Acting
Aja
EN cinema · 135 credits
Born
14 July 1963
Died
18 September 2006 (aged 43)
Birthplace
Westbrook, Maine, USA
Also known as Barbara Cunningham · Barbara L. Tanguay-Emert
Aja (July 14, 1963 – September 18, 2006) was the stage name of an American pornographic actress, adult film director, and exotic dancer. Aja starred in director John Leslie's Adult Video News' Best Video of the Year award-winning Mad Love (1988) in a scene described as "notably [...] surreal" by author and Ohio University Telecommunications graduate studies director Joseph W. Slade. AVN later declared the film one of the 500 best of all time, also describing Aja's scene as "strange"; she starred in two others among their 500 best, Alex deRenzy's Ghostess with the Mostess and Paul Thomas' The Naked Stranger, all in her first year as a performer, winning AVN's "Best New Starlet" in 1989. In 1990, she starred in director Sharon Kane's Stairway to Paradise, a film that was the subject of a study by University of California, Los Angeles professor of psychiatry and human sexual relations specialist Robert Stoller. In casting the film, writer Jim Holliday "wanted Aja in the worst way and Sharon agreed. Aja is very box-officeable." According to the Internet Adult Film Database Aja stopped filming new scenes in the early 2000s, though videos that feature her performances continue to be released through 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aja (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
The Golden Age of Porn: Aja
as (archive footage)
Swedish Erotica 103
as (archive footage)
Everybody Loves Big Boobies 2
as (archive footage)
Swedish Erotica 16
as (archive footage)
Habits of the Heart
as Jenny
The Brown Eye 4
as (archive footage)
The Goddaughter: Part 3
as Angela
Blue Angel
as Venus
Stairway to Paradise
as Windstorm
X-Rated Bloopers II
as Self (archive footage)
Outback Assignment
Director
The Best of Bruce Seven 3
1990
The Best of Bruce Seven 3
as (archive footage)
The Book
as Servant
Aja and Friends
1990
Aja and Friends
as (archive footage)
Wanda Does Transylvania
as Next Client
The Best of Bruce Seven 4
as (archive footage)
Stars Who Do Deep Throat
as (archive footage)
Temptations
as Phyllis
Anal Angels 2
Director
Candy Ass
Director
Con Jobs
Director
Angel of the Island
as Shala
Pumping Ethel
as Tammy Sue
My Bare Lady
as Mrs. Fierce
Dirty Diane
1989
Dirty Diane
as Non Sex
Paris Burning
as Valerie
Chills
as Reminiscing wife
Mad Love
as Woman
Snatched
as Ellen Smits
The Big Pink
as Saigon
Office Girls
as Holly Woods
Missy Impossible
as Missy Impossible
Flame
as Doris McKenzie
Brat Force
as Mrs. Foxworthy
Deep Throat III
as Laura
The Case of the Sensuous Sinners
as Fawn Angel
Surfside Sex
as Sandy
Prom Girls
as Cuddles
The Pillowman
as Karen
Sucker
as Contenstant Competing for New Car Engine
The Naked Stranger
as Rusty
The Erotic Adventures of Chi-Chi Chan
1988
The Erotic Adventures of Chi-Chi Chan
Actor
Take Me
Actor