Violet Blue was born in Aberdeen, Washington. A former cheerleader, she took 12 years of ballet and piano lessons. She left college, where she was studying Environmental Science, to transfer to beauty school. She was working as a stripper when she was approached by an agent about doing work in adult films. She traveled to California, did some photo shoots and then began performing in hardcore films. In 2002 she won the Adult Video News Best New Starlet award. A longtime devotee of magic and witchcraft, she is an initiate of the Ordo Templi Orientis.