According to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office, the Nova Scotia native was found in her California home.
In 2015, Ames (real name Mercedes Grabowski) was nominated for Best New Starlet at the Adult Video News awards – known as the Oscars of porn – and had been nominated for Female Performer of the year for the upcoming 2018 AVNs. In her four years working the adult film industry, the 23-year-old had performed in over 270 scenes for major studios, amassing over 600,000 Twitter followers.