Aja was born July 14, 1963 in Tampa, Florida.

Growing up, she was a self-described "army brat", traveling from Portland, Maine to overseas in Germany. She eventually moved to Florida, settling in Fort Lauderdale.

Like many adult actresses, she started out as an exotic dancer. She was introduced to it by a girl friend.

She began her forays into the adult industry after convincing her husband to move to California. She took her stagename from a Steely Dan album called "Aja". (The proper pronunciation is similar to "Asia" with a soft "J".)

Her career started in 1988 in Wild in the Woods, which starred Scott Irish and Randy West. Her then-husband did all of her anal sex sequences. We guess they wanted to keep it in the family.

During this time, she had drug addiction problems, particularly with heroin. In the 1990's she was helped by John T. Bone, an adult director, and was also on a methadone maintenance program. In Canada, Bone later locked her in a hotel room for three weeks, thus helping her go "cold turkey".

She left on her first hiatus from porn films in 1992, using the fame she earned to enhance her exotic dancing career.

In 1997, after growing tired of an on-the-road exotic dancing career, she started her own adult production company called Golden Orchid Productions.

In 2000, Aja became owner and producer of Pleasure Dome Productions, an adult video production company after its acquisition by Golden Orchid.

Currently, she is out of the adult business and is living in Florida with her two children.

Below are the awards Aja won during her career:

1989 Best New Starlet Award

1989 XRCO Startlet of the Year

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