Dare began appearing in adult films in the mid-1980s after meeting people who were involved in the adult film industry at
Plato's Retreat and also made appearances in magazines such as
Hustler,
Swank, and
High Society. In 1989, she joined fellow
adult film actress Stephanie Rage as authors of a monthly article for
Swank. Dare was one of the top adult film stars of the 1980s. She appeared in scenes with several (at the time) top adult films stars, including
Tracey Adams and
Ginger Lynn. She became one of the first women in the industry to sign an exclusivity contract with Essex Video for 10 movies a year and an annual salary of $150,000 and would later leave that studio to sign with
Vivid Entertainment and become one of the earliest
Vivid Girls. Dare's final film was
Bratgirl (1992); she retired in 1994.
Jerry Butler stated in his autobiography that Dare had a "commanding screen presence" while on set, in spite of her smaller physical stature. Dare also worked as a stripper, commanding a $10,000 weekly salary. The club "wound up making money with her. Place was packed."
Appearances Dare was interviewed in 1987 for the episode of the television news series
Frontline regarding the suicide of
Shauna Grant. She also had minor roles in mainstream productions such as the
Roy Scheider and
Ann-Margret film
52 Pick-Up in 1986 and the
live-action/animated comedy-
horror B-movie Evil Toons (where she was credited as "Stacey Nix") in 1992. In the August 1992 issue of
Esquire, Dare was profiled in their annual feature "Women We Love". ==Selected filmography==