Nichole Saphir

I don't have much history with Nichole. We talked on Instagram and met up. I know she loves anal. We did the scene, and it went really well. That's what I remember, and nothing more.

Nichole Saphir is an American performer, born and raised in Ventura, California. Before adult film she worked as a makeup artist and in medical billing. A close friend in the industry encouraged her to try it, and she started performing in 2023.

In her first months she worked with studios such as Reality Kings and Spizoo, and she has since appeared for Twistys, Perv City and others. She is a blonde with a slim, curvy figure decorated with tattoos and piercings, and she has spoken openly about overcoming shyness and staying sober.

Getting started. In an October 2023 interview with PornCrush, about five months into her career and aged 26, Saphir said she had never seriously considered porn. She had thought about starting a fan page but "never had the courage", until her best friend, the performer Uncut James, told her she would be good at it and brought her in. Her hesitations were self-consciousness and fear of her family finding out. "I was an awkward little kid. I always thought I wasn't good enough," she said, but "since I've joined porn, it has helped my confidence tremendously." As a former make-up artist she usually does her own make-up on set. By then she had shot for Reality Kings and Spizoo, a threesome with Alex Jones and Jay Hefner, and an anal scene with Dredd, and had upcoming shoots with Mike Adriano and Owen Gray. She said anal scenes were what she was best at, that scenes with dialogue made her nervous because memorising lines is hard for her, and that since entering the industry she had come to describe herself as pansexual and had enjoyed working with trans performers such as Gracie Jane. Her first trip outside the United States was to Amsterdam for the XBIZ Europa event.

Ink, music and sobriety. Her tattoos started with a leg sleeve and spread to her arm, chest and whole back; she said many are Japanese traditional or nautical designs, reflecting her love of the ocean, and that her favourite is a humpback whale. Others honour indie bands she loves, including a neck tattoo for Frightened Rabbit's album The Midnight Organ Fight; she also listens to Modest Mouse and Spoon and to 1980s punk such as Gang Green and DRI, and prefers small-venue shows to festivals. She surfs a little and hunts for sea glass. She told PornCrush she had been sober for 422 days after stopping drinking because it worsened her anxiety, with help from the friend who brought her into the industry. She named Jesse Pony as her best friend in the business: "That's my sister."