Shayla LaVeaux
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Shayla LaVeaux grew up in Denver, Colorado, where she was raised by her single mother who worked in banking. A rebellious youngster, her first job was working at McDonalds when she was 15. She waitressed, worked at cafes and a bakery after she graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in Colorado. She got into the adult industry when she started dancing at a topless bar in Glendale, Colorado when she was 18. She got involved in drugs and wild parties before getting married and settling down in 1990. She and her husband owned an adult bookstore and stripping service, and she decided that it would be good for business for her to do some exotic dancing and nude magazine layouts. Soon afterwards she met up with Alexis De Vell, a friend who had become a porn star, and the pair took off for California, where Shayla decided to try the business herself. She liked it, and after almost 300 films, she retired in 2014.