Dahlia Sky was born on August 10, 1989 in Riverside, California. She worked at various jobs that include fast food and a stint as a deli manager prior to her involvement in the adult entertainment industry. Dahlia was contacted by an agent on MySpace and did her first hardcore sex scene in December, 2010. She appeared in X-rated features for companies including Smash Pictures, Lethal Hardcore, Zero Tolerance, Diabolic Video, and Red Light District. She had several tattoos as well as piercings in her navel and both nipples.

In 2021 she was found dead in her car of a gunshot wound, apparently a suicide. She had been diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer and was suffering from the cancer and depression.