Daniels was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame on January 18, 2014, and was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame on April 16, 2014. ĭaniels has appeared with performers such as Randy Spears, Julian and Brendon Miller, to whom she was married and who edited about half of her movies. In 2004, Daniels won the Best New Starlet Award from Adult Video News, which was a surprise to Daniels, who had made a $500 bet with another actress that Jesse Jane would win. She chose her stage name Stormy Daniels to reflect her love of American rock band Mötley Crüe, whose bassist, Nikki Sixx, named his daughter Storm. She began stripping for money at the Gold Club in Baton Rouge and became a featured entertainer with Continental Theatrical Agency in September 2000. Careerĭaniels's first experience as a stripper occurred when she was 17 and visiting a friend at a strip club she was convinced to perform a 'guest set'. ĭaniels said she 'came from an average, lower-income household… there days without electricity', and she has described herself as coming from a 'really bad neighborhood.' During high school, Daniels had a job answering phones at a riding stable. She graduated from Scotlandville Magnet High School in Baton Rouge in 1997 and considered becoming a journalist. Daniels' parents, Sheila and Bill Gregory, divorced about three or four years after she was born.
