Mari Possa
Mari Possa (born January 21, 1980) is a Salvadoran American pornographic actress and reality TV personality.
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Mari Possa at the 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo | |
Born | Mirna Granados[1] January 21, 1980 |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Website | Official website |
Early life
Possa was born in San Miguel, El Salvador. Her family moved from El Salvador to the United States when she was nine.[2]
Career
Mari Possa was a former secretary at a law firm when she entered the adult industry as assistant of director Seymour Butts.[3] In 2003 she became a contract girl for Seymour Butts Home Movies and Adam & Eve Pictures, and appeared in about 35 scenes until 2009. In 2009, Possa retired from show business to pursue a degree in broadcasting, then she made her comeback in 2012 as a freelance performer for solo and lesbian scenes. Possa also appeared in the Showtime TV series Family Business and was the cover girl of the book Dirty Talk: Conversations With Porn Stars by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson.[4] Her porn name is a pun on the word mariposa, which means "butterfly" in Spanish.
Awards
- 2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Anal Surprise Party
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – House of Ass
- 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – War of the Girls[5]
- 2007 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Butt Pirates of the Caribbean[6]
- 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – Jenna 9.5[7]
- 2013 XBIZ Award nomination – Performer Comeback of the Year[8]
References
- Roque Antonio Mocán Quan. "Actress Mary Possa (Mirna Granados) was born in San Miguel". El Salvador - Guanacos Online. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- Chris Nieratko (March 2006). "Sleaze Interview: Mari Possa". Bizarre. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- Tristan Taormino (January 4, 2005). "Porn Stars in Love". The Village Voice. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- "Adult Who's Who: Mari Possa", AVN Magazine, Vol. 28/No. 8, Issue 356, August 2012, p. 40.
- Dan Miller (2005-11-25). "2006 AVN Awards Nominations Announced". AVN.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
- "AVN Awards 2007 Nominees". AVN.com. 2006-11-22. Archived from the original on 2007-04-23. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
- "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). AVNAwards.com. 2008-11-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- "XBIZ Awards 2013 Nominees". XbiZ. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
External links
- Mari Possa on IMDb
- Mari Possa at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Mari Possa at the Adult Film Database