Nica Noelle
Nica Noelle (born June 14, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, pornographic film actress and director, as well as a writer whose essays have appeared in Salon.com, HuffPost, and Hustler. She is the co-founder of adult film studios Sweetheart Video, Sweet Sinner, Sweet Sinema, Girl Candy Films, Rock Candy films, Hot Candy Films, and TransRomantic Films.
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Nica Noelle

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- Nica Noelle
- Born
- 14 June 1976
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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Nica Noelle (born June 14, 1976) is an American entrepreneur, pornographic film actress and director, as well as a writer whose essays have appeared in Salon.com, HuffPost, and Hustler. She is the co-founder of adult film studios Sweetheart Video, Sweet Sinner, Sweet Sinema, Girl Candy Films, Rock Candy films, Hot Candy Films, and TransRomantic Films.
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• Name — Nica Noelle • Born — 14 June 1976 • Birthplace — Manhattan, New York, U.S. • Other Names — Sydni Ellis, Sydney Ellis, Sydni, Sydney
Career
Career
• Illustration — Noelle (right) with fellow performer Satine Phoenix in 2011
As performer
As performer
Noelle began her career at the age of 19, working at a psychodrama house in New York City. Afterwards, she became a columnist for underground adult magazines, but she soon switched to porn after she began writing for magazines like $pread.
As director
As director
After writing, directing, and performing in some scenes for the lesbian-porn studio Girlfriends Films, Noelle and Mile High Media (an adult film production/distribution company) founded rival lesbian-porn company Sweetheart Video, straight couples-themed brand Sweet Sinner, and Hollywood-inspired brand Sweet Sinema. Through November 2011, Noelle was the sole writer and director of every title from each of these companies. Each of the studios' productions are distributed through Mile High Media. Noelle received an AVN Award nomination for Director of the Year in 2010. In 2011, Noelle began directing for Mile High Media's then-new company, Sweet Sinema. However, she resigned from Mile High Media that November to sign a new deal with AEBN to create new porn brands Girl Candy Films (lesbian sex), Hard Candy Films (straight), Rock Candy Films (gay), and TransRomantic Films (transgender). Hard Candy Films has since been renamed Hot Candy Films. Noelle has also written about her career on her HuffPost blog and on Salon.com.
Personal life
Personal life
Noelle is Irish and Welsh on her mother's side and Danish and German on her father's side. Noelle has a son.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the gender female. It is also recorded that nica Noelle was born on 14 June 1976. It is also recorded that nica Noelle is classed in the genre pornographic film. Noelle operates in pornography industry. Institutional cataloguing adds that nica Noelle is recorded as human. Institutional cataloguing adds that nica Noelle is recorded with the occupation pornographic actor. Recorded with the occupation film director. Institutional cataloguing adds that nica Noelle is recorded with the occupation film producer. It is also recorded that nica Noelle is recorded with the occupation writer. It is also recorded that nica Noelle is recorded with the occupation businessperson.
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- “Nica Noelle”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Ceremony — Category — Work — Result • 2010 — AVN Award — Director of the Year (Body of Work) • 2013 — Best Director - Feature — A Mother's Love • Best Screenplay • AVN — Game Changer • XBIZ Award — Director of the Year - Body of Work • Director of the Year - Parody — Pretty Lady • XRCO Award — Best Director (Features) • 2014 — XBIZ Award — Director of the Year - Body of Work • Director of the Year - Feature Release — Nobody's Daughter • Gay Director of the Year • 2017 — XBIZ Award — Trans Director of the Year

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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.The Journey of Nica Noelle. xbiz.com. 15 December 2009.
- 2.female. Nica Noelle.
- 3.About Us. Sweetheard Video.
- 4.Nica Noelle interview. XCritic.com. 25 November 2011.
- 5.Rock Candy Films Debuts 1st All-male Movie. XBIZ.
- 6.Rock Candy Films Archive. TheBlot Magazine.
- 7.TransRomantic Studio Debuts With 'Forbidden Lovers'. XBIZ.
- 8.Sexy Mama: An Interview with Nica Noelle, Retrieved November 8, 2011
- 9.Business.avn.com. Mile High Media Goes All-Girl With Sweetheart Video. 2008-02-22.
- 10.Interview: Nica Noelle Talks Sweet Sinema and More. aebn.net.
- 11.Mile High Media Unveils New Studio, Sweet Sinema , Retrieved November 12, 2011
- 12.xbiz.com. Mile High Media and Director Nica Noelle Amicably Part Ways.
- 13.Nica Noelle Forms Partnership With AEBN, Launches Candy Girl, Hard Candy Films, Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- 14.Nica Noelle. HuffPost.
- 15.Nica Noelle. Salon.com.
- 16.AVN - 2012 AVN Awards Show - Past Nominees. AVN.
- 17.AVN - 2013 AVN Awards Show - 2013 Nominees. AVN.
- 18.Game Changers: 30 Women Power Players in the Adult Industry AVN.
- 19.XBIZ Awards 2013 Presented by Fleshlight - Nominees. XBIZ.
- 20.XRCO Nominations 2013 - blog.iafd.com. Internet Adult Film Database. 15 February 2013.
- 21.XBIZ Awards - Nominees. XBIZ.
- 22.XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2017
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