Biography

Velvet Rose was born Heather N. King on June 13, 1980 in McKinney, Texas. She's of mixed Caucasian and African-American descent. Velvet excelled at foreign languages in grade school. In 1996 Rose won a scholarship to be a foreign exchange student in Germany and settled in Germany following graduation from McKinney High Scool in 1998. She started out in the adult entertainment industry as an exotic dancer performing in Austria and Germany at age 19. Velvet went on to continue working as an exotic dancer in Guam, Holland, Norway, Japan, Switzerland, Dallas, Iceland, and Vancouver, Canada. After living in Germany for four years, Rose moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California in April, 2002 to pursue a career in porn films; she did her first on-screen sex scene two days after her 22nd birthday. In August, 2002 Velvet signed an exclusive contract with Heatwave Entertainment. However, this agreement came to an abrupt end in January, 2003. She began co-hosting the adult TV show "Spice Clips" on DirecTV in 2004. Rose was nominated for a XRCO Award for Unsung Siren in 2003 and an AVN Award for Best Solo Scene Scene in 2005. She retired from performing in adult films in 2007.
- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders