Riley Reid began her career in the porn industry in 2011 at the age of 19 and originally used the pseudonym Paige Riley. Her first scene was in the film Brand New Faces 36: Natural Newbies Edition for Vivid Entertainment. Her interests were represented by agent mark Spiegler. Reed won the XBIZ award for Best new starlet in 2013 and Performer of the year in 2014, becoming the first porn actress to receive these two awards two years in a row. In 2014, she also won XBIZ awards in all three categories in which she was nominated. In 2013, LA Weekly put her in eighth place on the list of "10 porn stars that could be the future jenna Jameson." She was also included on CNBC's list of "Dirty dozen: Most popular porn stars" in 2014 and 2015. As of 2017, Riley Reid has starred in more than 562 films.