Sunny Leone
From Penthouse Pet to Bollywood star: Sunny Leone's journey across industries.
The performer known as Sunny Leone, whose birth name is Karenjit Kaur Vohra, is a Canadian-American actress who previously worked in adult films and now appears in Hindi cinema.[1] MTV Splitsvilla, an Indian reality show, counts Leone among its presenters.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Karenjit Kaur Vohra
- Born
- 13 May 1981
- Birthplace
- Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
- Other names
- Karen Malhotra
- Karenjit Kaur
- Karenjit Kaur Weber
- Occupation
- Actress, former pornographic actress
- Years active
- 2001–present
- Spouse
- Daniel Weber (2011)
- Children
- 3
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
She was named Penthouse Pet of the Month for March 2001.[2] In 2005, she signed a three-year contract with Vivid Entertainment and transitioned into hardcore pornography.[3] At age 13, her family relocated to Fort Gratiot, Michigan, and then one year later they moved again to Lake Forest, California.[4] She declared her exit from the adult film business in 2013.[5]
The Indian reality program Bigg Boss 5 featured Leone as a participant in 2011.[6] Her Bollywood debut occurred in 2012 with the movie Jism 2.[7]
What the cited sources add
A 2013 PETA ad campaign featured Leone shot by photographer Gaurav Sawn with hair and make-up by Ayesha Wadiwala.[8] Leone stated in a PETA India interview that every dog should be spayed and neutered to stop the cycle of homeless animals.[8] PETA awarded Leone their "Person of the Year" honor in 2016.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A Sunny day in Sarnia", The Globe and Mail; "How Karen Malhotra turned into a world-famous porn star Sunny Leone", santabanta.com; "Sunny Leone – Desi Porn", SunnyLeone.com; "Sunny Leone profile", AVN; "‘Sex symbol’ Sunny Leone doesn’t care about being typecast in movies India.com", www.india.com; "'Sex symbol' Sunny Leone doesn't care about being typecast in movies", www.business-standard.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Adult Film Database, "Adultfilmdatabase Interviews: Sunny Leone Interview – 11/06/2006", AFDB, June 11, 2006; "Sunny Leone makes history by becoming first Indian model to become a Penthouse Pet", December 31, 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sunny Leone Becomes Vivid Girl", AVN, June 20, 2007; Millar, "Vivid to Ship Sunny", AVN, November 1, 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weisblott, "Sunny Leone's America", Eye Weekly, July 4, 2008; Weisblott, "Sunny Leone's America", Eye Weekly, July 4, 2008; "Ambush Interview #97", Ambush Interview, October 8, 2006; Alff, "Pornstar Sunny Leone on thriving in the wild, wild west of the adult industry", blogs.creativeloafing.com, August 23, 2010; "Ambush Interview #97", Ambush Interview, October 8, 2006; Kandathil, "Sunny Leone on life as a desi adult star", Toronto Star, October 11, 2007; Weisblott, "Sunny Leone's America", Eye Weekly, July 4, 2008; "Sunny Leone profile", B en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Leone Announces Retirement From Adult Films!", MTV, August 13, 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Indo-Canadian porn star to spice up 'Bigg Boss 5'", Indiavision news, November 22, 2011; "Sunny Leone enters Bigg Boss in a lehenga", Hindustan Times, November 20, 2011; "Canadian porn star Sunny Leone causes stir in India", The Province, November 24, 2011; Ramachandran, "Adult star Sunny Leone is trending in India", The Times of India, November 22, 2011; "Sunny Leone most googled in Orissa, Haryana", The Times of India, November 27, 2011; Mawrie, "IAAF files complaint against Colors for Sunny Leone entry", mediamughals.com, November 29, 2 en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sunny Leone" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sunny Leone says yes to Mahesh Bhatt", Hindustan Times, 2011; "I haven't made Jism 2 for 100 crore club: Pooja Bhatt", Hindustan Times; "Sunny Leone in Ragini MMS 2", invectura.com, April 22, 2012; "Sunny Leone goes desi for first item song in Bollywood", Hindustan Times; Gupta, "Sunny-Sachiin partnership pain", The Telegraph, 14 December 2013; Kamath, "Jackpot: Not Sunny enough in Goa", The Hindu, 14 December 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Sunny Leone In New PETA Ad ", Asian Image, 15 January 2013.. facts only, no text reused. asianimage.co.uk
- "Sunny Leone To Receive PETA's Person of the Year Award ," Times of India, December 22, 2016.. facts only, no text reused. timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Sunny Leone (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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