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'''Stephanie Gregory Clifford''' (born March 17, 1979), known by the stage name '''Stormy Daniels''' is an American candidate, [[erotic dancer]], pornographic film [[Porn actor|actress]] and [[director]]. | '''Stephanie Gregory Clifford''' (born March 17, 1979), known by the stage name '''Stormy Daniels''' is an American candidate, [[erotic dancer]], pornographic film [[Porn actor|actress]] and [[director]]. | ||
== Early life== | == Early life== | ||
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=" | 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"/> | ||
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== | 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 2005 she appared 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. She was a regular guest of the American radiophonic show The Bubba the Love Sponge Show. | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
In July 2006 Daniels met [[Donald John Trump]] at the | In July 2006 Daniels met [[Donald John Trump]] at the 17th edition of golf competition American Century Championship.<ref name=”gun”>Bastone W., Donald Trump and the porn superstar, The Smoking Gun, TSG Industries, October 18 2016, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/donald-trump-and-stormy-daniels-738920.</ref> After the competition she engaged in a sexual relationship with Trump.<ref name=”gun”/><ref name=”nyt”>Twohey M. and Rutenberg J., Porn star was reportedly paid to stay quiet about Trump, The New York Times, The New York Times Company, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/us/trump-stephanie-clifford-stormy-daniels.html</ref><ref name=”slate”>Politi D., Porn star: Stormy Daniels and Trump asked me to join them in hotel room, Slate, The Slate Group, January 13 2018, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/porn-actress-says-stormy-daniels-and-trump-asked-her-to-join-them-in-hotel-room.html.</ref> | ||
In 2010 Clifford got pregnant by then boyfriend American pornographic actor [[Glendon Crain]] but kept her pregnancy secret to avoid critics.<ref name="beast">Kristin Battista Frazee, Stormy Daniels on being a porn star mom, The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, August 23 2012, https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-on-being-a-porn-star-mom.</ref> After the pregnancy became public she received personal attacks alleging she was undeserving to be a mother.<ref name=”beast”/> In 2011 she gave birth to a daughter.<ref name=”beast”>Kristin Battista Frazee, Stormy Daniels on being a porn star mom, The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, August 23 2012, https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-on-being-a-porn-star-mom.</ref> | In 2010 Clifford got pregnant by then boyfriend American pornographic actor [[Glendon Crain]] but kept her pregnancy secret to avoid critics.<ref name="beast">Kristin Battista Frazee, Stormy Daniels on being a porn star mom, The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, August 23 2012, https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-on-being-a-porn-star-mom.</ref> After the pregnancy became public she received personal attacks alleging she was undeserving to be a mother.<ref name=”beast”/> In 2011 she gave birth to a daughter.<ref name=”beast”>Kristin Battista Frazee, Stormy Daniels on being a porn star mom, The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, August 23 2012, https://www.thedailybeast.com/stormy-daniels-on-being-a-porn-star-mom.</ref> | ||
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”/> | |||
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||