She was known for her hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door , and her pornographic film Insatiable. She ranked at No. Although she was primarily known for her adult film work, she made a successful transition to mainstream projects and has been called "porn's most famous crossover". It is often reported that she was born in Westport; however, in a interview, Chambers confirmed she was born in Providence but grew up in Westport. She was the youngest of three children, a brother, Bill Briggs keyboardist for s Boston band The Remains , and a sister, Jann Smith.
My mother always told me I was a show-off". After that, she did not receive any roles except for a low-budget film, writer-director-producer Sean S. Cunningham 's Together , in which she appeared nude. In , she moved from Westport to San Francisco, where she held several jobs that included topless model and bottomless dancer.
Chambers sought work in theater and dance groups in San Francisco to no avail. In , she saw an advertisement in the San Francisco Chronicle for a casting call for what was billed as a "major motion picture". She was about to leave when producers Artie and Jim Mitchell noticed her resemblance to Cybill Shepherd.
They invited her upstairs to their offices and told her the film's plot. Chambers was highly dubious about accepting a role in a pornographic film, fearing it might ruin her chances at breaking into the mainstream.
But she was turned on by the fantasy of the story and decided to take a chance, under the condition that she receive a hefty salary and 10 percent of the film's gross. She also insisted that each actor get tested for venereal disease.
