Samantha Bentley: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|English pornographic actress, musician and writer (born 1987)}}

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| name = Samantha Bentley

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| caption = Samantha Bentley in 2014.

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|08|df=yes}}<ref name=iafd>{{iafd name|id=samanthabentley|gender=female|name=Samantha Bentley}}</ref>

| birth_place = [[London]], [[England]]<ref name=TRPWL>{{cite web|url= http://therealpornwikileaks.com/samantha-bentley-bad-good-way-trpwl-interview/|title= Samantha Bentley is Bad (In a Very Good Way) — The TRPWL Interview|accessdate= 15 May 2014|author= Deep Throat|date= 27 April 2014|publisher= TRPWL}}</ref>

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| alias = Lady Samantha Bentley<ref name=iafd/><br />Samantha B<ref name=TRPWL/><br />Pixie May<ref name=TRPWL/>

| agent = Nathan Hoy <small>(Music)</small> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rebelorsubmit.com/samantha-bentley/ |title=Samantha Bentley |publisher=Rebelorsubmit.com |date=2016-04-15 |accessdate=2020-05-18}}</ref>

'''Samantha Bentley''' (born 8 October 1987) is a formeran English former [[pornographic actress]],<ref name=iafd/> musician and writer.

Bentley was born and raised in [[South London]], [[England]].<ref name=TRPWL/> She [[Striptease|stripped]] whilewhilst attending university, where she studied [[design]], before working in pornography.<ref name=XBIZApril2015>{{cite web|url= http://www.xbiz.com/news/193563|title= Samantha Bentley Discusses Return to 'Game of Thrones'|accessdate= 18 April 2015|author= Dan Miller|date= 17 April 2015|publisher= [[XBIZ]]}}</ref>

Bentley started [[glamour modelling]] when she was around 18 or 19 years old and has appeared in [[Page 3]] of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a42586/i-told-myself-id-stop-doing-porn-by-the-time-im-30/|title= I Told Myself I'd Stop Doing Porn by the Time I Turn 30|accessdate= 29 August 2015|author= Cheryl Wischhover|date= 26 June 2015|magazine= [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]}}</ref> She decided to enter the adult film industry after an ex-boyfriend told her it would be "cool" if she were a porn star.<ref name=TRPWL/> She began by filming her own [[Amateur pornography|amateur videos]], which are no longer in her possession.<ref name=SexBlog>{{cite web|url= http://www.sex.com/news/blog/samantha-bentley-interview/|title= Sexy Brit Samantha Bentley Interviewed!|accessdate= 15 May 2014|author= Chico Dusty|publisher= [[Sex.com]]|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140220181552/http://www.sex.com/news/blog/samantha-bentley-interview/|archivedate= 20 February 2014|df= dmy-all}}</ref> When she was 20 years old, she performed solo for a British tease website which posted her work under the name '''Samantha B''', Samantha being her real first name.<ref name=TRPWL/> She initially wanted to use the [[stage name]] '''Pixie May''', but a friend of hers suggested she use a name similar to the one from the tease site in order to make it easier for fans to find her.<ref name=TRPWL/> She initially worked for two years in [[Lesbianism in erotica|girl/girl scenes]] only.<ref name=SexBlog/> She did her first scene, which was for 21Sextury,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://interviews.adultdvdtalk.com/samantha-bentley/|title= Captain Jack interviews Samantha Bentley|accessdate= 16 April 2015|author= Captain Jack|date= 16 April 2015|publisher= Adult DVD Talk}}</ref> in 2011 at the age of 22 in [[Budapest]] with a [[Czechs|Czech]] female performer.<ref name=TRPWL/> Her first boy/girl scene was with Ian Tate<ref name=SexBlog/> for [[Harmony Films]] in 2012.<ref name=XBIZApril2015/> This was also her first [[anal sex]] scene.<ref name=XBIZApril2015/> She was the ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' [[List of Penthouse Pets|Pet of the Month]] for August 2015.<ref name=Penthouse>{{cite magazine|url= http://penthousemagazine.com/samantha-bentley-pet-playoff-gallery/|title= Samantha Bentley: August 2015 Penthouse Pet of the Month|accessdate= 1 October 2015|date= 15 September 2015|magazine= [[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]}}</ref>

Bentley played a [[prostitute]] in the [[Game of Thrones (season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', appearing in a bath scene opposite [[Davos Seaworth]], who is played by [[Liam Cunningham]].<ref name=XBIZApril2015/> In April 2015, it was announced that Bentley will also appear in the show's [[Game of Thrones (season 5)|fifth season]].<ref name=XBIZApril2015/> She has also appeared in a music video for [[Wiz Khalifa]] and in a mainstream film titled ''Look of Love''.<ref name=NYDN>{{cite news|url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/game-thrones-prostitute-played-porn-star-sam-bentley-article-1.1789149|title= ‘Game'Game of Thrones’Thrones' prostitute played by porn star Sam Bentley|accessdate= 15 May 2014|author= Ethan Sacks|date= 12 May 2014|newspaper= [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]}}</ref> On 19 August 2014, ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan UK]]'' published an article titled "14 weird questions about life as a porn star, answered by professionals", in which Bentley is featured.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/love-sex/sex/ask-cosmo/a28888/porn-questions-answered-professionals-tanya-tate-joybear/|title= 14 weird questions about life as a porn star, answered by professionals|accessdate= 10 May 2015|author= Catriona Harvey-Jenner|date= 19 August 2014|magazine= [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan UK]]}}</ref> On 7 February 2016, she penned a blog for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' titled "Women Against Feminism – A Pornstar's Point of View", in which she criticised [[feminists]] who [[slut-shame]] porn actresses,<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/samantha-bentley/women-against-feminism-pornstar-view_b_9183076.html|title= Women Against Feminism – A Pornstar's Point of View|accessdate= 8 February 2016|author= Samantha Bentley|date= 7 February 2016|work= [[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> and is now a writer for Jerrick Media talking about sex, porn, geek culture, yoga and health.<ref>{{cite webnews|url= https://filthy.media/how-to-date-a-porn-star|title= How to Date a Porn Star|accessdate= 24 May 2016|author= Samantha Bentley|date= 24 May 2016|websitenewspaper=Filthy.media}}</ref>

