
Diane Thomas (born Diane Fowler), known professionally as Sunset Thomas, is an American artist and former pornographic actress. She was runner-up for Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1998 and is a member of the AVN, XRCO, and Legends of Erotica halls of fame. Thomas is the aunt of porn star Sunrise Adams, during a visit by her niece she convinced Adams to begin a career in adult films. Thomas moved around often in her youth with her family, living in various states including Virginia, Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee. She spent her teenage years in Daytona Beach, Florida. In Florida she became something of a wild child, sacrificing school and books for sunning and bikinis on the Florida beaches. She failed to graduate high school and also became addicted to methamphetamine. She entered the adult film industry in 1991 with her then-husband Zack Thomas. In the 2000s Thomas worked as a prostitute at the Moonlite BunnyRanch in Nevada, she later told interviewer Andrew Anthony that there is no real difference between pornography and prostitution.

AVN Awards
TV

Cathouse: The Series
TV • 2005

After Porn Ends
MOVIE • 2012

Misty's First Whipping
MOVIE • 1994

Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart
MOVIE • 1992

Death Dancers
MOVIE • 1993

Cathouse
MOVIE • 2002

Penthouse: Showgirls of Penthouse
MOVIE • 1996

Latex
MOVIE • 1995

Muffy the Vampire Layer
MOVIE • 1992

Sarah Young Private Fantasies 6
MOVIE • 1990

Cajun Heat
MOVIE • 1993

Into The Sunset
MOVIE • 2009

Deep Inside Sunset Thomas
MOVIE • 2004

Buttman at Nudes 'a Poppin' 15
MOVIE • 2003

Sarah Young Private Fantasies 30
MOVIE • 1993

Black Orchid
MOVIE • 1993

Shock
MOVIE • 1996