Sunset Thomas Top Porn Star

Sunset has begun her career as a sex starlet in the mid 90's acting in low budget films playing very minor roles. It did not take long for this bisexual to be picked up by the big time producers. Her flawless figure, seductive smile and an insatiable appetite for nasty scenes made Sunset Thomas an overnight star.

Written by Ben Marco for AVN Magazine

With nearly 200 videos to her credit in 11 years, Sunset Thomas has well earned her place in the AVN Hall of Fame. "A lot of my movies have won awards, but I never got a trophy until now," she says. "It's a great honor, and I'm happy to make it in there with all of these wonderful stars."

Born in Sikeston, Missouri ("the 'Show Me' state," she laughs) the 5' 8" blonde vixen grew up in a number of Southern-accented states. "After my mother had me, she left my real father, and we took off," she explains. "I lived in Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Tennessee. My mother was dating a guy who was a truck driver, so we did a lot of traveling."

While living in Florida, she met her future manager Zach Adams; the two soon married and decided to move out to California. "We came out to L.A. along with my best friend and her boyfriend who was in a Christian band," she relates. "We were just struggling, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I started runway modeling, but I wasn't tall enough and that really upset me. I did a couple of B movies, but they paid 200 bucks and you had to work from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. The jobs weren't coming in as much, and we did a lot of [sexual] stuff in our private life, so we decided to try video - it's good money."

A search of weekly newspaper classifieds brought the 18-year-old Sunset to producer Lance Kincaid, who arranged her adult debut in Mr. Peepers Amateur Home Videos 25. "I told Lance that I'd never done this before, and I don't know...,'" she recalls. "He said, 'Try it, relax, and if you feel uncomfortable, let me know.' He gave me a little vibrator and I started masturbating in front of the camera, and right there, I was like, 'This is the life for me.' The camera turned me on. I didn't know that I had something like that in me, but I do."

Following the Mr. Peepers epiphany, Sunset dedicated herself to her newfound profession with abandon. Notable titles include Debbie Does Dallas Again, Andrew Blake's Hidden Obsession, Cajun Heat, Inferno, Jezebel, Sunset Strips, Unbridled and Star Crossed. Asked for a favorite experience, she says, "I'm proud of doing all the sex! I'd never done it before, and I'll probably never do it again, but Sunset's Gang Bang was such a turn on for me... none of the guys had wood problems! It was so cool... All my hands were busy, my feet were busy, both holes were busy; I loved it!"

The actress also has kind words for director Michael Ninn, who cast her in his award-winning epics Sex, Latex and Sex 2. "I love Michael," she says. "He's such a sweetheart and a good friend. I used to hang out in the editing room when he was doing Sex and watch him putting it together. That was a lot of fun."

Three years ago, Sunset became the very first featured porn starlet at the famed Moonlite Bunnyranch brothel. "Ron Jeremy introduced me to [Bunnyranch owner] Dennis Hof, and I asked him if he ever thought about taking porn stars out there," she recalls. "He didn't know if that would get him in trouble at first... He called me back, we went to dinner, and we decided to do it. It's all condoms, we're all protected. I don't see anything wrong with it. I love being with my fans!"

Currently separated from Adams, Thomas currently plans to relocate to Carson City, where she will continue her work at the Bunnyranch by appointment. "I'm going to get back in [to performing]," she adds. "I've been out for a year; I had a little boy, who's five months old now [October]. I'll do a couple of big films, and that's it. I don't want to wear myself out.