{cite web | title = AVN Awards 2007 Nominees | publisher = AVN.com| url = http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/2784742007UpdatedNominations | date =2006-11-22| access-date = 2007-08-06 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070423104247/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/2784742007UpdatedNominations |archive-date = 2007-04-23}}
- 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – Jenna 9.5{{cite web|title=Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards |publisher=AVNAwards.com |url=http://avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |date=2008-11-25 |access-date=2008-11-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203003734/http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2008 }}
- 2013 XBIZ Award nomination – Performer Comeback of the Year{{cite news|title=XBIZ Awards 2013 Nominees |url=http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |access-date=17 November 2012 |newspaper=XbiZ |date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225104526/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |archive-date=25 December 2012 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1597343|Mari Possa}}
- {{iafd name|id=MariPossa|gender=female|name=Mari Possa}}
- {{afdb name|id=38808|gender=female|name=Mari Possa}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Salvadoran emigrants to the United States