Shyla Stylez
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Shyla Stylez (born September 23, 1982 in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada) is the stage name of Amanda Friedland, a Canadian pornographic actress.
Early life
She was interested in entering pornography in her teens. She moved to Vancouver and worked as both a stripper and a webcam model, in addition to appearing in nude pictorials. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in movies.
Career
She credits Erik Everhard with being the person to formally introduce her to the business.She appeared in her first film, Slap Happy by Anabolic Video, in 2000 at the age of 18. She signed an exclusive relationship with Jill Kelly Productions in 2002 and would later marry their CEO, Bob Friedland, in 2002. They divorced in 2003.
Controversy
Stylez was involved in a sex scandal with former Orange County assistant-sheriff George Jaramillo, where she was noted as having had several sexual encounters with him.
Other workS
tylez hosted the Los Angeles independent TV show Un-Wired TV in 2007.
Achievements
In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.
Awards and nominations2003 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet
2007 XRCO Award nominee – Best Cumback
2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – Girlvana 2, Zero Tolerance Entertainment with Sammie Rhodes and Jenaveve Jolie
2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – Coming Home, Wicked Pictures
2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD – My Plaything: Shyla Stylez, Digital Sin
2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – Curvy Girls
2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Full Streams Ahead
2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – Pirates II
2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Jack's POV 12
2011 Urban X Awards Hall of Fame