Mary Carey

At 19, she joined the dance team at Florida Atlantic University, where she was a student in the theater department.

After her grandfather's death, her grandmother's health worsened, Carey took a job as an exotic dancer to help support the family financially. Upon noticing that the "feature dancers" made much more money, she asked an agent how she could become one too. The agent recommended that she become a porn star (the large fan base that successful porn stars have gives them superior drawing power when they dance in-person at strip clubs). Carey traveled to Los Angeles and made the rounds of the adult-film producers and studios, eventually landing a job with Playboy TV.

She was featured on VH1's reality series Celebrity Rehab, and has appeared in more than 80 adult films. She has a product line with Doc Johnson adult toy company, she has authored a book, and she is currently developing a TV series with GoGo Luckey. She appeared in VH1's series Sober House which premiered in January 2009. Read Less