Silvia Saint
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Silvie Tomčalová (born 12 February 1976),<ref name=Penthouse/><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=XBiz2006 /><ref name=MyBio/> known as Silvia Saint, is a Czech former pornographic actress.<ref name="nf" /> In 1996, she was Penthouse Pet of the Year in the Czech edition of the magazine.<ref name=HallOfFame>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She has appeared in over 300 pornographic movies.<ref name="nf" />
Early life
Silvia Saint was born Silvia Tomcalova on 12 February 1976, in what is now the Czech Republic. She was an only child who faced many hardships in her life, including poverty and the death of her father when she was youngTemplate:Citation needed.
Career
Saint began in erotic modeling, first lingerie, then nude in magazines and finally in pornographic films.<ref name=MyBio>Template:Cite web</ref> She was Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1996 (Czech edition).<ref name='GameLinkBio'>Template:Cite web</ref> After her introduction to the American porn industry, she became the October 1998 Penthouse Pet of the Month (U.S. edition).<ref name=Penthouse/>
Saint's early films were shot in Europe, many for Private Media Group.<ref name="nf" /><ref name="Sylvia Saint AFDB" /> She performed in a Private Media Group sex in space-themed pornographic film The Uranus Experiment: Part Two,<ref name="nf" /> which featured a brief scene filmed in a Russian aircraft flying a parabolic track (similar to NASA's Vomit Comet). The film featured around 20 seconds of Saint and Nick Lang (who both portray astronauts living on a space station) having penetrative sex in freefall. The scene was nominated for a Nebula Award, but it did not win.<ref name="spacedotcom">Template:Cite web</ref>
Saint was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at Torino Sex 2005, Turin's second annual Delta of Venus Fair.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
In 2006, she won the rights to the Internet domain name silviasaint.com from a cybersquatter in a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy action.<ref name=XBiz2006 /> In 2007, the mobile game Sylvia Saint in Erotic Pool was released for Java ME-supported phones.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since 2007, she has only starred and performed in lesbian sex movies, while also taking care of the auditions as director and producer to her official website.<ref>Silvia Saint Biography Template:Webarchive Silvia Saint Official Site Template:In lang</ref>
Awards
- 1998 AVN Award – Best Tease Performance (Fresh Meat 4)<ref name="Sylvia Saint AFDB" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 Hot d'Or Award – Best European Supporting Actress (Le Contrat des Anges)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Lesbian Scene (Alexia and Cie) with Nikki Anderson & Kate More<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2004 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (Public)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2005 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (Public)Template:Citation needed
- 2012 AVN Hall of Fame inductee<ref>2012 AVN Award nominees (archived at Wayback Machine, 2 January 2012)</ref>