Porn Stars of All Time

Jenna Jameson was born and raised in Las Vegas by her father, and by the time she was 18 the bright lights were already drawing her in. She studied ballet, but it was stripping that started her on her road to superstardom. Dancing led to nude modeling, and by her 20th birthday she had appeared in dozens of top men's mags, including "Penthouse," "Hustler," "High Society" and "Cheri." A visit to a porn set piqued her interest in a hardcore career, and Wicked Pictures signed her to an exclusive contract after a bidding war. It took only a few releases for Jenna to become the most popular young starlet around. She catapulted to the top of the porn heap, and in 1996 she scored an unprecedented triple crown by taking home the XRCO Best New Starlet, the F.O.X.E. Video Vixen and the AVN Best New Starlet awards. Jenna has been branching out into more mainstream projects lately, including a featured role in Howard Stern's Private Parts (1997). She remains one of the most popular pornstresses in the industry today.

Sasha Grey first made her name as one of the most notorious adult film stars in recent history; but with a no regrets attitude, she moved on from her former career, in 2009 at age 21. She has gone on to star in HBO's Entourage, published NEÜ SEX a book of photographs, and she DJ's internationally. In 2013, she published her first novel, the internationally successful The Juliette Society, in 25 countries. She regularly tours internationally, as an artist, author, actress, and DJ.

Porn star Gauge was born in Arkansas in 1980. She originally got into the adult-film business in 2000 to help pay her way through school. At the beginning of her career she worked mostly with her fiancé, Mojo, in "amateur" porn, then made several appearances in Ed Powers' "Dirty Debutantes" pro/am series before going into "mainstream" porn. They broke up in 2001, but still appeared together professionally.

Ilona Staller was born on 26 November 1951 in Budapest, Hungary. She is an actress and director, known for Skin Deep (1979), Aszex (1990) and Voglia di donna (1978). She was previously married to Jeff Koons.

Very cute and sexy 5'7" brunette Allie Haze was born Brittany Sturtevant on May 10, 1987 in California. She's of Dutch and Latin descent. Allie grew up as a bit of a tomboy in a small San Bernardino County town. Haze not only started modeling as a kid, but also participated in pageants and stage theatre. After initially establishing herself in the adult entertainment industry as a nude model, Allie began performing in explicit hardcore movies at age 22 in 2009. Haze signed an exclusive contract with the major company Vivid Entertainment in May, 2011. That same year Allie won both the XRCO Award for New Starlet and the AVN Award for Most Outrageous Sex Scene. She resides in Los Angeles, California.

Lisa Ann is known to most of the world by her 20 plus years of success in the Adult Industry. During that time, she covered all bases from being the most searched adult star, to feature dancing, producing, directing, running a talent agency, hosting a radio show on Playboy/Spice radio on Sirius XM. A career highlight was her staring role in the Eminem Video "We Made You" where she appeared in another well known scenario, playing Sarah Palin which was derived from her claim to her fame in the infamous Hustler Series "Who's Nailin Palin?"

Lisa Ann shocked the world in December of 2014 with her retirement, which was announced by a handwritten letter on her Facebook Page. What the world didn't know was there were other secret passions yet to be uncovered. Her retirement was inspired by her new found success with SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio where she landed her first show, Lisa Ann Does Fantasy, covering fantasy sports. In that first year Lisa Ann claimed her first Fantasy Football trophy winning the SiriusXM Celebrity Host League. Lisa Ann had a well known mantra when secretly planning her retirement from the adult industry, she would say "it's time to get out of bed and put some clothes on!" Literally!

After 1 full year of retirement, filled with endless hours of writing Lisa Ann released her autobiography The Life. The Life is a tell all, about what it was like to live in the clear heels of an adult star. The release of The Life was the first step in the exploration of the her love of writing, while opening the doors for endless opportunity.

Full of endless stories and experiences, there is no topic off the table for Lisa Ann. She is unapologetic for her past and more excited about the endless opportunity her future has to offer. It is time to share this extremely creative and success life with the world in a very different way.

