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August Ames
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Canadian pornographic actress (1994-2017)
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August Ames, born Mercedes Grabowski, was a Canadian pornographic actor and model. She was born on August 23, 1994, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ames performed under the pseudonym August Ames and was employed by studios including Brazzers, Mofos, Twistys, and Bang Bros. Her career in the industry spanned from 2013 until 2017.
Ames received the NightMoves Award and the XRCO Award during her professional life. She died on December 5, 2017, in Camarillo. The cause of her death was suicide by asphyxia. She was a native English speaker and held Canadian citizenship.
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Film & TV
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
August Ames (born August 23, 1994 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, died December 5, 2017) was a Canadian porn star. She was of Polish ancestry and was one-quarter African-American. She was also known as Hailey Edwards. August committed suicide at the tragically young age of 23 on December 5, 2017, by suicide after a social media backlash following a tweet she posted, due to some perceiving the…
Known for
- Cherry Bomb2024
- Dream House2024
- My Hotwife Squirts! 3 — (archive footage)2023
- All Day Long — (archive footage)2022
- Best Babes with Big Butts — (archive footage)2022
- Morning Wood — (archive footage)2022
- Sweet Sting of the Black Widow — (archive footage)2022
- I Prefer All-Girl Quickies — (archive footage)2022
- Lez Go! — (archive footage)2021
- Curved Cougars2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Mercedes Grabowski , ( 1994-08-23 ) August 23, 1994, Antigonish, Nova Scotia , Canada
- Died
- December 5, 2017 (2017-12-05) (aged 23) , Camarillo, California , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Suicide by hanging
- Occupation
- Pornographic actress
- Years active
- 2013–2017
- Spouse
- Kevin Moore
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Family name
- Ames
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Antigonish
- Place of death
- Camarillo
- Occupation
- model
- Employer
- Bang Bros
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- XRCO Award
- Hair colour
- brown hair
- Genre
- pornographic film
- Mass
- 52
- Image
- August Ames 2014 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 168
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Encyclopedic overview
Mercedes Grabowski (August 23, 1994 – December 5, 2017), known professionally as August Ames, was a Canadian pornographic actress. She appeared in more than 100 films, including a non-pornographic film in 2016, and was nominated for several AVN Awards. With a self-disclosed history of sexual abuse and mental illness, Ames died by suicide in 2017 at the age of 23 after a social media backlash following a tweet she posted, due to some perceiving the tweet as homophobic.
Early life
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