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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Shyla Stylez
| name = Shyla Stylez
| image = Shyla Stylez 2009.jpg
| image = Shyla Stylez AVN 2010 2.jpg
| caption = Stylez in 2009
| caption = Stylez in 2010
| birth_name = Amanda Hardy
| birth_name = Amanda Hardy
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|9|23}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|9|23}}
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| nationality = Canadian
| nationality = Canadian
| alias = Shyla, Amanda Auclair, Shyla Styles, Shyla Stylex, Amanda Friedland
| alias = Shyla, Amanda Auclair, Shyla Styles, Shyla Stylex, Amanda Friedland
| height = 5 ft 3 in<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Miller|first=Dan|date=May 29, 2010 |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/technology/Cybersiren-of-the-Month-Shyla-Stylez-398156.html |title=Cybersiren of the Month: Shyla Stylez |magazine=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|access-date=December 19, 2015}}</ref>
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| website = {{URL|shyla.puba.com}}
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'''Shyla Stylez''' (September 23, 1982 – November 9, 2017) was a Canadian pornographic actress.<ref name="Moxley" />
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==Career==

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Stylez first became interested in entering the pornography industry in her teens, and later moved to [[Vancouver]] where she worked as both a stripper and a [[webcam model]], in addition to appearing in nude pictorials in adult magazines such as ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'' and ''[[Swank (magazine)|Swank]]''. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOK_Y0N0O1s|title=Q & A with ZT Doll Shyla Stylez|website=[[YouTube]]|date=April 21, 2011|access-date=January 9, 2012|archive-date=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808191628/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOK_Y0N0O1s|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stylez shot her debut adult scene in 2001 and received her first [[AVN Award]] nominations in 2003, including one for Best New Starlet.<ref name=":0" />
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== Career ==
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Shyla Stylez became interested in entering the pornography industry in her teens, and later moved to [[Vancouver]] where she worked as both a stripper and a [[webcam model]], and appeared in nude pictorials in ''[[Hustler]]'' and ''[[Swank (magazine)|Swank]]'' magazine. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOK_Y0N0O1s |title=Q & A with ZT Doll Shyla Stylez|website=[[YouTube]] |date=April 21, 2011|access-date=January 9, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref> She received her first [[AVN Award]] nomination as Best New Starlet in 2003.


Stylez was involved in a sex scandal with former [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] assistant-sheriff George Jaramillo, where she was noted as having had several sexual encounters with him.<ref name="Moxley">{{cite news|last=Moxley|first=R. Scott|date=May 26, 2005 |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2005-05-26/features/internal-affairs |title=Internal Affairs|work=[[OC Weekly]]|access-date=April 11, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922012718/http://www.ocweekly.com/2005-05-26/features/internal-affairs/|archive-date=September 22, 2008}}</ref>
Stylez was involved in a sex scandal with former [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] assistant-sheriff George Jaramillo, where she was noted as having had several sexual encounters with him.<ref name="Moxley">{{cite news|last=Moxley|first=R. Scott|date=May 26, 2005 |url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2005-05-26/features/internal-affairs |title=Internal Affairs|work=[[OC Weekly]]|access-date=April 11, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922012718/http://www.ocweekly.com/2005-05-26/features/internal-affairs/|archive-date=September 22, 2008}}</ref>


