{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox adult biography |name = Shy Love |image = File:Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012 1.jpg |caption = Shy Love in 2012 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|11|27}}<ref name=Stiletto>{{cite journal|author= Dianne Perry|date= February 2008|title= Shy Love: A Good Girl Gone Bad|journal= Stiletto Magazine|pages= 4|url= http://www.stilettomagazine.net/0208/index.htm|access-date= 2008-03-23|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080327193347/http://www.stilettomagazine.net/0208/index.htm|archive-date= 2008-03-27|url-status= usurped}}</ref> |birth_place = New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.<ref name=Xtreme>{{cite web|url= http://www.xtrememagazine.com/2010/07/shy-love-vip/|title= Shy Love VIP|access-date= 2015-01-07|date= 2010-07-14|publisher= Xtreme|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120506082846/http://www.xtrememagazine.com/2010/07/shy-love-vip/|archive-date= 2012-05-06}}</ref> |birth_name = |spouse = |death_date = |height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name=rog>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/shy_love_07.asp |title=INTERVIEW: Shy Love |access-date=2007-08-03 |year=2007 |work=rogreviews.com}}</ref> |other_names = Shy Luv |website = {{URL|https://moneylovesuccess.com}} }} '''Sheelagh Blumberg''' (born November 27, 1978), known professionally as '''Shy Love''' and '''Shy Luv''',<ref name=Stiletto/><ref name="moneylovesuccess.com">{{cite web|url=http://moneylovesuccess.com/about-us.html|title=About us|work=Money Love Success}}</ref> is an American pornographic actress, of Italian and Puerto Rican descent.<ref name=Stiletto/> She has been active in the porn industry since 2003.
==Early life== Love was raised in New Haven, Connecticut.<ref name=Xtreme/> She has stated that she is a certified public accountant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/15930.html|title=Three Direct Modeling Performers Wonder How ET Interview will Turn Out|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005031517/http://business.avn.com/articles/Three-Direct-Modeling-Performers-Wonder-How-i-ET-i-Interview-will-Turn-Out-38466.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-10-05}}</ref> and "holds a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees".<ref name="moneylovesuccess.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://xtrememagazine.com/index.php/shy-love.html|title=Xtrememagazine|access-date=December 24, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421150659/http://xtrememagazine.com/index.php/shy-love.html|archive-date=April 21, 2009}}</ref>
==Personal life== In a 2007 interview with GameLink, she said her relationship with her husband was only the third real relationship with a man she had ever had, and that she likes to play with other women.<ref name="GamelinkInterview"/> She has two children.<ref name="moneylovesuccess.com"/>
==Career== She is part-owner of a nightclub in Colorado Springs called ''13 Pure'' that she opened in January of 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://adultnewsxxx.com/shy-love-opens-her-new-club-in-colorado/|title= Shy Love Opens Her New Club In Colorado|access-date= 2008-03-22|date= 2008-01-24|publisher= adultnewsxxx.com|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080128230951/http://adultnewsxxx.com/shy-love-opens-her-new-club-in-colorado/|archive-date= 2008-01-28}}</ref>
==Talent Agencies== ===Adult Talent Managers=== In 2006 Love established her own talent agency, Adult Talent Managers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adulttalentmanagers.com/models.php |title=Female Models |website=Adult Talent Managers |access-date=July 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505044500/http://www.adulttalentmanagers.com/models.php |archive-date=May 5, 2007}}</ref> and signed Memphis Monroe and Lisa Daniels as contract girls. She has said that her agency's representation of gay men in addition to women is unique in the industry.<ref name="GamelinkInterview">{{cite web |last=Bounce |first=Miss |date=2007-09-11 |title=Shy Love Interview: A GameLink.com Exclusive |url=http://www.gamelink.com/naked_truth.jhtml?id=shy-love-interview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203013250/https://www.gamelink.com/naked_truth.jhtml?id=shy-love-interview |archive-date=2007-12-03 |access-date=2008-07-11 |website=GameLink}}</ref> In 2010, Love merged her company with another talent agency, A List Talent, to create a single agency with both adult and mainstream branches.<ref name=ATMLA-AVN>{{cite magazine|last=Staff|title=Shy Love Sells Remaining Interest in ATMLA to Mark "Blazing" Schechter|url=http://business.avn.com/company-news/Shy-Love-Sells-Remaining-Interest-in-ATMLA-to-Mark-Blazing-Schechter-523958.html|magazine=Adult Video News|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420203054/http://business.avn.com/company-news/Shy-Love-Sells-Remaining-Interest-in-ATMLA-to-Mark-Blazing-Schechter-523958.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Then in 2013, she sold her interest in the company.
