Reya Sunshine born May 19, , is an American pornographic actress , producer, and director based in Miami, Florida. She was born and raised in Northern California , and has pursued a course through the adult entertainment industry by webcamming, feature dancing, modeling for virtual reality apps and sex toys , and independently producing video content.
Sunshine received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. While attending the university, she also studied dance and yoga. After graduating from the university, Sunshine worked briefly as a yoga instructor. She also started taking pole dancing classes around that time, and then obtained a job as an exotic dancer at Sporty's Bikini Bar in Sunnyvale, California , where she worked for three-and-a-half years.
Sunshine began working as a webcam model on January 1, on the myfreecams website. She has expressed that synergizing her efforts of webcamming, exotic dancing, social media, and producing video clips greatly expanded her following. In , she began working as a guest anchor on Naked News , and in won their "Guest Anchor Madness" fan voting competition. In late , Sunshine left Northern California and began working as a feature dancer. She booked her first feature show in Los Angeles , and eventually settled in Miami.
From there, she launched several feature tours. Sunshine has also worked in virtual reality performing, and is a VR model for the Gold Club SF VR application, which is based on a strip club experience that was launched in She has stated that she assesses adult entertainment is likely to be a significant driver for the virtual reality industry in the future.
Mike Catherwood , then-host of the "Control Freak" mini-documentary series that was attending the convention to film an episode entitled "The Future of Porn," focused on Sunshine's doll in a segment exploring the appeal of sex dolls. Catherwood noted that the doll's design, which was based on Sunshine's personality, appeared to connect particularly well with the convention's participants.