Stylez signed on as exclusive contract performer for [[Jill Kelly Productions]] and later married its CEO, Bob Friedland, on October 25, 2002. The couple divorced in August 2003,<ref name="Pardon">{{cite news|last=Pardon|first=Rhett |date=November 10, 2017|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/231669/adult-film-star-shyla-stylez-passes-away|title=Adult Star Shyla Stylez Passes Away|work=[[XBIZ]]|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> but Friedland held Stylez to her contract, making it impossible for her to shoot [[hardcore pornography|hardcore]] scenes for anyone else.<ref name="Whiteacre">{{cite web|last=Whiteacre|first=Michael |date=November 10, 2017|url=http://therealpornwikileaks.com/last-thoughts-shyla-stylez/|title=Last Thoughts On Shyla Stylez|website=The Real Porn WikiLeaks|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> In September 2004, she met Michael Whiteacre, who cast her in a series of [[softcore pornography|softcore]] late-night films in 2004 and 2005.<ref name="Whiteacre" /> In August 2005, Jill Kelly Productions filed for bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://avn.com/avnid/jill-kelly-productions-63652.html|title=Jill Kelly Productions |magazine=AVN|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>
Stylez signed on as exclusive contract performer for [[Jill Kelly Productions]] and later married its CEO, Bob Friedland, on October 25, 2002. The couple divorced in August 2003,<ref name="Pardon">{{cite news|last=Pardon|first=Rhett |date=November 10, 2017|url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/231669/adult-film-star-shyla-stylez-passes-away|title=Adult Star Shyla Stylez Passes Away|work=[[XBIZ]]|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> but Friedland held Stylez to her contract, making it impossible for her to shoot [[hardcore pornography|hardcore]] scenes for anyone else.<ref name="Whiteacre">{{cite web|last=Whiteacre|first=Michael |date=November 10, 2017|url=http://therealpornwikileaks.com/last-thoughts-shyla-stylez/|title=Last Thoughts On Shyla Stylez|website=The Real Porn WikiLeaks|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> In September 2004, she met Michael Whiteacre, who cast her in a series of [[softcore pornography|softcore]] late-night films in 2004 and 2005.<ref name="Whiteacre" /> In August 2005, Jill Kelly Productions filed for bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://avn.com/avnid/jill-kelly-productions-63652.html|title=Jill Kelly Productions |magazine=AVN|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref> Stylez returned to starring in hardcore movies the following year.<ref name=":0" /> Stylez was nominated at the 2007 [[XRCO Award]]s for Best Cumback.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |first= |date=2 March 2007 |title=XRCO 2006 Nominations Announced AVN |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/xrco-2006-nominations-announced-30233.html |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=AVN}}</ref> She hosted the [[Los Angeles]] independent TV show ''Un-Wired TV'' that same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un-wiredtv.com |title=UN Wire Television |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2008 |archive-date=March 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323113713/http://www.un-wiredtv.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shylastylez.ca/news.html|title=Latest Shyla Stylez News|website=ShylaStylez.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529132932/http://www.shylastylez.ca/news.html|archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>

Stylez was nominated at the 2009 [[XRCO Award]]s for the Best Comeback. Stylez hosted the Los Angeles independent TV show ''Un-Wired TV'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un-wiredtv.com |title=UN Wire Television |date=February 25, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2008}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shylastylez.ca/news.html|title=Latest Shyla Stylez News|website=ShylaStylez.ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529132932/http://www.shylastylez.ca/news.html|archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>


In 2008, she was nominated for more AVN Awards, including [[AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]], for Best Tease Performance, and for her performances in ''My Plaything: Shyla Stylez'' and ''[[Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge|Pirates II]]''. In 2010, she was named by ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Maxim-U-K-Names-Top-12-Porn-Stars-400571.html |title=Maxim U.K. Names Top 12 Porn Stars |magazine=AVN |date=June 18, 2010|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref> Shyla Stylez was inducted into the Halls of Fame of the [[Urban X Awards]] and the [[AVN Hall of Fame|AVN]] in 2011 and 2016, respectively.
In 2008, Stylez was nominated for [[AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] at the AVN Awards.<ref name="2008AVN" /> The following year, she was nominated for Female Performer of the Year at the [[XBIZ Awards]], in addition to AVN Awards for her performances in the movies ''Curvy Girls'', ''Full Streams Ahead'' and ''[[Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge|Pirates II]]''.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="AVN09" /> On 30 July 2009, Stylez was a guest on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' along with fellow adult actress Gianna Michaels. In 2010, she was named by ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'' as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Maxim-U-K-Names-Top-12-Porn-Stars-400571.html |title=Maxim U.K. Names Top 12 Porn Stars |magazine=AVN |date=June 18, 2010 |access-date=January 9, 2012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043858/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Maxim-U-K-Names-Top-12-Porn-Stars-400571.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stylez was inducted into the Halls of Fame of the [[Urban X Awards]] and the [[AVN Hall of Fame|AVN]] in 2011 and 2016, respectively.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":1" /> She retired from the adult industry in 2016.<ref name=":0" />


