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“This is like something that I
actually enjoy and have a fun
time doing.”
Athena Faris says fellow performer Scarlett Sage recruited her
into adult entertainment when they matched on Tinder.
“She was definitely the one that I can thank for all of it,” Faris
jokes. “Scarlett saw me on Tinder and she’s like, ‘Oh, I see that
you model. Would you be interested in doing something a little
more explicit?’”
Faris never considered doing porn until then. “But I wasn’t
opposed,” she recalls. “So I was like, ‘Let’s give it a shot!’”
So Faris did her first scene—for NetVideoGirls in January
2017—and then stopped.
“Because within an hour everybody that I knew found out about
it,” Faris says. “So I was like, ‘OK, I don’t know if I’m ready for all
this pressure.’ And then the AVN Awards [in January 2018] was
my deciding factor of whether I wanted to commit to it or not.”
Faris hung out with the Motley Models crew for the entire week in
Vegas last January, leaving no doubt that she was ready to make
the move. She started back in February 2018—and 50-something
scenes later, Faris is poised for a breakout year in 2019.
“I’ve been working my butt off,” says Faris. “I shoot all the time.
... This isn’t just me making money; this is like something that I
actually enjoy and have a fun time doing.”
Faris in January followed in the footsteps of some of the top
names in adult entertainment, appearing on stage as an official
trophy girl for the 36th AVN Awards at Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas. She joined Gianna Dior as one of the two
newcomers to land the coveted honor. She also joined several
other established stars at the Jules Jordan Video booth at the
AVN Adult Entertainment Expo.
“All of this stuff—watching it play out—it’s just amazing,” Faris
says. “It’s definitely happening faster than I thought it would. It’s
definitely gratifying.”