Misty Stone

According to The Root, Stone is known as the "Halle Berry of the porn industry" because of her crossover appeal.

Stone has stated that she enjoys acting, but did not have the opportunity to indulge in it until she was cast as Denise Huxtable in the 2009 pornographic parody film Not the Cosbys XXX. She went on to star in the 2011 Hustler’s Untrue Hollywood Stories: Oprah parody as the title character of Oprah Winfrey.

Also in 2013, Stone co-hosted the XRCO Award ceremonies with Ed Powers followed by co-hosting the Nightmoves awards with Ron Jeremy. Stone was also nominated in several categories for the award including Porn Star of the Year, Sexiest Adult Star, Porn's Best Body, and Porn's Perfect Sex Couple (girl/girl).

In February 2014, Stone announced that she was working on appearing in mainstream productions and that, going forward in the adult film industry, she would only perform scenes in the girl/girl and solo genres. In March 2014, she began filming for a production titled I Thought You Were A Nice Man, the first of three film projects.

Stone was selected to be the December 2014 Penthouse Pet of the Month. Her pictorial was shot by glamour photographer Holly Randall and she was also featured on the cover. Stone stated about her selection as a Penthouse Pet, "It's more than an honor to be crowned the Penthouse Pet for December, it's surreal . . ." "I think by being crowned the Penthouse Pet of the Month shows that the world is changing, and change is good, and all things are possible."

Mainstream appearances

Stone appeared in the VH1 reality show Basketball Wives. In 2013 Stone voiced a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto V.

In 2013, Stone was one of the featured actresses in the documentary film and accompanying fine art book by Deborah Anderson, Aroused. (ISBN 978-0-9893744-0-8) The film features 16 female pornographic film performers, released in cinemas in the U.S. in the summer of 2013 and internationally in January 2014.

Stone was among the pornographic film actresses who appeared in the welcome home party scene for Jax Teller after his release from prison in the Season 7 premiere of Sons of Anarchy, which aired on September 9, 2014. She has also had a variety of minor roles in television movies and feature films such as the romantic comedy Don Jon (2013).

Other ventures

In 2013, she launched her own production company, Misty Stone Productions. She also produces and sells a line of organic beauty products that include a body butter candle. Her body has also been molded for the creation of a line of sex toys. Stone is the first black performer to be molded by the company that manufactures the Fleshlight.

Stone voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election and voiced her support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.