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Aja, born Barbara Lynn Tanguay on July 14, 1963, in Westbrook, Maine, USA, was a renowned American pornographic actress, adult film director, and exotic dancer. Raised in Westbrook, she graduated from Westbrook High School before entering the industry in 1987 at age 24. With a curvaceous 38D-23-36 figure, 5'6" height, brown eyes, and brown/blond hair, she appeared in over 276 performer credits through the early 2000s and directed 17 films as Barbara Cunningham (1989-1991).

Aja's accolades include the 1989 AVN Best New Starlet and Best Sex Scene (Video) for 'Ghostess with the Mostess,' plus a nomination for 'Surfside Sex.' Highlights: 'Mad Love,' 'The Naked Stranger,' 'Stairway to Paradise.' Married Peter Elite (1981-1998), mother to Donald and Elizabeth Cunningham.

She joined the 1992 Porn-AM Golf charity and inspired a 1994 Carnal Comics biography. Aja died September 18, 2006, in Mexico at 43.