Kobe Tai is an American pornographic film actress.[1][2]

Pornographic film career

Tai was a contract performer with Vivid Entertainment.[3] In 2011, Complex ranked her first on its list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time".[4]

Mainstream appearances

In addition to her roles in porn films, Tai (billed as "Carla Scott"[5]) appeared in the mainstream movie Very Bad Things, portraying a stripper at a bachelor party, and sang background vocals for Marilyn Manson's song, "New Model No. 15", on the album Mechanical Animals.[6]

She was an Opening Night Guest of Honor along with Asia Carrera at the Big Apple Anime Fest's Midnight Anime Concourse.[7]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyResultAwardWork
1997Hot d'Or AwardBest American Starlet[8]
2000AVN Awardrowspan=3Best Supporting Actress – Film[9]The Awakening
Best Group Sex Scene, Film (with Cheyne Collins, Evan Stone, & Andrew Youngman)[9]
XRCO AwardActress (Single Performance)[10]
2003NightMoves AwardBest Feature Production (Fan's Choice) (with Jenna Jameson)[11]Jenna Loves Kobe

References

  1. ^ Hamamoto, Darrell Y. (2000). "The Joy Fuck Club: Prolegomenon to an Asian American Porno Practice". Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-56639-776-6.
  2. ^ Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2007). The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene. Duke University Press. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-8223-4033-1.
  3. ^ Rutter, Jared (30 September 2009). "Vivid's 25th Anniversary: How Steven Hirsch's Company Thrust Porn Into Mainstream America". Adult Video News
  4. ^ Alvarez, Gabriel (2011-09-19). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  5. ^ Cameron-Wilson, James (2000). Film Review: 1999-2000. Reynolds & Hearn. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-903111-00-0.
  6. ^ Li, Kenneth (November 6, 2000). "Porn Goes Public - Industry Trend or Event". The Industry Standard. Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. – via Findarticles.com.
  7. ^ Macdonald, Christopher (November 14, 2001). "BAAF Wrap-up PR". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
  8. ^ "Les cérémonies des Hot d'Or" (in French). hot-dor.fr. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014.
  9. ^ "AVN 2000 Nominations". AVN.com. Archived 2000-03-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Xrco nominations". Adult Video News. 2000-03-14. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  11. ^ Dirty Bob (September 16, 2003). "11th Annual Nightmoves Entertainment Awards Announced". AVN. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2015.