Skin Diamond

**Skin Diamond** (real name: **Raylin Christensen**; February 18, 1987) is the an award winning American pornographic actress and nude model.

## Early life

Diamond was born in Ventura, California, and raised in Dunfermline, Scotland, where her parents moved as missionaries. She is of Ethiopian, Danish, Czech, Yugoslav, and German descent. Her father is American actor Rodd Christensen. She appeared in the TV series _Balamory_ as a child, alongside her only sister, Heather.

## Career

Diamond started her career as a mainstream model and posed, among others, for Louis Vuitton, American Apparel and Atsuko Kudo. She made her pornographic debut in a 2009 Burning Angel film. In that film, she was originally only supposed to perform a girl/girl scene, but, in the end, she shot two boy/girl scenes.

### Appearances

In 2012, Diamond posed for comic book artist David Mack, who portrayed her as Echo in the Marvel Comics miniseries _Daredevil: End of Days_. In 2013 she posed for photographer Terry Richardson.

In 2014, Diamond was on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars". Diamond was also cast (with Jenna Haze) in an acting role in the music video for hip-hop artist B.o.B for his song _John Doe_ which features Priscilla Renea. The single is from B.o.B's third album, _Underground Luxury_. She also appeared in the music video for Cheerleader by Omni in 2012.

## Awards and nominations

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Diamond has been nominated for, and won, lots of awards.
|Year|Ceremony|Result|Award|Work|||
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|rowspan="12"|**2012**|rowspan="5"|AVN Award||Best New Starlet||
||Best Oral Sex Scene <small>(with Asa Akira)</small>|_Orgasmic Oralists_|||||
||Best POV Sex Scene <small>(with Joanna Angel & James Deen)</small>|_POV Punx 4_|||||
||Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/B/B) <small>(with Mr. Pete & Mark Wood)</small>|_Shut Up and Fuck_|||||
||Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/G/B) <small>(with Lily Carter & Chris Strokes)</small>|_Slut Puppies 5_|||||
|rowspan="6"|Urban X Award||Female Performer of the Year||||
||Orgasmic Oralist||||||
||Best 3 Way Sex Scene <small>(with Bella Moretti & Mr Marcus)</small>|_Hitch Hikers 2_|||||
||Best Anal Sex Scene <small>(with Leilani Leeane & Mike Adriano)</small>|_Black Anal Addiction_|||||
||Best Couple Sex Scene <small>(with Sean Michaels)</small>|_Black Diamonds_|||||
||Best Couple Sex Scene <small>(with Lexington Steele)</small>|_Porn’s Top Black Models 3_|||||
|XBIZ Award||New Starlet of the Year|||||
|rowspan="11"|**2013**|rowspan="7"|AVN Award||Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene <small>(with Bonnie Rotten & Asphyxia Noir)</small>|_Meet Bonnie_|
||Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene <small>(with Adrianna Luna & Celeste Star)</small>|_Mind Fuck_|||||
||Best Anal Sex Scene <small>(with Nacho Vidal)</small>|_Nacho Vidal: The Sexual Messiah_|||||
||Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene <small>(with Lily Carter)</small>|_Interracial Lesbian Romance_|||||
||Best Group Sex Scene <small>(with Mika Tan, Brooklyn Lee, Misty Stone, James Deen, Dane Cross & Alex Gonz)</small>|_Official The Hangover Parody_|||||
||Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/G/B) <small>(with Joanna Angel & Ramon Nomar)</small>|_Joanna Angel: Filthy Whore_|||||
||Female Performer of the Year||||||
|rowspan="2"|XBIZ Award||Female Performer of the Year||||
||Best Supporting Actress|_Revenge of the Petites_|||||
|rowspan="2"|XRCO Award||Female Performer of the Year||||
||Orgasmic Analist||||||
|rowspan="14"|**2014**|rowspan="8"|AVN Award||Female Performer of the Year||
||Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene <small>(with Prince Yahshua)</small>|_Deep Pussy_|||||
||Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene <small>(with Kleio Valentien)</small>|_The Walking Dead_|||||
||Best Group Sex Scene <small>(with Sarah Shevon, Aiden Starr, Dana DeArmond, Veruca James, James Deen, Jon Jon, Mr. Pete & Tommy Pistol)</small>|_Orgy University_|||||
||Best Group Sex Scene <small>(with Billy Glide, John Strong, Mark Wood, Tommy Pistol & Will Powers)</small>|_Skin Diamond: No Limits_|||||
||Best Anal Sex Scene <small>(with L.T.)</small>|rowspan="4"|_Skin_||||
||Best Double Penetration Sex Scene <small>(with Marco Banderas & Prince Yahshua)</small>||||||
||Best Oral Sex Scene||||||
|rowspan="2"|XBIZ Award||Best Scene - Non-Feature Release <small>(with Marco Banderas & Prince Yahshua)</small>||||
||Female Performer of the Year||||||
|rowspan="4"|XRCO Award||Female Performer of the Year||||
||Superslut||||||
||Orgasmic Oralist||||||
||Orgasmic Analist||||||
|rowspan="16"|**2015**|rowspan="9"|AVN Award||Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene <small>(with Alexis Texas, Asa Akira & Dani Daniels)</small>|_Alexis & Asa_|
||Best Anal Sex Scene <small>(with Rocco Siffredi)</small>|_Rocco’s Coming in America_|||||
||Best Double Penetration Sex Scene <small>(with James Deen & Mr. Pete)</small>|_Performers of the Year 2014_|||||
||Best Supporting Actress|_The Doctor Whore Porn Parody_|||||
||Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/G/B) <small>(with Maddy O'Reilly & Erik Everhard)</small>|_Maddy O'Reilly Is Slutwoman_|||||
||Performer of the Year||||||
||Mainstream Star of the Year||||||
||Most Outrageous Sex Scene <small>(with Ryan Madison)</small>|_Dark Perversions 3_|||||
||Most Outrageous Sex Scene <small>(with Roxy Raye, Stoya, Lea Lexis, Wolf Hudson & Rocco Siffredi)</small>|_Voracious: Season 2 Volume 4_|||||
|rowspan="5"|XBIZ Award||Female Performer of the Year||||
||Best Actress—Feature Movie|rowspan="3"|_Killers_||||
||Best Scene - Feature Movie (with Xander Corvus)||||||
||Best Scene - All-Girl (with Emily Addison)||||||
||Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release (with Nick Manning)|_White Witch_|||||
|rowspan="2"|XRCO Award||Orgasmic Analist||||
||Mainstream Adult Media Favorite||||||
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## Personal life

Diamond has several tattoos, including a Phoenix on her back, which she got to cover an accidental burn. She also has piercings in her navel, right nostril, and both nipples. She is also well known for her distinctive shaved-on-one-side haircut; because of this, she has been featured in the column "Beauty Showdown" in the magazine _Cosmopolitan_.

## Infobox (adult biography)

- **name**: Skin Diamond
- **image**: Skin Diamond at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2016 (25664531015).jpg
- **caption**: Diamond at the 2016 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
- **birth name**: Raylin Christensen
- **birth place**: Ventura, California, Ventura, California, USA
- **website**: http://skindiamondvip.com