Bonnie Rotten


Bonnie Rotten is an American pornographic actress, feature dancer, fetish model, director, and producer. In 2014, she became the first alt-porn star to win the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year.

Early life

Rotten is from Hamilton, Ohio. She is of Italian, German, Polish, and Jewish descent. She was raised by her grandparents. She says her first sexual experience was at the age of 12 with a boy who was 13. She claims to have had her first sexual experience with multiple male partners at age 16. She was, she says, very sexually active throughout adolescence. She told one interviewer: "I was very promiscuous up until the time I left Ohio. I was banging everybody and having sex with all of my girlfriends, all that fun kind of stuff."

Career

Rotten started her career as a fetish model for the magazine Girls and Corpses, which took note of her after she won the Ms. Dead Indiana Beauty Pageant at the Indianapolis Days of the Dead convention. She entered the adult industry in early 2012. Previously, Rotten also worked as a model in car and motorcycle shows. She also began stripping on her eighteenth birthday using the stage name "Dixie". Her routine as a stripper was to always wear American flag bikinis and dance only to Southern rock.
In September 2012, she obtained breast implants.
The company Digital Sin produced two films focused entirely on her, Meet Bonnie that was a sales chart topping success and The Gangbang of Bonnie Rotten. She has done at least fourteen videos featured on Kink.com, including some subjecting her to bondage and pain. Much of her work has focused on her ability to ejaculate. She has said that this was a technique taught to her by fellow performer Veronica Avluv. Rotten credits adult video legend Nina Hartley with helping her make the transition from modeling to porn.
In 2014, Rotten reprised the role of "Max Candy" in the porn remake of Cape Fear and cited Robert De Niro's performance in the 1991 version as her inspiration for the role. She stated about De Niro: "I really love Robert De Niro, and I thought this is a really great movie that he did, and he's such a creep and so crazy in it."
In September 2014, she began a publicity tour which included visits to Spain, South Africa, Germany, and Switzerland. Rotten said the tour was to be "the most ambitious thing I've ever done in my life."
In October 2014, the German-based company Digital Sports Innovation announced the availability of Bonnie Rotten figurines, ranging from five to fourteen inches tall. About the figurines Rotten said: "I always dreamed I would have one, and now I have four."
In February 2015, the sex toy manufacturer Pipedream announced that it was shipping the "Bonnie Rotten Signature Collection", including the "Bonnie Rotten Fantasy Fuck Doll. With real hair, a beautiful face molded directly from Rotten, and almost every one of her tattoos."
In April 2015, Rotten generated publicity in Manhattan by going topless in Times Square, Washington Square Park and on the subway.
In June 2015, the daily fantasy sports company Draftster announced that it had signed Rotten to an "exclusive sponsorship and promotional deal." She said the deal was "a dream come true."
Starting in 2013, Rotten appeared as a featured performer at strip clubs in numerous cities. In October 2015, The Lee Network announced an exclusive agreement with Rotten to "bring her amazing feature dance talents to upscale gentlemen's clubs across the country."

Mainstream appearances

Rotten appears with pornographic actresses Asphyxia Noir and London Keyes in the music video for the 2013 song "Kiss Land" by The Weeknd.
In January 2014, Rotten was featured in a music video for the Los Angeles band Piece by Piece along with Terror drummer Nick Jett. The video debuted on Vimeo.
In 2013, LA Weekly ranked her fifth on their list of "10 Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Jenna Jameson". She was also placed on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2014.
In 2014, The Daily Beast referred to Rotten as "Porn's current 'It' girl" in an article about the annual AVN Awards at which she won "Female Performer of the Year". Though declaring that the porn industry had "died," performer Joey Silvera is quoted as saying: "there is still enough magic left that the awards can make a difference for Bonnie if she wins."

Other ventures

In January 2014, Rotten launched her own production company and signed a distribution deal with Girlfriends Films. She made her directorial debut with the film To the Core. She also directed Sisters of Anarchy for Digital Playground.

Tattoos

Rotten has over thirty tattoos, and her stage name comes from a so-named pinup zombie that she has tattooed on the back of her right leg. In one instance, she claimed that her favorite tattoo is the one on her stomach, featuring a zombie from the comic book Night of the Living Dead: The Beginning, Issue 1. It was her first ever tattoo and took 13 hours to complete. In June 2013, she said that her favorite tattoo was of Frank Sinatra on her leg. In addition to the above list, Rotten also has a spiderweb on each of her breasts with the areola as the center of each web. She is credited with furthering the acceptance of porn performers with tattoos.
In 2017 she opened a tattoo shop with Gentle Jay from Ink Masters called 'Bonnie Rottens Best Kept Secret', where she employed tattooers Mark Mathews from ink Masters, and Jack Mayfair, a tattooer out of Brooklyn. The shop was open for one year. Citing differences between her and Jay the shop was closed in early 2018.

Personal life

Rotten speaks fondly of the grandparents who raised her, saying, "They did a great job." In May 2015, Rotten announced she was pregnant, giving birth to a daughter later in the year.

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardWork
2014Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene Brazzers Presents: The Parodies 3
2014Best Anal Sex Scene Evil Anal 19
2014Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene Beyond Fucked: A Zombie Odyssey
2014Best Group Sex Scene The Gang Bang of Bonnie Rotten
2014Best Oral Sex SceneFacial Overload 3
2014Best POV Sex Scene Lesbian Anal P.O.V. 2
2014Best Safe Sex Scene Hotel No Tell
2014Best Tease PerformanceHot Body Ink
2014Best Three-Way Sex Scene – B/B/G Whore's Ink
2014Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B Obedience School
2014Female Performer of the Year
2015Best ActressCape Fear XXX
2015Best Director – ParodyCape Fear XXX
2015Best Anal Sex Scene Climax
2015Best Double Penetration Sex Scene Bonnie Rotten Is Squirtwoman
2015Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene 4Ever
2015Best Group Sex Scene Bonnieland: A Gangbang Fantasy
2015Best Three-Way Sex Scene - G/G/B Squirt in My Face
2015Female Performer of the Year
2015Mainstream Star of the Year
2015Most Outrageous Sex Scene The Destruction of Bonnie Rotten
2015Kinkiest Performer

YearResultAwardWork
2014Special Award
2015Best Scene of the YearBonnie Rotten en ActricesDelPorno

YearResultAwardWork
2013Best Scene - Gonzo/Non-Feature Release Meet Bonnie
2014Female Performer of the Year
2014Best Scene - Non-Feature Release The Gangbang of Bonnie Rotten
2014Best Scene - Vignette Release Obedience School
2015Director of the Year - Non-Feature ReleaseBonnieland: A Gangbang Fantasy
2015Female Performer of the Year
2015Best Scene - Parody Release Rambone XXX: A Dreamzone Parody
2016Director of the Year – Non-Feature ReleaseBusty Pinups!
2016Best Sex Scene – All-Girl Performers of the Year 2015