"I can count on one hand the number of times in my career where a girl has made me say, 'Holy shit!' because she stands out so much," director Mike Quasar told AVN in 2022. "This is one of those times. Anna is really . . . that . . . good." Anna Claire Clouds has been taking porn fans to cloud nine since 2019, with no signs of drifting back to earth anytime soon. Born in Tennessee, Clouds says her Southern roots are an essential part of the person she's ultimately become. "I'm very down to earth and very humble because of [my background]. And I understand my roots and where I come from," she told Adult Empire in 2024. "That's probably what shaped me to be the person that I am today." For Clouds, the downside of the South was that "there's not much there - you know, there's not much to aspire to" so she was soon attracted to bigger, bolder ventures and places. Always comfortable with her body, Clouds found work as a model. Eventually, she connected with creators who cast her in short-form, comedic Vine vids with an adult twist. (It was here that Clouds honed some of the acting chops and comic timing that would serve her well as a porn performer.) After creating a Snapchat account that netted her more than $20,000 in a day, Clouds realized how lucrative a career in adult content could be. "Eventually stopped everything else I was doing and just switched full gears and went into full marketing in the adult arena online. And it was great. It was absolutely wonderful, and quite a bit safer than modeling. Nothing wrong with modeling. But I'd rather be in the adult industry than modeling any day. I can be whatever way I want," she said. As she made her way in the industry, porn heavyweights began to take notice. In early 2022, veteran director and star Francesca Le cited Clouds as one of the up-and-coming stars who excited her most. Late in 2022, Adult Empire predicted her to be one of the top trending stars of 2023. She soon scored a spot with the Spiegler Girls talent agency, a company known for its prestige lineup. In 2022, she starred in one of her most unusual roles as a ghostly girlfriend in Hysteria. More recently, Clouds has enjoyed a memorable collaboration with Elegant Angel in high-profile features like The Visitor and Cheerleaders Behaving Badly. Her comfort with her own sexuality extends off the camera. "I love masturbating. Active masturbator. Active imagination," she said. "I might pop a vessel, from stress or something if I didn't masturbate at least once a day." She also enjoys hiking, Will Ferrell movies, and bingeing Netflix, according to her interview with Adult DVD Talk.