August Ames
Questions & answers
Questions about her Canadian background, work, interests and recorded awards.
Where was August Ames from?
Her early AVN profile names Antigonish in Nova Scotia, Canada, as her hometown. She later pursued her adult-film career in the United States.
When did she enter adult films?
She began in November 2013 at nineteen. In April 2014 she told AVN she had already completed around fifty scenes.
What jobs did she have before performing?
She told AVN that she had worked as a bartender and at a tanning salon. An early Barelist interview also records work with horses and experience teaching yoga and Zumba.
How did she choose her professional name?
She told Barelist that August was her favorite month, associated with summer and beaches. She chose Ames because she liked how the complete name sounded.
Which early Wicked Pictures film did she mention?
She named Selfies in her 2014 AVN interview when describing her earliest film work.
What did she learn about production?
She described learning about camera angles, still photography and different shooting styles. These were aspects of the job she had not understood before entering the industry.
Did she enjoy acting in features?
Yes. She told Barelist that feature acting was especially enjoyable, and later won a leading role in Safe Landings through an audition.
Who directed Safe Landings?
Kay Brandt wrote and directed the adaptation of her own novel. Ames and Xander Corvus were announced as its leads in June 2015.
Was Safe Landings based on her life?
The production was adapted from Brandt’s fiction. Its aircraft accident and central relationships belong to the story, not to Ames’s biography.
Did she win AVN’s Best New Starlet award?
Her confirmed 2015 win was the fan-voted Cutest Newcomer award. She was nominated for the separate Best New Starlet category.
Which games did she mention enjoying?
She mentioned Sudoku and Scrabble in her early Barelist interview. Her AVN interview also describes resting and watching television between workdays.
When did she die?
Ames died in December 2017 at twenty-three. Contemporary industry reporting confirmed her death and carried tributes from colleagues.