Porn Actors Who Went Mainstream

The adult film industry has grown from being America's dirty secret into a billion dollar industry. No longer the option of last resort, many performers seek it out as a career choice. To put it simply: porn pays. As Ron Jeremy said, "An average actor makes $30,000 a year ... an actress can make between $300,000 and $400,000, if they're a contract player." (stumpedmagazine.com) It could be argued that porn is a platform, akin to YouTube, that gives performers the opportunity to jump from the niche of the nude arts to the cultural mainstream. Here are ten former porn stars who made that transition, and some of the names may surprise you. Sylvester Stallone Fair enough, he was never a porn ...