Sunset Thomas, born Diane Marie Fowler on February 19, 1972, in Sikeston, Missouri, USA, is a former prominent pornographic actress, AVN Hall of Fame inductee, and current artist and writer. She entered the sex industry as a legal prostitute at Nevada's Moonlite BunnyRanch, where she earned up to $2,000 nightly and briefly dated owner Dennis Hof, adopting the stage name Diane Hof before settling on Sunset Thomas. Transitioning to adult films around 1995, she starred in numerous productions and was runner-up for Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1998.
Her accolades include inductions into the AVN Hall of Fame (2001), XRCO Hall of Fame (2010), Legends of Erotica (2009), and Porn Block of Fame (2002). Retiring from performing in 2006, she served as spokesmodel for Las Vegas' Palomino Club, appeared on shows like Cathouse, Maury, and Montel Williams, hosted KSEX radio's Sunset After Sunset, and published the erotic novel Anatomy of an Adult Film (2009). She is the aunt of pornstar Sunrise Adams.