Editing Veronica Hart (section)

==Career==
Hart began appearing in [[pornographic film]]s in the 1970s, becoming a major star by the 1980s.{{r|Lieberman 2023|Rich 2001}} According to film scholar [[Chuck Kleinhans]], she portrayed the "stylish 'native New Yorker{{' "}} type.<ref name="Kleinhans 2006">{{cite book |last=Kleinhans |first=Chuck |editor-last=Lehman |editor-first=Peter |title=Pornography: Film and Culture |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick, N.J. |date=2006 |chapter=The Change from Film to Video Pornography: Implications for Analysis |page=166 |isbn=978-0-8135-3871-6}}</ref>  She is best known for her performances in ''Amanda by Night'', ''[[Wanda Whips Wall Street]]'', ''Roommates'' and ''A Scent of Heather''.<ref name="Smith 1983"/>

Around 1984, Hart began directing segments on the Playboy TV series [[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue]], appearing in [[B movie|B-Movies]] and working as a [[stripper]].<ref name="Rich 2001">{{cite news |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |title=Naked Capitalists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/magazine/naked-capitalists.html |access-date=May 5, 2025 |work=The New York Times Magazine |issn=0028-7822 |date=May 20, 2001 |at=section 6, pp. 51 ff |url-access=limited}} Reprinted as: {{block indent|em=1|{{cite book |last1=Rich |first1=Frank |editor1-last=Dines |editor1-first=Gail |editor2-last=Humez |editor2-first=Jean M. |title=Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader |date=2003 |publisher=SAGE Publications |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |isbn=978-0-7619-2260-5 |pages=48–60 |edition=2nd |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/genderraceclassi0000unse/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter=Naked Capitalists}} }}</ref>
After retiring from performing in pornographic films, Hart became an executive at film distributor [[VCA Pictures]].{{r|Rich 2001}}
With the sale of VCA to [[Hustler Video]] in 2003, and the direction of the company moving from feature, storyline-driven films to [[Gonzo pornography|gonzo]], she left the company when her existing contract expired.<ref name="Anthony 2004">{{cite news |last1=Anthony |first1=Andrew |title=Risky Business |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/aug/01/features.magazine37 |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=The Observer |issn=9976-1971 |date=1 August 2004}}</ref> Afterwards, Hart moved on to other work, including working as a tour guide at the [[Erotic Heritage Museum]] in Las Vegas.<ref name="Kernes 2014"/>

Hart has acted in off-Broadway theater productions such as ''[[The House of Bernarda Alba]]'',<ref name="Weatherford 1997"/> ''[[A Thurber Carnival]]'',<ref name="Weatherford 1997"/> ''The Dyke And The Porn Star'',<ref name="Monji 1999">{{cite news |last1=Monji |first1=Jana J. |title=New Steps in Dance Toward Romance |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-aug-27-ca-4054-story.html |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=27 August 1999 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 1, 2000 |title=HOT! Gay/Bi Thespian Action! |url=http://www.papermag.com/hot-gaybi-thespian-action-1425144426.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601165337/http://www.papermag.com/hot-gaybi-thespian-action-1425144426.html |archive-date=June 1, 2019 |access-date=May 22, 2019 |website=Paper |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[The Deep Throat Sex Scandal]]''.<ref name="Ng 2012">{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=David |title='Deep Throat' play set for L.A. with porn star Veronica Hart |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-deep-throat-play-porn-20121207-story.html |access-date=5 May 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=10 December 2012 |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="Morris 2013">{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Steven Leigh |title=’'The Deep Throat Sex Scandal'' Celebrates a Famous First Amendment Victory But Ignores the Bigger Issue |url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/the-deep-throat-sex-scandal-celebrates-a-famous-first-amendment-victory-but-ignores-the-bigger-issue-2612840 |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=February 7, 2013 |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002204329/http://www.laweekly.com/arts/the-deep-throat-sex-scandal-celebrates-a-famous-first-amendment-victory-but-ignores-the-bigger-issue-2612840 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
She portrayed a judge in the film ''[[Boogie Nights]]'' (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.<ref name="Weatherford 1997"/>

As of 2014 Hart had become a [[sex educator]] in China. An article in ''AVN'' magazine stated that she has been instructing women through an arrangement with a chain of adult retail stores and clubs called Sediva Maison.<ref name="Kernes 2014">{{cite web |last1=Kernes |first1=Mark |date=August 18, 2014 |title=So ... What's Veronica Hart Up To These Days? |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/novelty/So-What-s-Veronica-Hart-Up-To-These-Days-570123.html |website=AVN |archive-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821040410/http://business.avn.com/articles/novelty/So-What-s-Veronica-Hart-Up-To-These-Days-570123.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>