Sunrise Adams (born September 14, 1982) is a former American pornographic actress who won multiple awards for her work in the industry after beginning her career in 2001. She was contracted by Vivid Entertainment a year later. Adams was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in rural East Texas. "I grew up in Pickton, Texas, population 90, with no phone, one TV channel and no one to play with for miles." At age 16 she enrolled in a nearby community college to complete her last two years of high school.