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Stephanie Gregory Clifford was born in Baton Rouge, U.S.A. on March 17, 1979.<ref name="iafd">Profile of Stormy Daniels, Internet Adult Film Database, Peter Van Aarle, 2018, http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=stormydaniels/gender=f/stormy-daniels.htm</ref><ref name="afd">Profile of Stormy Daniels, Adult Film database, 2018,  http://www.adultfilmdatabase.com/actor/stormy-daniels-2151/.</ref> Clifford’s parents divorced when she was four years old. She was raised by her mother <ref name="hotmovies1">Profile of Stormy Daniels, Hotmoviesdotcom, LM Management, 2018, https://www.hotmovies.com/porn-star/64072/Stormy-Daniels.html.</ref> in a low-income household when there were days without electricity.<ref>Hamilton Matthew, Porn star makes Roosters stop, Monroe News Star, July 4 2009, http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20090704/NEWS01/907030318.</ref> She attended a magnet school in Louisiana.<ref name="adultdvd">Carver Lee, A conversation with Stormy Daniels, Adult DVD Talk, November 11, 2002, https://www.adultdvdtalk.com/talk/stormy.asp.</ref> In high school she had good grades without studying.<ref name="adultdvd"/> She was the editor of the student magazine and president of the 4-H club.<ref name="hotmovies1"/>

In 1996 at 17 years old Daniels started erotic dancing underage in Baton Rouge.<ref name="adultdvd"/> She chose the stage name Stormy because her father had considered naming her Stormy and the American musician Nikki Sixx had a son named Storm.<ref name="faq">Stormy Daniels FAQ, StormyDaniels.org, Stormy Daniels, 2006, http://www.stormydaniels.org/stormy_daniels_FAQ.htm.</ref> She chose the stage name Daniels after seeing an advertisement for American whiskey Jack Daniel’s which read "… a Southern favorite".<ref name="hotmovies2">PBR Princess, HotMovies interview of the week: Stormy Daniels, HotmoviesBlog.com, October 7 2008, http://hotmoviesblog.com/porn/hotmovies-interview-of-the-week-stormy-daniels.html.</ref> While working as erotic dancer she met with American pornographic actress [[Devon Michaels]] whom introduced her to pornographic acting.<ref name="dejavu">Profile of Stormy Daniels, Déjà Vu, Déjà Vu Services Inc., 2018, https://dejavu.com/stormy-daniels/.</ref> In 2002 Clifford appeared in the American television documentary series [[Real Sex]] where she is seen participating in 2001 Miss Nude Great Plains Contest.<ref> Let it all hang out, Real Sex, Dir. Patti Kaplan, HBO Documentary Films, HBO Films, April 6 2002.</ref> In 2005 she appeared in the American comedy film The 40-Year-Old Virgin when the main character watches a scene from the American pornographic film [[Space Nuts]].<ref>The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Dir. Judd Apatow, Apatow Productions, Universal Pictures, 2005.</ref> In 2007 she acted in the American comedy film Knocked Up with American pornographic actress [[Nautica Thorn]].<ref <name="knocked">Knocked Up, Dir. Judd Apatow, Apatow Productions, Universal Pictures, 2007.</ref> They played two [[Pole dancer|pole dancers]] in [[Las Vegas]]. In 2007 she acted in the American television series Dirt in which she played a stripper.<ref>Pilot,Dirt, Season 1, Dir. Matthew Carnahan, FX Productions +3,January 2 2007.</ref><ref>Blogan, Dirt, Season 1, Dir. Chris Long, FX Productions +3, January 9 2007.</ref> In 2007 she acted as a pole dancer in the music video for the song "Wake Up Call” by American band Maroon 5.<ref>Wake up call, Internet Music Video Database https://imvdb.com/video/maroon-5/wake-up-call.</ref> In 2014 Clifford was inducted in both [[AVN Hall of Fame]]<ref>AVN Staff, AVN announces 2014 Hall of Fame inductees, AVN, AVN Media Network, December 26 2013, https://avn.com/business/articles/video/avn-announces-2014-hall-of-fame-inductees-539515.html</ref> and [[XRCO Hall of Fame]].<ref>Sanford John, XRCO announces 2014 Hall of Fame inductees, XBIZ, Adnet Media, February 18, 2014, http://www.xbiz.com/news/174997/xrco-announces-2014-hall-of-fame-inductees.</ref> She was a regular guest of the American radiophonic show The Bubba the Love Sponge Show.

In October 2016 she signed a non-disclosure agreement with Trump that precluded her from publicly discussing their sexual relationship upon payment of $ 130.000.<ref name="wsj">Rothfeld M. and Palazzolo J., The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones & Company, January 12 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-arranged-130-000-payment-for-adult-film-stars-silence-1515787678</ref> On January 12, 2018 Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen released a statement from Daniels claiming that her involvement with Trump was limited to public appearances and she never received hush money from him.<ref name=”nyt”/>