Trans* Success

Allanah Starr is an American pornographic actress, performance artist, model, and party promoter. She was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States at age 5 with her family. Her father had been a political prisoner. She grew up in Miami, Florida, but later relocated to New York City around 1999. While attending art college and before her transition, Starr developed a career as a performance artist in Miami Beach during the mid 90’s. She was a club kid that became well known for her outrageous costumes, make up, and performances in the local media and social circuit. She went to achieve nightclub fame and performed for the likes of Madonna at her 32 birthday party, Gianni Versace New Year’s Eve parties at his home before his death, and several high profiled events. Starr chose to retire from performing two years into transition as she felt “it was not fun anymore”.

Her first appearance in adult erotica was on the Grooby Productions web site and her first hardcore appearance was in the video and DVD “Mixed Nuts and a Chocolate Chip.” She has worked with pornographic photographers Tony Vee and Joey Silvera. Her films include Allanah Starr’s Big Boob Adventures, directed by transsexual Gia Darling, which included a pornographic first: a filmed sex scene between a male-to-female transsexual and a female-to-male transsexual (Buck Angel). For that performance she was nominated for two AVN Awards. During that time she was the only transsexual in the adult industry to hold a contract with a major production company, Gia Darling Entertainment. In January 2008, She won the AVN Award for Transsexual Performer Of The Year. Afterwards, Starr’s body was molded by Top Co Sales, an adult sex toy manufacturer, as part of their celebrity series. She was the second transsexual in the world, following Gia Darling to have such a contract. Starr was the subject for British artist Marc Quinn sculptures along with fellow porn star Buck Angel. The sculptures are life size and made in bronze.

In 2011 Allanah appeared in the video ‘A Far L’Amore’ which became a number one hit in Italy and a success throughout Europe. She also appeared on the cover of the book ‘A New Kind Of Beauty’ by Phillip Toledano, whom she had met and modeled for two years prior in New York. She was featured in Polaroid artist Jeremy Kost’s book ‘It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn’. During this time, Starr chose to resume her performance career and began to make appearances and perform throughout Europe. Starr has had 60 cosmetic surgeries and over 300 cosmetic procedures. She has modeled herself after the figures and faces of Jayne Mansfield, Jessica Rabbit, and Sophia Loren. Part of her surgical journey has been documented by The Maury Povich Show, Cosmetic Surgery Live, and New Magazine. She has been featured on MTV, The Maury Povich Show, Channel 5 UK, Playboy TV, HBO, and The Howard Stern Show, and in New York Magazine, New York Press, and The Village Voice. She runs club events in New York City for transsexuals and their fans.