Her performance in "Fluff and Fold", a romantic comedy set around a laundromat, earned her the 2005 AVN Award for Best Actress, Video and the 2005 XRCO Award for Single Performance, Actress. Along with comedian Jim Norton, Drake was chosen to co-host the 2007 AVN Awards, and stated "this is probably the greatest thing that ever happened to me." At the awards, she won Best Actress, Film for her role in "Manhunters", for which Drake trained as a bounty hunter during pre-production. Her directorial debut came in the 2008 film "What Girls Like", having gained previous experience working as Brad Armstrong’s assistant director on titles such as 2007's "Coming Home".