1. Heather Hunter is a member of the AVN, Urban X, and XRCO Halls of Fame.
24 Facts About Heather Hunter
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Heather Hunter entered the adult film business in 1988 and her career peaked in the mid-'90s.
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Heather Hunter was one of the few performers to use her actual name rather than a stage alias.
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Heather Hunter became known for her interracial- and lesbian-themed films.
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From 1990 to 1992, during her Los Angeles years, Heather Hunter was a dancer on the TV show Soul Train.
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Heather Hunter has described how she was able to conceal her porn career from Soul Train producer Don Cornelius.
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Heather Hunter played the role of a hooker in the black comedy horror film Frankenhooker as Chartreuse.
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Heather Hunter got her start while dancing at the Latin Quarter in New York City, where she met adult film actress Hyapatia Lee, who suggested she perform in movies.
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Heather Hunter did a few low-budget movies for New York-based Vidway before moving to Los Angeles and eventually becoming the first African-American woman to be a Vivid Entertainment contract girl.
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Heather Hunter has 51 videos and 1 directorial effort to her credit on the Internet Adult Film Database; her final adult video appears to be Honeywood, released in 1999.
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Old scenes with Heather Hunter continue to be released in numerous compilations.
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Heather Hunter was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Heather Hunter was inducted into the Urban X Hall of Fame in 2008 and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2022.
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Heather Hunter has been involved with music professionally since 1993, when she was under contract with Island Records doing House music.
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Heather Hunter released an 18-track rap music album on July 12,2005, titled Double H: The Unexpected.
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Heather Hunter released the music through Blo Records label, owned by her long-time manager, Dave Copeland.
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From 1998 to 2000, Heather Hunter hosted The Peep Show on pay-per-view TV.
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Heather Hunter later appeared with Mr Cee on Double H: The Unexpected.
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Heather Hunter has had an interest in art since she was a child, when she began painting portraits of family members.
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Heather Hunter furthered this love by majoring in design and illustration at High School of Fashion Industries in New York City.
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Heather Hunter enrolled in a special workshop under the direction of renowned street artist, Keith Haring.
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In June 2006, Heather Hunter opened her own art gallery, Artcore-NYC, in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn, New York.
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Heather Hunter debuted her "Hunter Collection" paintings as the gallery's first exhibition.
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Heather Hunter wrote a novel, Insatiable: The Rise of a Porn Star, by Hunter and Michelle Valentine, which was published on July 24,2007, by St Martin's Press.