Hughes was born into a family of English and Irish descent. She received her law degree from the University of Southampton Solent and began financially supporting her university education despite a scholarship to work as a Camgirl. She began her career as a web content producer and became self-employed. She dropped out of law school to work as an erotic model and has appeared in several magazines such as Escort and Razzle. In 2015, she entered the pornography industry at the age of 20. Hughes has worked for various European and American production companies such as Daring, Wankz, Brazzers, Blacked, Mofos, Digital Playground, Tushy, Pure XXX Films, Private and Archangel. She plays the role of Mara in the porn parody Sherlock: A XXX Parody assistant Jane Watson and in Star Wars Underworld: A XXX Parody, among others. In addition to her role as a pornographic actress, she starred with her colleague and compatriot Samantha Bentley in the television series "Game of Thrones". She played the prostitute Volantis in the sixth episode of Alliances (2011). She also appeared in the pornographic parody series Queen of Thrones and appeared in the BBC documentary Sex Map of Britain. In 2019, she won the XBIZ Award for Foreign Performer of the Year. She is one of the most famous porn stars with red hair. She has more than 500,000 followers on Instagram.