Ashley Blue Real Name: Oriana Small She/Her

Quick answer

Ashley Blue's real name is Oriana Small, as reported by mainstream sources cited on Wikipedia. Oriana Small, known professionally as Ashley Blue, is an American adult film actress.

Career

Blue has appeared in over 300 adult films and directed 17 adult film features. Her performances include the Girlvert series, in which she appeared while under contract with JM Productions. She was featured in Inside the Porn Actors Studio: Ashley Blue, an episode of Howard Stern's TV series Howard Stern on Demand. In 2011, Blue and other adult film actresses modeled for a series of paintings by Swedish artist Karl Backman.

Awards and recognition

She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame, has hosted her own Vivid Radio show and written for Hustler magazine. Blue won the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2004 and the AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2005. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2013 and the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2021.

Beyond adult film

In 2011, she published a memoir of her career in the adult entertainment industry, titled Girlvert: A Porno Memoir. She has co-hosted Playboy TV’s Night Calls Hotline, hosted her own Vivid Radio show, and written for Hustler magazine. Also in 2011, Blue published her memoir of nearly ten years working in the adult entertainment industry.

About the stage name

Ashley Blue is the professional name; the birth name, Oriana Small, is publicly documented in mainstream reporting cited on Wikipedia. realnameof.com lists real names only when the person disclosed them or mainstream outlets reported them.