Venus Rising
A Penthouse Pet who later won the Fanny Awards’ renamed BBW title
77.3
Index
retired
medium confidence
Born
1978Plattsburgh, New York, United States
Age
48
Nationality
American
Active
1998–1998–2015
Credits
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Height
170 cm
Career
Born Crystal Craft in Plattsburgh, New York, and also credited as Angelica Costello, Venus Rising was a Penthouse Pet in June 1999 and performed from 1998 to 2015. In 2014 she won the Fanny Awards’ "Whola Lotta Love" title — the BBW Performer of the Year category renamed in February 2013 after its original name was judged offensive by the community it recognised. Wikidata separately credits her with an unspecified "AVN Award", which carries no named category or year and could not be independently confirmed against any AVN ceremony record; it is not used here.
Signature: A Penthouse Pet title from 1999 and a renamed-category BBW win fifteen years later bookend one of the longer careers in this list, seventeen years from debut to retirement.
Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0
Full award record1 entries
- 2014Fanny Awards (Exxxotica) — Whola Lotta Love (BBW Performer of the Year)
Mainstream credits
- Penthouse Pet (June 1999)
Appears in
#9 on Curvy Pornstars · led by Kelly Shibari
Ranked alongside
Sources and verification2 sources
Last audited 22 August 2026 · Wikidata — Venus Rising / Angelica Costello · Wikipedia — Exxxotica
Not yet confirmed:
- No English-language Wikipedia article
- An unspecified AVN Award credited on Wikidata could not be confirmed against any ceremony record and is not scored
- Credit count and studio affiliations not documented
Next highest scored: Julie Cash (#10 on Curvy Pornstars)
Previous: Alura Jenson