== Death ==
==Death==
On November 9, 2017, Stylez was found unresponsive in her bed at her mother's house in Armstrong. She was pronounced dead shortly after , aged 35.<ref name="Pardon" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=November 11, 2017|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/shyla-stylez-750500.html |title=Shyla Stylez Passes Away|magazine=AVN|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>
On 9 November 2017, Stylez was found unresponsive in her bed at her mother's house in [[Armstrong, British Columbia|Armstrong]]. She was pronounced dead shortly after, aged 35.<ref name="Pardon"/><ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|last=Miller|first=Dan|date=November 11, 2017|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/shyla-stylez-750500.html |title=Shyla Stylez Passes Away|magazine=AVN|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> The cause of death was not publicly reported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43093080|title=Porn stars call for respect after spate of deaths|publisher=[[BBC News]]|author=Fabbri, Thomas|language=en-GB|url-status=live|date=March 26, 2018|access-date=June 15, 2024|archive-date=June 15, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240615111251/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43093080}}</ref>


== Awards and nominations ==
==Awards and nominations==
*2003 [[AVN Award]] nominee – Best New Starlet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml |title=This Year's Nominees|website=AVN Awards |access-date=January 9, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021127014135/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml |archive-date=November 27, 2002}}</ref>
*2003 [[AVN Awards|AVN Award]] nominee – Best New Starlet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml |title=This Year's Nominees|website=AVN Awards |access-date=January 9, 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021127014135/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml |archive-date=November 27, 2002}}</ref>
*2007 [[XRCO Award]] nominee – Best Cumback<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1138135/awards |title=Shyla Stylez - Awards |website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref>
*2003 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – ''Ass Worship 2<ref name="Program">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 11, 2003 |title=20th Anniversary AVN Awards |magazine=The 2003 AVN Awards Show program |publisher=AVN Publications, Inc. |location=Chatsworth, California}}</ref>''
*2003 [[XRCO Award]] nominee – Best Three-way Sex Scene – ''The Gangbang Girl 34''<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Belladonna Dominates XRCO Nominations AVN |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/belladonna-dominates-xrco-nominations-32631.html |access-date=2024-08-13 |website=AVN}}</ref>
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*2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – ''Girlvana 2'', [[Zero Tolerance Entertainment]] with Sammie Rhodes and Jenaveve Jolie<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.excaliburfilms.com/excal/avn/2007avnnominations_mc.htm |title=Adult Video News Nominations for 2007 |website=Excalibur Films |access-date=January 9, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://archive.today/2012.05.30-183135/http://www.excaliburfilms.com/excal/avn/2007avnnominations_mc.htm |archive-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref>
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*2003 XRCO Award nominee – Best Group Scene – ''Balls Deep 4''<ref name=":6" />
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*2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – ''Coming Home'', [[Wicked Pictures]]<ref name="2008AVN">{{cite magazine|last=Rutter |first=Jared |date=November 27, 2007|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/3060.html|title= Nominations for 25th Anniversary AVN Awards Announced |magazine=AVN|access-date=February 18, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809102020/http://business.avn.com/articles/3060.html|archive-date=August 9, 2009}}</ref>
*2004 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – ''When The Boyz Are Away, The Girlz Will Play 8<ref name="Nominations">{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Trent |date=December 1, 2003 |title=AVN Award Nominations Released; Winners Announced Jan. 10 in Vegas |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/I-AVN-i-Award-Nominations-Released-Winners-Annouced-Jan-10-in-Vegas-37194.html |access-date=January 22, 2016 |website=Adult Video News |publisher=AVN Media Network |archive-date=January 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128064902/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/I-AVN-i-Award-Nominations-Released-Winners-Annouced-Jan-10-in-Vegas-37194.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>''
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*2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD – ''My Plaything: Shyla Stylez'', [[Digital Sin]]<ref name="2008AVN" />
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*2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – ''Girlvana 2''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.excaliburfilms.com/excal/avn/2007avnnominations_mc.htm |title=Adult Video News Nominations for 2007 |website=Excalibur Films |access-date=January 9, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530183135/http://www.excaliburfilms.com/excal/avn/2007avnnominations_mc.htm |archive-date=May 30, 2012 }}</ref>
*2007 XRCO Award nominee – Best Cumback<ref name=":2" />
