While studying to be a pediatric nurse in Orange County, a classmate who was an exotic dancer introduced her to John Stevens, an agent who in turn introduced her to Jay Allen, a photographer for Penthouse magazine. Then in 2001, Sunny was named Penthouse Pet of the Month for the March issue, followed by a feature in the Holiday 2001 edition of Hustler magazine as a Hustler Honey.

In 2003, she was declared the Penthouse Pet of the Year and also stared in the video Penthouse Pets in Paradise alongside Tera Patrick and Kyla Cole. In addition to her print work,she had also done pantyhose modelling with Ed Fox and Playtime Videos.In 2005 Adam & Eve appointed her as their West Coast Internet Sales Representative.

2007 was an important year for Sunny and her career, starting with the January release of The Female Gardner where she stared alongside Daisy Marie and Mikayla. In March she performed a scene in the highly anticipated remake of Debbie Does Dallas ... Again, with Lacie Heart as a cheerleader named Christie. Sunny's last two movies under her contract with Vivid were Its Sunny in Brazil, where she was flown to Brazil to shoot her scenes.

In March 2008, she was the Danni.com girl of the month. In August that same year,she announced the launch of her own studio- Sunlust Pictures with Daniel Webber as her partner. With her new venture Sunny plans to write, direct and create her own brand of adult movies with Vivid Entertainment as her distributor..The first release from the new company is scheduled for January 1, 2009.She also indicated that she has plans to launch her own line of lingerie and other Sunny branded products including a diamond jewelry line.

Until 2008, Sunny was represented by L.A Direct Models, but left the agency on amicable terms citing greater control of her schedule and appearances and currently represents herself. Her publicist is April Storm of Versatile Media Group