كارتر كروز

بدأت كروز العمل كممثلة أفلام إباحية في صيف عام ٢٠١٣. ^{[ ٢ ]} وكان أول ظهور لها في هذا المجال في أغسطس من ذلك العام ^{[ ٧ ]} بعد تواصلها مع وكالة المواهب "إيست كوست تالنتس " في فلوريدا . ^{[ ٤ ]} نصحها وكيلها الأول بتسويق نفسها للرجال الأكبر سنًا، لكنها بدلاً من ذلك سوّقت لنفسها لطلاب وطالبات الجامعات. ^{[ ٨ ]} انتقلت إلى لوس أنجلوس في مارس ٢٠١٤ ووقّعت عقدًا مع وكالة "سبيغلر غيرلز" في يونيو. ^{[ ٢ ]} وفي الشهر نفسه، ظهرت في عدد "الجديد" من مجلة AVN . ^{[ ٩ ]}

Cruise stated that she was interested in making extreme movies that explore issues of female submissiveness and consent. She cited Sasha Grey as an influence in that regard, specifically by the way Grey expressed vulnerability in her own films.^[8] Cruise appeared in several features, including American Hustle XXX from Smash Pictures and Cinderella XXX.^[10][11] In 2014, she was cast as the lead in director Jacky St. James' romance feature Second Chances, produced by New Sensations.^[12]

In 2015, Cruise became the second performer to ever win AVN Award's Best New Starlet and Best Actress in the same year, after Jenna Jameson in 1996.^[13] In October 2015, she signed an exclusive one-year contract with Axel Braun Productions.^[14]

Cruise was the subject of a 2014 article by Cosmopolitan magazine's website called "Sex Work", which profiles women who have careers in sex-related industries.^[5][6] She is friends with fellow collegiate porn actress Belle Knox. With encouragement from her father, Cruise contacted Knox as she believed she would be "one of the few people who could really understand what [Knox] was going through." With regard to the publicity that Knox received, Cruise commented that she was "disgusted and appalled by the way civilized society tormented an 18-year-old woman for being sexual. The whole affair really demonstrated how important it is that we improve sexual education and tackle stigmas, as well as foster compassion and empathy between people."^[6]

In 2016, CNBC named Cruise one of the 12 most popular pornographic film actresses.^[15]

In a 2014 interview, Cruise stated that she had started working on several songs, in addition to writing for various outlets, including sex advice blogs.^[6] In 2015, Cruise featured on the single "DUNNIT" by Styles&Complete.^[16] In 2017, Cruise began DJing at college fraternity parties and released her debut single "Everybody Nose Me". In August 2018, she released her debut EP, Send Moods.^[17] The following year, Cruise revealed that she was working on a follow-up EP titled Sin Music.^[1]

• Send Moods (2018)

• "Everybody Nose Me" (2017)
• "Literally Like Yeah" (2018)
• "Diggin' U" (2018)
• "Sippin' on Danger" (2018)
• "We Were" (2018)
• "Bones Shake" (2019)