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*2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – ''Coming Home''<ref name="2008AVN">{{cite magazine|last=Rutter |first=Jared |date=November 27, 2007|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/3060.html|title= Nominations for 25th Anniversary AVN Awards Announced |magazine=AVN|access-date=February 18, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809102020/http://business.avn.com/articles/3060.html|archive-date=August 9, 2009}}</ref>
*2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD – ''My Plaything: Shyla Stylez''<ref name="2008AVN" />
*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – ''Curvy Girls''<ref name="AVN09">{{cite web|title=Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards |website=AVN Awards |url=http://avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327184833/http://avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref>
*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – ''Curvy Girls''<ref name="AVN09">{{cite web|title=Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards |website=AVN Awards |url=http://avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=November 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327184833/http://avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2009}}</ref>
*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – ''Full Streams Ahead''<ref name="AVN09" />
*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – ''Full Streams Ahead''<ref name="AVN09" />
*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – ''Pirates II''<ref name="AVN09" />
*2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – ''Pirates II''<ref name="AVN09" />
*2009 [[XBIZ Awards|XBIZ Award]] nominee – Female Performer of the Year<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Hunter |first=Tod |date=2008-12-03 |title=XBIZ Awards 2009 Official Nominees Announced |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/102373/xbiz-awards-2009-official-nominees-announced |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=XBIZ |language=en}}</ref>
*2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – ''Jack's POV 12''<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2010 Nominees |magazine=AVN |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/about/nominees.html |access-date=November 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026142002/http://avnawards.avn.com/about/nominees.html |archive-date=October 26, 2009 }}</ref>
*2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – ''Jack's POV 12''<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2010 Nominees |magazine=AVN |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/about/nominees.html |access-date=November 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026142002/http://avnawards.avn.com/about/nominees.html |archive-date=October 26, 2009 }}</ref>
*2011 [[Urban X Awards]] Hall of Fame<ref>{{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|access-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501075946/http://www.urbanxawards.com/urbanxongoing/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=66|archive-date=May 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2011 AVN Award nominee – Best Anal Sex Scene – ''Big Butts Like It Big 6''<ref name=":3">{{cite magazine |title=2011 AVN Award Nominations |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329112839/http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |access-date=September 4, 2018 |magazine=AVN}}</ref>
*2011 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – ''Pornstar Workout 2<ref name=":3" />''
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*2016 [[AVN Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blocks|first=Iris |date=December 18, 2015|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Class-of-2016-The-AVN-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-615710.html|title= Class of 2016: The AVN Hall of Fame Inductees|magazine=AVN|access-date= December 19, 2015}}</ref>
*2011 XRCO Award nominee – Orgasmic Analist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Dan |date=2011-02-22 |title=2011 XRCO Award Nominations Announced |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/130914/2011-xrco-award-nominations-announced |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=XBIZ |language=en}}</ref>
*2011 [[Urban X Award|Urban X Awards]] Hall of Fame<ref name=":5">{{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|access-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501075946/http://www.urbanxawards.com/urbanxongoing/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=66|archive-date=May 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*2016 [[List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame|AVN Hall of Fame]]<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine|last=Blocks|first=Iris|date=December 18, 2015|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Class-of-2016-The-AVN-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-615710.html|title=Class of 2016: The AVN Hall of Fame Inductees|magazine=AVN|access-date=December 19, 2015|archive-date=February 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160210090726/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Class-of-2016-The-AVN-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-615710.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
==External links==
{{Portal|Erotica and pornography}}
{{Portal|Erotica and pornography}}
{{commons}}
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Latest revision as of 11:20, 28 December 2024

