Shayla LaVeaux, born December 27, 1969, in Golden, Colorado, is a retired American adult film actress, exotic dancer, and model. Raised by a single mother in banking, she was a rebellious teen, working at McDonald’s at 15 and later at cafes and a bakery after graduating from Wheat Ridge High School. At 18, she began stripping at Shotgun Willie’s in Glendale, Colorado, and danced at bachelor parties, per Wikipedia and IMDb. It was while stripping that she first tried cocaine and would get addicted to the drug. After a period of drug use and wild parties, she married in 1990 at age 21, co-owning an adult bookstore and stripping service, which led to nude modeling for Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler to build her brand, per IMDb. LaVeaux was best friends with Alexis DeVell from stripping, and the two lived close to each other in Denver, Colorado. DeVell, who was already established in adult movies, took LaVeaux to Los Angeles and invited her to a set one day to hang out. When one of the performers no-showed. DeVell asked her if she wanted to step in, and she began her porn career that day in 1992. She starred in over 500 films, including Orgazmo (1997), Shayla’s Web (1997), and Shayla Down Under, known for her blonde hair, blue eyes, 34D-24-34 figure (enhanced), and versatile performances in anal, lesbian, and interracial scenes, per IAFD and The Movie Database. LaVeaux had an unusual arrangement early in her career in that she signed with director Paul Norman and not a studio or agent per The Movie Database. When Norman was hired, you would also get LaVeaux. LaVeaux had a dispute with Vivid over the 1994 movie Dirty Looks.