diff --git a/src/actors.js b/src/actors.js
index 69e51dc0..66fab79b 100644
--- a/src/actors.js
+++ b/src/actors.js
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ function curateProfileEntry(profile) {
 	return curatedProfileEntry;
 }
 
-async function curateProfile(profile) {
+async function curateProfile(profile, actor) {
 	if (!profile) {
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -404,7 +404,18 @@ async function curateProfile(profile) {
 			}).filter(Boolean)
 			: [];
 
-		curatedProfile.scenes = toBaseReleases(profile.scenes || profile.releases, profile.entity);
+		curatedProfile.scenes = toBaseReleases(profile.scenes || profile.releases, profile.entity, actor)
+			// attach actor to base scene, in case it was not scraped
+			.map((scene) => {
+				if (actor && !scene.actors?.find(sceneActor => slugify(sceneActor) === actor.slug || slugify(sceneActor.name) === actor.slug)) {
+					return {
+						...scene,
+						actors: [actor, ...(scene.actors || [])],
+					};
+				}
+
+				return scene;
+			});
 
 		if (profile.ethnicity && !curatedProfile.ethnicity) logger.warn(`Unrecognized ethnicity returned by '${profile.entity.name}' scraper: ${profile.ethnicity}`);
 		if ((profile.hairColor || profile.hair) && !curatedProfile.hairColor) logger.warn(`Unrecognized hair color returned by '${profile.entity.name}' scraper: ${profile.hairColor || profile.hair}`);
@@ -617,7 +628,7 @@ async function scrapeProfiles(actor, sources, entitiesBySlug, existingProfilesBy
 						...profile,
 						entity,
 						update: existingProfile?.id || false,
-					});
+					}, actor);
 				} catch (error) {
 					if (error.code !== 'PROFILE_NOT_AVAILABLE') {
 						logger.error(`Failed to fetch profile for '${actor.name}' from '${scraperSlug}': ${error.message}`);