Other names Hyapatia, Hypatia | Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Name Hyapatia Lee | |
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Full Name Victoria (Vicki) Lynch No. of adult films 96 as a performer(including compilations)2 as a director (per IAFD) Nationality American Similar Skin Diamond, Carter Cruise, Lupe Fuentes | ||
Hyapatia lee and bud lee on abuse and religion
Hyapatia Lee (born November 11, 1960) is the stage name of a former American exotic dancer, pornographic actress, recording artist, and current writer and author. As a one-quarter Cherokee, she was the only Native American in the adult business during her tenure; this contributed to her becoming one of the best-known pornographic actresses of the Golden Age of Porn. Lee is an AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee. She is an online columnist for High Times.
Contents
- Hyapatia lee and bud lee on abuse and religion
- Early life and education
- Career
- Appearances
- Music
- Author
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Lee was born in Haughville, Indianapolis, to teenage parents and is of Cherokee and Irish descent. She attended the local high school, where she performed in several musicals.
Career
After winning the Miss Nude Galaxy contest in Roselawn, Indiana in 1979 (and again in 1981), its owner cast Lee in The Young Like It Hot (1983). Her movie debut happened in Naughty Girls Need Love Too, also from 1983.
In 1984, she appeared in Sweet Young Foxes. In that same year she appeared in Penthouse magazine, in the same September record-breaking best-selling issue that featured Miss America 1984, Vanessa Williams.
Over time, her husband Bud Lee joined the cast and crew of her films. Together they created the second-most-expensive pornographic film (at the time), The Ribald Tales of Canterbury (1985), with Bud directing and Hyapatia starring and screenwriting a version of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Canterbury Tales.
In 1993, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, and the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1994. She was also given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Free Speech Coalition in 1995.
In 1998, members of her fan club received a report that she had died due to diabetes. The report was inaccurate.
Like many performers, she retained no rights to her films, and does not earn royalties and chooses not to sue to reclaim cybersquatting entities that use her alias in their domain names.
Appearances
Lee has appeared on a variety of television shows such as The Robin Byrd Show in 1977, the Howard Stern Show in 1991, and more recently The Bill Cunningham Show in 2011. She has appeared in minor roles such as the 1994 thriller Killing Obsession. In 2013 she appeared in an episode of the Showtime Cable network's After Dark television series Gigolos.
Music
For SRO Records, Lee recorded the 7" single, "Telephone Man", released in 1988; and the album Two Sides Of Hyapatia Lee in 1989. "Rub-a-Dub-Dub" from the album featured on Dr. Demento's 'Funny Five' playlist, airing April 30, 1989.
In 1994, Lee recorded the album Double Euphoric with her band W4IK. She toured with the same band, which was based in Los Angeles, and also with another band, based in Indiana, called Vision Quest.
In 1999, one of Lee's tracks from her 1994 release appeared on the music CD Porn to Rock.
Double Euphoric was re-released in September 2010, both in physical and digital versions, via outlets such as CD Baby, Amazon and Apple iTunes.
Author
In 2000, Lee independently published her autobiography titled "The Secret Life of Hyapatia Lee." Then, in 2016, she wrote a self-help book called "Native Strength – The First Step on the Path to an Indomitable Life," marking the beginning of a series.
Awards
Personal life
She views Hyapatia as a particular personality that allowed her to perform. She met and married Bud Lee, with whom she bought land in rural southern Indiana, where she has lived since. The couple had two children, whom she homeschooled at their Indiana home. In 1993 she retired from the industry and separated from Bud the same year. She has since remarried and had another child.