Shyla Stylez

Amanda Hardy (September 23, 1982 – November 9, 2017), known professionally as Shyla Stylez, was a Canadian pornographic film actress and model.

Career Stylez first became interested in entering the pornography industry in her teens, and later moved to Vancouver where she worked as both a stripper and a webcam model, in addition to appearing in nude pictorials in adult magazines such as Hustler and Swank. In her off-time, she would contact studios by email and phone to find out how to appear in films. Stylez shot her debut adult scene in 2001 and received her first AVN Award nominations in 2003, including one for Best New Starlet. In August 2005, Jill Kelly Productions filed for bankruptcy. Stylez returned to starring in hardcore movies the following year. She hosted the Los Angeles independent TV show Un-Wired TV that same year.

In 2008, Stylez was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the AVN Awards. Stylez was inducted into the Halls of Fame of the Urban X Awards and the AVN in 2011 and 2016, respectively.

On November 9, 2017, Stylez was found unresponsive in her bed at her mother's house in Armstrong. She was pronounced dead shortly after, aged 35. The cause of death was not publicly reported.

Awards and nominations 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet 2003 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Ass Worship 2 2003 XRCO Award nominee – Best Three-way Sex Scene – The Gangbang Girl 34 2003 XRCO Award nominee – Best Group Scene – Balls Deep 4 2007 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – Girlvana 2 2007 XRCO Award nominee – Best Cumback 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best Interactive DVD – My Plaything: Shyla Stylez 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Full Streams Ahead 2010 AVN Award nominee – Best POV Sex Scene – Jack's POV 12 2011 AVN Award nominee – Best Anal Sex Scene – Big Butts Like It Big 6 2011 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – Pornstar Workout 2 2011 Urban X Awards Hall of Fame 2016 AVN Hall of Fame