Devon Michaels
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Devon Michaels is an American pornographic actress
. Michaels was raised with her two brothers near Peoria, Illinois
.
She attended Bradley University
in Peoria, Illinois, before making the decision to relocate to New York City, where she became an exotic dancer
. She went on to become a featured dancer, traveling and performing in clubs all over the United States.
She built a career as a nude and fitness model before making the decision to act in pornographic films. Her first adult magazine cover was for Chéri. She has been featured in a variety of fitness
magazines, including Ironman. She has also appeared in coffee table book
s and art postcard series.
She appeared in her first adult film with her first husband in 1995. However, after the movie they decided not to make any more. In 2002, after her second marriage ended, she chose to make a second film, Making It, which was released by Wicked Pictures
. She has since starred in over 85 films for Jill Kelly Productions, Vivid Video, Sin City Entertainment, and Digital Playground
.
Michaels co-owns and operates Elliott's, a gentlemen's club
in Peoria, Illinois which opened in 2004. She also continues to be a featured performer and a fitness model.
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
. Michaels was raised with her two brothers near Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
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She attended Bradley University
Bradley University
Bradley University, founded in 1897, is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. It is a small institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students and a full-time faculty of approximately 350....
in Peoria, Illinois, before making the decision to relocate to New York City, where she became an exotic dancer
Exotic dancer
The terms exotic dancer and exotic dance can have different meanings in different parts of the world and depending on context. In the erotic sense, "exotic dance" is a often used to refer to practitioners of striptease...
. She went on to become a featured dancer, traveling and performing in clubs all over the United States.
She built a career as a nude and fitness model before making the decision to act in pornographic films. Her first adult magazine cover was for Chéri. She has been featured in a variety of fitness
Physical fitness
Physical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness...
magazines, including Ironman. She has also appeared in coffee table book
Coffee table book
A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for...
s and art postcard series.
She appeared in her first adult film with her first husband in 1995. However, after the movie they decided not to make any more. In 2002, after her second marriage ended, she chose to make a second film, Making It, which was released by Wicked Pictures
Wicked Pictures
Wicked Pictures is an American pornographic movie studio headquartered in Canoga Park, California. In 2006 it was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry...
. She has since starred in over 85 films for Jill Kelly Productions, Vivid Video, Sin City Entertainment, and Digital Playground
Digital Playground
thumb|right|250px|Digital Playground's 2010 Contract Girls at the [[AVN Adult Entertainment Expo]] at the [[Sands Expo]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] on January 7, 2010...
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Michaels co-owns and operates Elliott's, a gentlemen's club
Gentlemen's club
A gentlemen's club is a members-only private club of a type originally set up by and for British upper class men in the eighteenth century, and popularised by English upper-middle class men and women in the late nineteenth century. Today, some are more open about the gender and social status of...
in Peoria, Illinois which opened in 2004. She also continues to be a featured performer and a fitness model.
Awards
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Couples Scene (with Lee Stone in Wicked Picture's "Manhunters")