Stoya (born June 15, 1986 in Wilmington, North Carolina as Jessica Stoyadinovich) is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and model. This stage name was her nickname before appearing in adult movies, and is the shortened version of her last name. Stoya was born to a Serbian father and a Scottish mother. As a child, she wanted to become a dancer and started attending dance lessons at the age of three. She was home-schooled and got her high-school diploma before the age of sixteen. Because her father worked in IT, Stoya had access to a lot of electronics and gaming equipment, which she says developed her love for technology. “I was three when I was using DOS. My mom taught me how to read, and my dad taught me how to navigate DOS,” she has said. At a later age, Stoya moved to Delaware where she spent a semester at Delaware College of Art & Design, but dropped out because of her problem with authority. After relocating to Philadelphia, she attended a summer program at UArts. Some of her jobs in Philadelphia included being a secretary, flier distributor, and a go-go dancer. Stoya appeared in several music videos for bands, that (according to her) "no one will ever hear of".
Stoya began posing for a friend of hers. That eventually led her to modeling and working for alt-erotic websites. One of the websites she had worked for asked if she was willing to do a softcore scene for a DVD they were putting out. Stoya claims that she discovered pornography through an interest in BDSM and via fetish newsgroups on the internet. She states that few adult films interested her, and prefers those with artistic and fetish themes. Stoya was featured in two DVD productions for Razordolls and made a non-sex, cameo appearance in two Vivid Alt titles before being contacted by Digital Playground with the proposition to perform in a hardcore, lesbian scene with Sophia Santi. The scene in question never happened, but in August 2007, she met with several Digital Playground representatives and was asked if she would star in a pornographic movie with male talent. After careful consideration, Stoya agreed. In October 2007, Digital Playground signed her to an exclusive, three-year contract. The first scene she shot for them was for STOYA VIDEO NASTY (promoted on the DVD box as the first film featuring her engaging in heterosexual intercourse with a male actor) but her first movie released by the company was JACKS POV 9. On AVN Movie Adult Awards in 2009 Stoya obtained Best Starlet award. Stoya enjoys art and one of her hobbies is creating clothes which she wears in her scenes and during erotic conventions. She likes reading, with sci fi and fantasy being among her favorite genres. Stoya avoids relationships because she believes that monogamous commitment will affect her ability to deliver the best possible performances in adult films. Stoya acknowledges the importance of social networking in her career; she is active on Facebook or Twitter and also on various internet forums and blogs.
Even though she tries to avoid relationships, she was dating some short time with the controversial singer Marilyn Manson and later with the pornstar James Deen for several years. On November 2015, Stoya said on Twitter that James Deen had sexually penetrated her through the use of coercion and without her consent. These allegations of rape were denied by Deen. After terminating the contract with Digital Playground, appeared in a few productions of Evil Angel. Her recent project is site Zerospaces, with her business partner, comedian Mitcz Marzoni. Zerospaces describes itself as a "sexually explicit media project" with videos, photosets and articles pertaining to sex and sexuality.
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