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Porn star Jenna Haze was born in Fullerton, California, spending the majority of her childhood in La Habra, California. She also lived in Lancaster, California and Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Her parents divorced when she was young. Having been a self-described "teacher's pet" when she was a child, she gradually turned rebellious. Haze dropped out of high school at 15 and finished her education by being home-schooled. She worked at a succession of low-paying jobs such as a fast food manager, oil change girl, toy store employee, waited at a pie shop and a Marie Callender's restaurant for a while. When she turned 18 she tried stripping for a living, but didn't like it and quit after only one day. A year later she met someone at a club who had connections to the adult-film industry and told her she would be perfect for that business. Intrigued, she decided to try it, and two days later was shooting her first porn scene at a studio in the San Fernando Valley. At first she used an agent to secure work, but soon realized that she could do better on her own and dropped him. She worked almost nonstop until she took a "breather" during the Christmas season of 2001 and didn't make any films for several months. When she came back in early 2002 she was hired by Jill Kelly Productions for one film, and they were so impressed with her that they offered her a contract, which she eventually accepted. Her first mainstream project was Superbad (2007) where she portrayed a small role known simply as Vagtastic Voyage Girl #2. She has also appeared in the 2009 action thriller Crank: High Voltage (2009). In 2014, she played Suzy Whitefeather in the horror film Raised by Wolves (2014).

Kevin Smith called her an American Pop Icon and John Waters called her the ultimate bad girl. While her early notoriety brought her international fame, her determination, grit, and talent have garnered her respect in many areas of the entertainment industry. She has appeared in dozens of films and television shows such as Roger Corman's cult classic Not of This Earth, John Water's Crybaby, Marvel's Blade, Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno, to the award-winning Excision; from Melrose Place, Roseanne, Will & Grace to series regular roles on NBC's Profiler and Syfy's First Wave. Her memoir Traci Lords Underneath It All (HarperCollins) was a NY Times Bestseller, and her pioneering techno album 1000 Fires topped the Billboard Dance Chart and was featured on both the Mortal Combat and Virtuosity soundtracks earning double platinum status. Lords is an award-winning voice over artist and has a vintage inspired line of clothing. In 2020, she made her stage debut as Gloria in the revival of Tom Eyen's cult classic Women Behind Bar which is now streaming on Broadway World.

Lords is an Ohio native born to Patricia and Louis Kuzma. Young Nora Louise Kuzma spent her early days in rural Steubenville, Ohio shuttled between her divorced parent's houses. It was then that her mother began a relationship with a man named Roger Hayes and relocated to Southern California. Teenage Nora missed her father terribly and began to treat Roger as a father figure. Her mother eventually realized that Roger was not the man she had thought he was and ended the relationship but left Nora in Roger's care, claiming she was overwhelmed and couldn't provide for the teenager. In Traci's memoir Underneath It All, she states that Roger groomed her for nude modeling and sex trafficked her at that time. Porn agent Jim South has confirmed in various interviews that it was Roger Hayes who brought the 15-year-old to his office in Van Nuys, California in 1984. Armed with a fake ID, no one questioned the stunning woman-child who signed on as a figure model which eventually led to adult films. With her rebellious attitude and stunning looks, she shot to stardom quickly in the X-rated world.

In May 1986, the Traci Lords story broke. The media had a field day with the tale of the troubled bad girl who tricked the porn world. The FBI questioned Lords and announced that because she was a minor, she was not responsible and that all films that featured her must be destroyed. Lords was never arrested or charged with any crimes but was punished in other ways. She was forced to pay estimated taxes on her purported income. And has faced years of criticism and ridicule because of her history in adult movies but eventually carved an impressive body of work in mainstream Hollywood where she continues to thrive today. Lords' lives in Southern California with her husband and their son.

Nina Hartley was born Marie Louise Hartman on March 11, 1959, in Berkeley, California. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 1977, Nina attended San Francisco State University's undergraduate school of nursing and graduated in 1985. Her career in the adult-entertainment industry began while she was in her sophomore year of nursing school, when she started work as a stripper at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater in San Francisco, Her adult-film debut came in Educating Nina (1984), which was produced and directed by veteran porn star Juliet Anderson, better known as "Aunt Peg". In 1997 Nina appeared in Boogie Nights (1997) playing William H. Macy's serially unfaithful wife.

Joanna Angel was born on 25 December 1980 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is a director and actress. She has been married to Small Hands since 31 October 2016.

Buxom, shapely, and gorgeous knockout Charmaine Sinclair was born on April 23, 1971 in Chertsey, Surrey, England. The daughter of Jamaican and Portuguese-Indian parents, Sinclair started out in the entertainment industry as a glamor model at age sixteen. Charmaine not only was a popular Page 3 girl, but also posed for a handful of Playboy Book of Lingerie newsstand special editions and was a lingerie model for various male order companies. Moreover, Sinclair was featured on a monthly basis in the men's magazine Club for a two year period in the mid 1990's. Charmaine began her acting career in the late 1980's in a series of soft-core movies in which she played sexy female private eye Samantha Spade. She went on to subsequently appear in several hardcore films. Sinclair retired from acting and modeling in the late 1990's, but has since returned to modeling. The mother of two daughters, Charmaine resides in Surrey, England and runs her own racy official websites.

