title: Mari Possa
text: # Mari Possa
  
  Mari Possa is a Salvadoran American pornographic actress and reality TV personality.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Possa was born in San Miguel, El Salvador. Her family moved from El Salvador to the United States when she was nine.
  
  ## Career
  
  Mari Possa was a former secretary at a law firm when she entered the adult industry as assistant of director Seymour Butts. In 2003, she became a contract girl for Seymour Butts Home Movies and Adam & Eve Pictures, and appeared in about 35 scenes until 2009. In 2009, Possa retired from the porn industry to pursue a degree in broadcasting, then made her comeback to porn in 2012 as a freelance performer for solo and lesbian scenes. Possa also appeared in the Showtime TV series Family Business and was the cover girl of the book Dirty Talk: Conversations with Porn Stars by Andrew J. Rausch and Chris Watson. Her porn name is a pun on the word mariposa, which means "butterfly" in Spanish.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 2005 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Anal Surprise Party
  * 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – House of Ass
  * 2006 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Video – War of the Girls
  * 2007 AVN Award nominee – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Butt Pirates of the Caribbean
  * 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best Threeway Sex Scene – Jenna 9.5
  * 2013 XBIZ Award nomination – Performer Comeback of the Year
  