According to Skipp Porteous (author of Jesus Doesn't Live Here Anymore), Fine was born Angel Gauthier, and changed her surname to Payson after her mother's marriage to Ron Payson.[1] Fine began in the adult movie industry as a blonde-haired punk-girl when she was 21 in 1986. She claimed that she wanted to take the world of porn by storm, but instead she vanished after 50 movies, which were made between 1986 and 1989. She re-emerged as a brunette in 1990, only to quit acting two years later to marry fellow porn star Sikki Nixx, to whom she had became engaged. However the marriage never happened, though it was reported that they did go to the altar but the minister never arrived. After her relationship with Nixx dissolved, she became involved in a lesbian relationship with fellow porn actress Shannon Wilsey (aka Savannah) and another with football player Rich Bradford. Both relationships ended badly, reportedly due to Fine's refusal to commit to Wilsey, and Bradford's refusal of committal to Fine. Afterward, she met and fell in love with Jim Bernstein. They married in 1993, and in June 1994 her son Braxton Zachary was born. When Braxton was four months old, Fine kick started her porn career for the third time. The story goes that she walked into VCA president Russ Hampshire's office, sat on Hampshire's lap, and proclaimed "I'm ready." She was immediately cast in the movie Latex.[2] Fine's trademarks are her dirty talking, deep throatblowjobs and her penchant for rough anal and double penetrations, including spankings and hair pulling. In her lesbian scenes she is almost always the dominant partner. Fine is also noted for her faint resemblance to actress Stockard Channing. Fine was inducted in the Adult Video News Hall of Fame in 1998. She is also in the X-Rated Critic's Association's and Legends of Erotica Halls of Fame. Fine appeared briefly in the film The Boondock Saints, as a dancer working the adult parlor where an attack was made on a mafia character played by fellow adult star Ron Jeremy.
1999 AVN Award for Best Actress (Video) – Cafe Flesh 2[3]
Trivia
Some biographies list Fine as a native of Canada. While she worked in Canada as a topless dancer, she was actually born in New York City.
Fine was a talent coordinator for Hustler magazine and she also penned a sex advice column for that publication.
Fine was a known drug addict for years, though she states she is clean at present. In some of her films, an AA triangle in circle pendant is visible on a necklace.
