Tori Black started her career at age 18 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she was on a summer vacation while attending college. At her parents’ insistence on getting a job, Black saw an advertisement for an adult talent agency and sent in her pictures. The agency accepted and, after considering their offer, Black accepted and returned to the agency a week later.^[6] Black’s first scene was a solo shaving video for The Score Group, which was filmed in 2007.^[7] She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for December 2008.^[8][9]

Black is the first person in history to win two AVN Female Performer of the Year Awards, winning back-to-back years in 2010 and 2011.^[6][10] She also won the 2010 and 2011 XRCO Awards for Female Performer of the Year.^[11][12] In 2010, she was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn.^[13] In 2011, she was also named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn and CNBC noted her role as Catwoman in Vivid Entertainment‘s Batman XXX: A Porn Parody, as well as her 2010 wins by AVN and XBIZ and 2011 AVN win and XBIZ nomination as Female Performer of the Year.^[14]