Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, O'Neil started her pornographic film career in 2008 after moving to Los Angeles and meeting another actress at a party. [2] She adopted her stage name in homage to April O'Neil, one of the primary characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. [3] [4] [5] In 2013, she was one of the sixteen actresses profiled in Deborah Anderson's documentary film Aroused. [6] She identifies as bisexual. [2] LA Weekly ranked her tenth on their list of "10 Innovative Porn Stars Who Could Be the Next Sasha Grey" in 2013. [7] The belt that came with the costume was made out of fabric. So I opted to upgrade it and found this white leather belt and swapped it out. Tessenjutsu: April was trained by Splinter in the martial art of the Japanese war fan. She is able to use to strike with the blade of the tessen and use it to defend herself, and can throw it with the likeness of the boomerang. She can also use her telekinesis to levitate the tessen and fight from a distance.

Sollee, Kristen. "How Porn Stars Chose Their Porn Names, Because Sometimes Mom Knows Best". bustle.com . Retrieved 8 January 2017. Television [ edit ] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series) [ edit ] April Harriet O'Neil, as depicted in the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987–1996) for the first seven seasonsa b c "XBIZ Awards 2013 Presented by Fleshlight – Nominees". XBIZ. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013 . Retrieved December 9, 2013.

King, Susan (March 30, 1991). "Paige Turco Moves From a Soap to Become the Ninja Turtles' Friend". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California . Retrieved August 22, 2010. Yellow Zipper - make sure this works with your pattern, like if you need a regular zipper or hidden/invisible zipper Wilmington, Michael (March 22, 1993). "No Spark in Samurai-Style 'Ninja Turtles' ". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California . Retrieved March 4, 2010. She appeared briefly in a photo that the Turtles had. She, along with Casey, began to vanish as the Turtles attempted to save Splinter and not mess with time. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film) [ edit ] Megan Fox as April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesIt’s almost Halloween, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been planning our family costumes for a few months! We take Halloween VERY seriously at our house. We like to take sh*t to the next level and make our own costumes and create super unique and authentic pieces. I’m really excited for our costumes this year, but thought it would be fun to share our costumes from a few years ago. Human-Kraang Mutant Physiology: As a result of her mother being experimented on by the Kraang, April was born a half human and half Kraang mutant. a b "Chatting with April O'Neil – An Interview With Renae Jacob". TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.com. April 9, 2013 . Retrieved 2013-04-11. Mr. Murakami: Seems to be a close friend and mentor to her. They're always protecting each other from danger such as April protecting Murakami from the Purple Dragons, and Murakami with April from Karai. It's likely that he was the one who taught April basic Japanese words and parts of the Japanese culture. As of the events of " Baxter's Gambit", April is now armed with a Tessen, (lit. a "Iron Fan", better known as a Japanese war fan), a weapon that Splinter had one day hoped to give to his daughter, Miwa, who April reminds him of. April will now be focusing her fighting style around the real-life Japanese martial art of Tessenjutsu. The tessen has a sharp edge when it spreads open, and can also be used as a throwing weapon.