Shyla Stylez
Stylez in 2010
Born
Amanda Hardy

(1982-09-23)September 23, 1982
Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada
DiedNovember 9, 2017(2017-11-09) (aged 35)
Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other namesShyla, Amanda Auclair, Shyla Styles, Shyla Stylex, Amanda Friedland
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)[1]

Career

[edit]

Stylez first became interested in entering the pornography industry in her teens, and later moved to Vancouver where she worked as both a stripper and a webcam model, in addition to appearing in nude pictorials in adult magazines such as Hustler and Swank. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in films.[2] Stylez shot her debut adult scene in 2001 and received her first AVN Award nominations in 2003, including one for Best New Starlet.[3]

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.[4]

Stylez signed on as exclusive contract performer for Jill Kelly Productions and later married its CEO, Bob Friedland, on October 25, 2002. The couple divorced in August 2003,[5] but Friedland held Stylez to her contract, making it impossible for her to shoot hardcore scenes for anyone else.[6] In September 2004, she met Michael Whiteacre, who cast her in a series of softcore late-night films in 2004 and 2005.[6] In August 2005, Jill Kelly Productions filed for bankruptcy.[7] Stylez returned to starring in hardcore movies the following year.[3] Stylez was nominated at the 2007 XRCO Awards for Best Cumback.[8] She hosted the Los Angeles independent TV show Un-Wired TV that same year.[9][10]

In 2008, Stylez was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the AVN Awards.[11] The following year, she was nominated for Female Performer of the Year at the XBIZ Awards, in addition to AVN Awards for her performances in the movies Curvy Girls, Full Streams Ahead and Pirates II.[12][13] On 30 July 2009, Stylez was a guest on The Howard Stern Show along with fellow adult actress Gianna Michaels. In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.[14] Stylez was inducted into the Halls of Fame of the Urban X Awards and the AVN in 2011 and 2016, respectively.[15][16] She retired from the adult industry in 2016.[3]

Death

[edit]

On 9 November 2017, Stylez was found unresponsive in her bed at her mother's house in Armstrong. She was pronounced dead shortly after, aged 35.[5][3] The cause of death was not publicly reported.[17]

Awards and nominations

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  • 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet[18]
  • 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Ass Worship 2[19]
  • 2003 XRCO Award nominee – Best Three-way Sex Scene – The Gangbang Girl 34[20]
  • 2003 XRCO Award nominee – Best Group Scene – Balls Deep 4[20]
  • 2004 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – When The Boyz Are Away, The Girlz Will Play 8[21]
  • 2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – Girlvana 2[22]
  • 2007 XRCO Award nominee – Best Cumback[8]
  • 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Supporting Actress, Video – Coming Home[11]
  • 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD – My Plaything: Shyla Stylez[11]
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Tease Performance – Curvy Girls[13]
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Full Streams Ahead[13]
  • 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene – Pirates II[13]
  • 2009 XBIZ Award nominee – Female Performer of the Year[12]
  • 2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Jack's POV 12[23]
  • 2011 AVN Award nominee – Best Anal Sex Scene – Big Butts Like It Big 6[24]
  • 2011 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – Pornstar Workout 2[24]
  • 2011 XRCO Award nominee – Orgasmic Analist[25]
  • 2011 Urban X Awards Hall of Fame[15]
  • 2016 AVN Hall of Fame[16]

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