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“My favorite kind of scenes are anything that is
interesting … something different, challenging.”
Physical beauty is almost a job requirement in adult entertainment. But when it comes to Cherie
DeVille, she is pleasing to more than just the eye. In both body and mind, the 2019 AVN MILF Performer
of the Year exudes physical and emotional health.
Part of that stems from her background as a physical therapist—a vocation that she has kept up since
she began her adult career in 2012. But the other part is her optimistic, open-minded outlook on life.
DeVille started off slow, doing girl/girl for a couple of years before she moved to Los Angeles full time.
“I didn’t know what porn was gonna be like, and I knew I was comfortable with women in general so I felt
like that would be the safe, comfortable, natural place to start.” Her first boy/girl scene was with Keiran
Lee, as part of a five-scene mini-contract for Brazzers. After that, she went full force into a career that
she truly enjoys—not just for the financial stability it has brought her, but also the challenges.
One challenge in 2019 was her role in Unfolding, a movie about a couple opening up their relationship,
which was directed by Kay Brandt for Adam & Eve Pictures. “Any time I get offered a feature role,
especially those that don’t lean on me being a MILF, is just a huge honor,” DeVille says. Brandt’s
characters “are not easily placed in little boxes,” she says. “Each character was flawed and beautiful
and unique and interesting—not just little tropes to be stuck in a pornography movie.”
“My favorite kind of scenes are anything that is interesting … something different, challenging,” she
says. She’s looking to be pushed as an artist or as an athlete. “Something that makes me struggle.”
DeVille says, “I feel like I got into porn at just the right time. I got in when it was all about the companies
and the directors and the producers and they are 100 percent why Cherie DeVille exists. They promoted
me, they marketed me and made it that I had a name, a legitimate name, in the adult industry. And then
all of a sudden, we could monetize our names on our social media. … I feel like it was just kismet.”
Though she could support herself via her own content, she prefers to keep working with studios. “I’m
completely grateful to every company that booked me when I didn’t have social media,” she says. “And
that they’re still booking me—awesome. ... So I’m trying to keep a little finger in each pie.”
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