Sunrise Adams (born September 14, 1982) is a former American pornographic actress who won multiple awards for her work in the industry after beginning her career in 2001. She was contracted by Vivid Entertainment a year later. Adams was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in rural East Texas. "I grew up in Pickton, Texas, population 90, with no phone, one TV channel and no one to play with for miles." At age 16 she enrolled in a nearby community college to complete her last two years of high school.
Adams left Texas for Los Angeles and began her career as an actress in porn films. On January 8, 2001, she appeared with Ed Powers in More Dirty Debutantes 186. She later referred to the experience of making that film as "nothing I want to remember." Adams became popular with fans and signed a two-year contract with Vivid Entertainment in August 2002, officially becoming a "Vivid Girl". The contract required Adams to appear in eight movies per year for the company. She was nominated for Best Actress by AVN in 2003. In 2004 she won the award for Best Oral Sex Scene – Film for Heart of Darkness. On August 2, 2004, Adams appeared with Savanna Samson on Fox News's The O'Reilly Factor, to promote their book How to Have a XXX Sex Life.