==Awards and nominations== thumb|right|Shy Love attending the XCRO Awards, Hollywood, CA on April 16, 2009 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Ceremony ! Category ! Work ! Result |- |rowspan=3| '''2006''' |rowspan=2|AVN Award |Best Group Sex Scene – Film <small>(with Lisa Lee, Lucy Lee, Lisa Marie, Haley Paige, Tyla Winn, Jerry, Marco Duato, Nick Manning, Steven St. Croix, & Jean Valjean)</small><ref name=avnnom06>{{cite web |url=http://www.avnawards.com/2006nominations.pdf |title=Production Awards |website=AVN Awards |access-date=July 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126013107/http://www.avnawards.com/2006nominations.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2005}}</ref> |''Scorpio Rising'' |rowspan=4 {{nom}} |- |Best Interactive DVD<ref name=avnnom06/> |''Shy Love’s Cum Play With Me'' |- | XRCO Award |Best On-Screen Couple <small>(with Monique Alexander)</small><ref>{{cite web|url= http://dirtybob.com/xrco/2005win/index.htm|title= XRCO 2005 AWARD CATEGORIES, NOMINATIONS, AND WINNERS|access-date= 2014-07-23|publisher= X-Rated Critics Organization}}</ref> |''Janine's Got Male'' |- |rowspan="2"| '''2007''' |AVN Award |Female Performer of the Year<ref>{{cite news|title=AVN AWARDS 2007 NOMINEES |url=http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/2784742007UpdatedNominations |access-date=2014-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420054926/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/2784742007UpdatedNominations |archive-date=April 20, 2007 }}</ref> |rowspan=3 {{n/a}} |- |Adultcon Award |Top 20 Adult Actresses<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=88264 |title=Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll |work=XBIZ |accessdate=December 14, 2014 |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101032809/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=88264 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rowspan=2 {{won}} |- |rowspan="3"| '''2013''' |rowspan="2"|AVN Award |AVN Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite magazine|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-2013-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-498347.html|title= AVN Announces 2013 Hall of Fame Inductees|access-date= 2014-07-23 |date= 2012-12-21|magazine= AVN|archive-date= 2013-03-31|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130331194102/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-2013-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-498347.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> |- |Best Director – Parody<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 AVN Awards Nominees |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2013_nominations.pdf |publisher=AVN Awards |access-date=23 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328092725/http://avnawards.avn.com/2013_nominations.pdf |archive-date=March 28, 2013 }}</ref> |rowspan="2"|''El Gordo Y La Flaca XXX'' |rowspan=2 {{nom}} |- | XBIZ Award |Director of the Year – Parody<ref>{{cite news|title=XBIZ Awards 2013 Nominees |url=http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |access-date=23 July 2014 |newspaper=XBIZ |date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225104526/http://xbizawards.xbiz.com/nominees.php |archive-date=December 25, 2012 }}</ref> |}
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==External links== {{commons}} {{Portal|Erotica and pornography}} * {{IMDb name|1589182|Shy Love}} * {{iafd name|id=ShyLove|gender=female|name=Shy Love}} * {{afdb name|id=31555|gender=female|name=Shy Love}} * [http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/shy_love_07.asp Interview in RogReviews.com]
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