Michele Evette Watley

Michele Evette Watley (stage name: Midori) was born on July 19 , 1968 in Durham, North Carolina , USA and is the younger sister of Grammy Award winning R&B singer Jody Watley.

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July 19 - 1968 - North Carolina - USA - Grammy Award - R&B - Jody Watley

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Michele is best known under her stage name Midori these days and is probably the most famous female Afro-American porn star. In addition she is a talented singer. Midori's career did not start with porn though, she had her first appearance in the Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America in 1988 (she was one of the bathers).

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Midori - Afro-American - Porn star - Singer - Porn - Eddie Murphy - Coming to America

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She was also featured in Rodney Evans' 1996 documentary The Unveiling, which also features burlesque legend Dixie Evans. The documentry indicates how hard Michele had to work as a dancer to give her best and not just be one of the many. Other things Michele did: she was as a background singer for various rock groups , worked as a model for mags such as Elle, toured with a theatrical stage play, and served as a hair model for the famous Vidal Sassoon.

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Burlesque - Vidal Sassoon

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Although Michele filmed her first hardcore video in 1995 - David Christopher' Pussyman Auditions 3 - it took her almost one year to decide if she really wanted to be a porn actress. Once she decided to act in porn movies in 1996 she was picked up by Video Team and rapidly turned into the porn star she is today. With Video Team she also wrote and directed her own movies. Midori did work with many other studios as well and has filmed various porn movies to this day.

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Midori can pride herself in being the first female Afro-American to win an AVN Award for her performance in the porn drama Westside with Lexington Steele and Inari Vachs. In addition Midori is the only African-American actress to have been honored with over 10 awards, titles & nominations in the history of adult entertainment worldwide!

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Afro-American - AVN Award - Lexington Steele - Inari Vachs - African-American

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Notwithstanding her huge porn star career Midori never forgot about her career as a singer. In 1997 she recorded a duet with Oran Juice Jones at Tommy Boy Records. In 1999 she had one track on the Porn To Rock compilation and was background dancer and singer for Kid Rock. KidRock not only became her friend for some time, he also produced one track for the Deep Porn (2000) compilation with her. Midori has another track - produced by Wide - on this compilation as well.

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Tommy Boy Records - Background - Kid Rock

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In 2000 and 2001 Midori released two CDs with her own music - one featuring dance music tracks, the other Hip-Hop and Rap. There are plans to re-release these tracks on one CD - info should be available on Midori's website once this happens. Her latest release in 2003 is the CD single Who's Hustlin' Who, Warrior feat. Midori.

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For more than 2 years Midori took a break from the movie business and returned in 2005, trying to further establish her vision of entertainment, i.e. Midori Entertainment.

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