Serenity was born on an army base in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri on October 29, 1969. Serenity grew up everywhere from Maine to Mississippi. Trained in ballet, Serenity started out in the adult entertainment industry as an exotic dancer at age 19; she won the 1994 Topless Dancer World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada and performed at four major Las Vegas hotels. She first began performing in explicit hardcore movies in 1993. After retiring from the adult industry in 2004, Serenity was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005 and the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2007.