Monica Mayhem
Brisbane-born XRCO Starlet of the Year who wrote Australia’s first industry memoir
86.1
Index
retired
high confidence
Born
1978Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Age
48
Nationality
Australian
Active
1999–c. 1999–2010 (retired August 2010, after more than 400 films)
Credits
~400
Height
165 cm
Career
Monica Mayhem began dancing at Spearmint Rhino before moving into film work and built a career spanning more than a decade, retiring in August 2010. She is of half-Australian, half-Welsh descent and worked previously in financial markets and futures trading in Sydney and London. In 2009 she published Absolute Mayhem: Confessions of an Aussie Porn Star, one of the earliest first-person memoirs by an Australian performer, released in the US the following year.
Signature: The first Australian performer to publish a mainstream-distributed memoir of the work, and the only one on this list with a verified Sex and the City screen credit.
Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0
Full award record2 entries
- 2002XRCO — Starlet of the Year
- 2002FOXE — Vixen of the Year
Beyond performing
- Author, Absolute Mayhem: Confessions of an Aussie Porn Star (Random House Australia, 2009; Skyhorse Publishing, US, 2010)
- Vocalist and guitarist, all-female metal band Sweet Avenge
Mainstream credits
- Sex and the City (2008 film, cameo appearance)
Official links
Appears in
#5 on Australian Pornstars · led by Angela White
Ranked alongside
Sources and verification2 sources
Last audited 25 August 2026 · Wikipedia — Monica Mayhem · Sydney Morning Herald — "Aussie porn star's naked truths" (30 October 2009)
Not yet confirmed:
- Exact debut year in adult film — the 2010 retirement after "over 400 films" is documented, the start date is not
Next highest scored: Savannah Bond (#6 on Australian Pornstars)
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