{{short description|American pornographic actress and rapper (born 1977)}} {{Infobox person | name = India | image = India the rapper (2002 Adult Entertainment Expo).png | caption = India at the 2002 Adult Entertainment Expo | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|05|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}<ref name="iafd"/> | alias = | website = http://www.indiasplayhouse.com }}
'''India''' (born May 17, 1977) is a former pornographic actress, singer and rapper.
She began working as an adult actress in around 1998 and has since appeared in over 200 videos.<ref name="iafd">{{cite web | title = India | publisher =IAFD.com | url = http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=India/gender=f| accessdate =2008-11-01 }}</ref> For five years, she was an exclusive contract girl for the production company Video Team,<ref name="debut">{{cite web| title = India Releases Debut Album| author = Thomas J. Stanton| publisher = AVN.com| url = http://business.avn.com/articles/27255.html| date = 2006-06-20| accessdate = 2008-11-01| archive-date = 2010-02-08| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100208224052/http://business.avn.com/articles/27255.html| url-status = dead}}</ref> and she has an exclusive sex toy line, manufactured by California Exotic Novelties.<ref name="Toy">{{cite web | title =Video Team's India Performs Song for Walking Tall Soundtrack, Gets Molded for Cal Exotics Toy | publisher =AVN.com | url =http://business.avn.com/articles/15633.html | date =2004-04-02 | accessdate =2008-11-01 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100214113416/http://business.avn.com/articles/15633.html | archive-date =2010-02-14 | url-status =dead }}</ref>
India owns the record company Black Widow Entertainment, and in 2006, she released her debut solo album ''Role Play''.<ref name="launch">{{cite web| title = India to Host Album Launch Party| author = Thomas J. Stanton| publisher = AVN.com| url = http://business.avn.com/articles/27376.html| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130117172312/http://business.avn.com/articles/27376.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 17, 2013| date = 2006-06-26| accessdate = 2008-11-01}}</ref> She had previously been a member of several girl groups;<ref name="debut"/> her first album, ''Hi Naturally'', was released in 1994 when she was in the group ''Harmony Innocents''.<ref name="Toy"/> In July 2002, she was profiled on VH1's ''All Access'' hip-hop/porn special.<ref name="Toy"/> In 2004, her vocals featured in the movie ''Walking Tall'', starring Dwayne Johnson.<ref name="debut"/>
==Awards and nominations== *2000 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet<ref name=avn00>{{cite web | title = AVN 2000 Nominations| publisher = AVN.com| url = http://www.avn.com/awards/noms.html |accessdate = 2009-08-21 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20000302100333/http://www.avn.com/awards/noms.html |archivedate = 2000-03-02}}</ref> *2004 AVN Award nominee – Most Outrageous Sex Scene – ''Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp'' *2004 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – ''Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp''<ref>{{cite web | title = Nominations for 2004 AVN Awards Show | publisher = AVN.com| url = http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/05/58/32/55832Nominations.pdf|accessdate = 2008-03-13| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20031203023916/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/05/58/32/55832Nominations.pdf| archivedate = 2003-12-03}}</ref> *2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – ''Afrodite Superstar''<ref>{{cite web | title = AVN Award Nominees | publisher = AVNAwards.com| url = http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=nominees | date =| accessdate = 2007-12-18 }}</ref> *2011 Urban X Awards Hall of Fame<ref name=UrbanXAwards>{{cite web|title=Urban X Awards Hall of Fame 2011 |url=http://www.urbanxawards.com/urbanxongoing/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=66 |publisher=Urban X Awards |accessdate=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902083010/http://www.urbanxawards.com/urbanxongoing/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=66 |archivedate=September 2, 2011 }}</ref> *2022 AVN Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web | title=2022 AVN Award Winners Announced AVN | url=https://avn.com/news/video/2022-avn-award-winners-announced-172729 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0408510|India}} * {{iafd name|id=India|gender=female|name=India}} * {{afdb name|id=31713|gender=female|name=India}}
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