Born in a small town in Missouri and raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, Sunset Thomas had a rough childhood that included an absent father and high school party lifestyle. She moved to Fort Lauderdale, where she was working as a waitress and "trophy girl" at the local NASCAR track when she met and fell in love with Zack Thomas. They were married five months after meeting, and soon after headed for L.A. to stake their claims on adult stardom. Sunset pursued straight film work for a time (landing roles in many "B" movies, including Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart (1992)) before hitting porn screens in June 1991 in "America's Dirtiest Home Videos #04." Sunset took some time off from film work during her pregnancy, but came back soon with a vengeance. She starred in several amateur videos with him before moving on to bigger and better things. She divorced Thomas in 1993 and moved in with Dennis Hof, owner of a legal Nevada brothel called the Bunny Ranch, where she now works.