Tiny (only 4'9") but cute and sexy brunette Lupe Fuentes was born Zuleydy Piedrahita to a Spanish father and a Colombian mother on January 27, 1987, in Santiago de Cali, Colombia, and raised in Madrid, Spain. As a child she participated in synchronized swimming competitions, trained in classical ballet and studied dancing styles from all over the world. She started modeling while in high school and initially performed under the stage name of Zuleidy prior to moving to America and changing her name to Lupe. She launched her own website in 2007.

In 2009 Fuentes signed a contract with the adult video production company Teravision. She went on to sign an exclusive one-year contract with Wicked Pictures in June 2010. She not only directs and produces her own explicit hardcore movies for her own company, Lupe Fuentes Productions, but has modeled on numerous Internet adult websites using the name Little Lupe. She has been featured in such magazines as "Siete", "Primera Linea" and "FHM Spain" and has written a column for the website Complex.com. She resides in Los Angeles, California.

Tiny (5'2"), but buxom, gorgeous, and shapely brunette stunner Ariana Jollee was born Laura Jennifer David on September 29, 1982 in Long Island, New York. She's of mixed Italian and Russian Jewish descent. Jollee first became involved in the adult entertainment industry at age twenty in March, 2003 after she was recruited by a production manager for the top company Anabolic Video in the wake of promoting herself on her own home-made website. Among the other notable companies Ariana has appeared in a slew of hardcore movies for are Acid Rain, New Sensations, Kick Ass Pictures, Diabolic Video, Devil's Film, Evil Angel, and Red Light District. Jollee won an AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene - Video in 2005. (She was nominated for AVN Awards for Female Performer of the Year in 2005 and 2006.) Moreover, Ariana also won the XRCO Award for Superslut of the Year in both 2005 and 2006. Jollee has since retired from the adult film industry.

Nicole Sheridan was born on 7 May 1975 in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress.

The fourth child of her British and French parents, Aurora Snow was born Rebecca Claire Kensington on November 26, 1981, in Santa Maria, California, United States. When Rebecca was a toddler her parents divorced. Her mother remarried and Rebecca's new stepfather, Raymond Nordell, relocated the family to Nottingham, England, where they had four more children.

Rebecca became obsessed with Sleeping Beauty (1959), and especially the main character, Princess Aurora. She developed a keen interest in ballet and the performing arts as a preteen. After graduating from high school at age 16, Rebecca moved to New York, changed her name to Aurora and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She dropped out after only one year and moved to Los Angeles to become a model/actress. When she couldn't jump-start her acting or modeling career, her agent suggested she get into porn. At first it was frightening for young Aurora but, homeless and desperate, she finally agreed to do a nude modeling shoot for "Hustler" magazine after a long telephone conversation and consultation with porn queen Jenna Jameson.

Aurora has starred in 60 feature films and was under contract to Sin City Entertainment.

Tera Patrick's height (5'9"), exotic look (her mother is Thai and her father was an American Army doctor of English and Dutch descent) and spectacular body would seem more suited to a high-fashion model--which is exactly what she was, having spent five years as a model with the world-famous Ford Agency. She was born in Montana, and her family moved to San Francisco shortly thereafter. Her mother soon left the family to go back to Thailand, and she was raised in San Francisco by her father. While strolling around that city's famed Fisherman's Wharf one day she was spotted by a talent scout for Morning Sun, an international division of the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency, and at the tender age of 13 was signed to a contract. At 18 she quit modeling and returned to school, getting a degree in microbiology. Although she found employment as a nurse, her curiosity about nude modeling (something she had always wondered about) got the best of her, and she was soon appearing in men's magazines. By 1999 she felt ready to dive into porn. After appearing in a few specialty B&D tapes she went full-time into mainstream porn, and began her meteoric rise to the top. Her smoldering looks, mind-boggling (and all-natural) body and enthusiastic performances made her an instant favorite with fans tired of the typical bored, silicone-inflated porn queens.

