:This article is about the porn star. For other uses see Celeste



Celeste (born May 3 1972) is a famous pornographic actress of the 1990s.

Raised in Stillwater, Minnesota, Celeste worked as a stripper at Minneapolis' Deja Vu club before deciding to appear in hardcore pornography. She moved out west and began her career in videos with her off-screen boyfriend Woody Long. Celeste's first major role as a featured performer was in John Stagliano's Butt Freak (1992), which began her reputation for being talented at anal sex. She and Long married soon afterwards, and for a period Celeste only had on-screen sex with her husband. Her popularity grew until she and Long left the industry and moved back to Minnesota.

This retirement was short: the couple divorced and Celeste underwent rhinoplasty and breast augmentation before reentering adult films. She signed an exclusive deal with Vivid Video and married porn film director Paul Norman. She also encouraged Nikki Tyler to film hardcore videos. After shooting Borderline (1995), the most expensive Vivid film ever made, Celeste became pregnant by Norman and retired from the porn industry in 1996.

In 2000 Celeste, aka Tara Sawnson, relocated to Reno, Nevada to start a new life. That new life later included an affair with a married man she met in church. Currently, Celeste aka Tara aka Isabella, lives elsewhere in Nevada, masquarding as a suburban housewife. Behind her are a trail of wrecked marriages and a throng of four children from three men.