On 16 April 2015, Bentley made her [[DJing]] debut at Total Uprawr in the [[London Borough of Camden]].<ref name=XBIZApril2015/> She also plays [[Classical music|classical]] [[piano]].<ref name=Penthouse/> She joined a [[PETA]] campaign in protest against the [[Russian Space Agency]]'s plan to send four [[macaque]] monkeys to [[Mars]] in 2017, in which she was laid in a pool of [[fake blood]] while wearing [[body paint]] that depicted her as a monkey in a [[space helmet]] outside of the [[Embassy of Russia, London|Embassy of Russia in London]] on 13 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.contactmusic.com/news/samantha-bentley-to-stage-space-monkeys-protest-outside-russian-embassy_5087825|title= Samantha Bentley To Stage Space Monkeys Protest Outside Russian Embassy|accessdate= 8 February 2016|author= [[World Entertainment News Network]]|author-link= World Entertainment News Network|date= 11 January 2016|publisher= [[contactmusic.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.peta.org.uk/blog/photos-dying-monkey-begs-russia-not-to-send-primates-to-mars/|title= PHOTOS: ‘Dying'Dying Monkey’Monkey' Begs Russia Not to Send Primates to Mars|accessdate= 13 February 2016|author= Anne|date= 13 January 2016|publisher= PETAUK}}</ref>

|British Model of the Year<ref name="erotictradeonly.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.erotictradeonly.com/paul-raymond-publications-stages-awards-bash-at-spearmint-rhino/ |title=Paul Raymond Publications stages awards bash at Spearmint Rhino |website=Erotictradeonly.com |date= 5 November 2013|accessdate=2020-05-18}}</ref>

|Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene <small>(with [[Brooklyn Lee]] & Ruth Medina)</small><ref name=NYDN/><ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/And-Now-The-2013-AVN-Award-Winners-503520.html|title= And Now... The 2013 AVN Award Winners!|accessdate= 6 December 2013|date= 23 January 2013|magazine= [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|archive-date= 15 February 2013|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130215142432/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/And-Now-The-2013-AVN-Award-Winners-503520.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>

|Female Performer of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erotictradeonly.com/the-2014-paul-raymond-awards-winners-were/ |title=The 2014 Paul Raymond Awards winners were… |website=Erotictradeonly.com |date= 10 December 2014|accessdate=2020-05-18}}</ref>

|Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production <small>(with [[Alina Henessy|Henessy]] & [[Rocco Siffredi]])</small><ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2015-AVN-Awards-585973.html|title= AVN Announces the Winners of the 2015 AVN Awards|accessdate= 25 January 2015|date= 24 January 2015|magazine= [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|archive-date= 6 February 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150206165744/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2015-AVN-Awards-585973.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>

|Female Foreign Performer of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url= http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4|title= 2015 AVN Award Nominees|accessdate= 21 November 2014|publisher= AVN Awards|archive-date= 25 November 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141125015310/http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4|url-status= dead}}</ref>

|Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production <small>(with Misha Cross, Luke Hotrod & Maximilian Gambero)</small><ref name=AVN16>{{cite web|url= http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/8|title= 2016 avn award nominations|accessdate= 8 February 2016|publisher= AVN Awards|archive-date= 20 November 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151120162020/http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/8|url-status= dead}}</ref>

|Foreign Female Performer of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url= http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php|title= 2016 Nominees|accessdate= 8 February 2016|publisher= XBIZ Awards|archive-date= 31 January 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120131025101/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php|url-status= dead}}</ref>

|Female Performer Of The Year<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.shafta.xxx/|title= 2017 Nominees|accessdate= 8 January 2017|publisher= Shafta Awards|archive-date= 31 October 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161031091133/http://www.shafta.xxx/|url-status= dead}}</ref>

|Adult Film Of The Year<ref name=PRP16>{{cite web|url= http://www.paulraymond.xxx/awards|title= 2016 prp award nominations|accessdate= 8 December 2016|publisher= PRP Awards}}</ref>

|Best Marketing Campaign for an Individual Project <ref name=AVN17>{{cite web|url= https://avn.com/awards/nominees?/nominees|title= 2017 avn award nominations|accessdate= 24 January 2017|publisher= AVN Awards}}</ref>

|Foreign Female Performer of the Year<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url= http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php|title= 2017 Nominees|accessdate= 24 January 2017|publisher= XBIZ Awards|archive-date= 31 January 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120131025101/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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