August Ames

thumb|Ames at an AVN Awards show in Las Vegas, 2014 Mercedes Grabowski (August 23, 1994 – December 5, 2017), known professionally as August Ames, was a Canadian pornographic actress. She appeared in more than 100 films, including a non-pornographic film in 2016, and was nominated for several AVN Awards. With a self-disclosed history of sexual abuse and mental illness, Ames died by suicide in 2017 at the age of 23 after a social media backlash following a tweet she posted, due to some perceiving the tweet as homophobic. Quotes Like every girl in the business, I'm more than just a porn star. I am a fun, loving, normal chick who likes to have fun, likes to live her life, and I don't want the world to burn. Hunter, Tod (1 April 2014). "Fresh Face: August Ames". AVN. There will always be those haters everywhere you go, so I learned a while ago to appreciate the positive and ignore the negative. Peter (3 January 2014). "August Ames Interview For Barelist". Barelist. whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNews, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. BS is all I can say🤷🏽♀️ Do agents really not care about who they're representing? #ladirect I do my homework for my body🤓✏️🔍 August Ames [@AugustAmesxxx] (3 December 2017). "whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNews, you're shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know. BS is all I can say🤷🏽♀️ Do agents really not care about who they're representing? #ladirect I do my homework for my body🤓✏️🔍" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Fuck y'all. August Ames [@AugustAmesxxx] (5 December 2017). "fuck y’all" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Her final tweet before her death. Some days I'll be fine and if I'm not doing anything I'll get these awful flashbacks of my childhood and I get very depressed and I can't get out of bed and cancel my scenes for like a week or two. Nicole Bitette (7 December 2017). "Porn star August Ames revealed depression struggles before death". New York Daily News. On her struggles with depression and childhood trauma. External links Category:1994 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Bisexual people Category:Actresses from Ontario Category:Pornographic film actresses from the United States Category:Models from the United States Category:Models from Canada Category:Suicides Category:Victims of cyberbullying