Raven Alexis was born on January 28, 1987 in Spokane, Washington. A shy kid growing up, Raven originally planned on being a professional dancer, only to have these particular plans curtailed by a basketball injury. Alexis was approached by a Playboy photographer while attending college and started out in the adult entertainment industry as an erotic and fetish model in 2007. Raven first began performing in explicit hardcore movies at age 22 in 2009. An avid sports lover and science fiction fan, Alexis resides in Los Angeles, California.