Starr comes from a family that is half Italian and half Hungarian. She graduated from San Jose State University with a music degree and plays the piano and oboe.

She started her pornography career at the age of 23. She met someone who introduced her to the adult industry in San Francisco, California, but it took a year before she decided to enter the industry. Her initial works were bondage and submission scenes for internet based companies. She then transitioned to shooting various types of scenes for production companies in Los Angeles, California. She has appeared as the box-cover model for many movies by companies such as Red Light District Video and Combat Zone.