She married actor Evan Seinfeld (Oz (1997)) and was preparing to leave the adult-film business, but instead--in an unprecedented move--successfully broke out of her agreement with Digital Playground and started her own production company, Teravision Inc., and signed a contract with Vivid Video in which the only boy/girl work she will do is with her husband (they have since divorced), although she will work with other women. That news may have come as a major disappointment to her legions of fans, but a little Tera Patrick is still far better than no Tera Patrick at all.

Linda Lovelace, the most famous porn star of all time, was born Linda Boreman in 1949. In the late 1960s she began a relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventually married him. She appeared in eight 8mm hardcore fetish loops, including one in which she had sex with a dog. She is most well known for the hardcore porn feature Deep Throat (1972), which became a runaway hit, playing to sellout crowds in "respectable" cinemas; it is still considered the quintessential adult film of all time. Linda divorced Traynor, revealing he had abused her physically and sexually for the duration of their relationship, coercing her into the film. Linda starred in the R-rated Deep Throat Part II (1974) (filmed while she was still married to Traynor) and the soft-X Linda Lovelace for President (1975) before shying away from the public, which expected nudity in her films and did not want to hear her emerging accounts of sexual slavery. In 1980 she released her autobiography "Ordeal", in which she revealed her abuse under Traynor. Lovelace became an anti-porn advocate, and testified before the Meese Commission on the dangers of pornography. She died following a car accident in April 2002.

Hungarian-born Sophie Evans has made a favorable impression on the adult film industry. She debuted in the business in 1997, appearing in two consecutive film shoots that year, including Gore X (1997) (V) and Salmoe (1997) (V). Recognized for her great, unbridled enjoyment of sex--of any variety--Sophie soon captured the hearts of porn audiences. During her 12-year career Sophie appeared in over 240 films and has received two industry awards for her work. The first awards was won at the Barcelona International Erotic Film Festival in 2001, in which she won Best Actress. She won an audience award in 2003, also for Best Actress. She was once married to fellow porn performer Tony Ribas.

Silvia Saint was born Silvia Tomcalova on February 12, 1976, in what is now the Czech Republic. After graduating school she studied management for two years at an institute in Brno. Later she was employed as a hotel manager in Zlin, and held jobs in other companies as an accountant and marketing coordinator. Financially she wasn't going anywhere, so she decided that a career in modeling would be more rewarding than her previous jobs. She quickly graduated from modeling underwear in lingerie shows to nude layouts in magazines. Her then-boyfriend took her to a casting session for an American porn production, and she soon found herself in Frank Thring's "Lee Nover: Search for the Perfect Breasts". After some layouts in "High Society", "Swank", "Cheri" and "Club International", Silvia hit the jackpot in 1996, when she became a "Penthouse" Pet in the Czech "Penthouse" magazine. Two years later she was a "Pet" in the American issue of "Penthouse", too.

Tiny (5'2"), but buxom, gorgeous, and shapely brunette stunner Ariana Jollee was born Laura Jennifer David on September 29, 1982 in Long Island, New York. She's of mixed Italian and Russian Jewish descent. Jollee first became involved in the adult entertainment industry at age twenty in March, 2003 after she was recruited by a production manager for the top company Anabolic Video in the wake of promoting herself on her own home-made website. Among the other notable companies Ariana has appeared in a slew of hardcore movies for are Acid Rain, New Sensations, Kick Ass Pictures, Diabolic Video, Devil's Film, Evil Angel, and Red Light District. Jollee won an AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene - Video in 2005. (She was nominated for AVN Awards for Female Performer of the Year in 2005 and 2006.) Moreover, Ariana also won the XRCO Award for Superslut of the Year in both 2005 and 2006. Jollee has since retired from the adult film industry.

Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, Belladonna grew up in in various areas of the U.S. and Europe, as her parents' career dictated much traveling. Shortly after she turned 18 she was dancing at a strip club in Salt Lake City when a girlfriend told her that she could make good money working in adult magazines and videos in Los Angeles. She took her girlfriend's advice, traveled to L.A., broke into the adult-film business and has been there ever since.

Teagan Presley was born in Houston, Texas, on July 24, 1985. At the age of 15 she and her parents moved to San Diego, California; she was already a popular girl in high school as a part of the cheerleading squad. While in San Diego she attended a cheerleading competition. A porn star convention was taking place in a section of the premises nearby; consequently, the idea of doing porn crossed her mind. Shortly after turning 18 she made her first adult film, entitled Just Over 18 10 (2004), for Red Light District Video.

Bridgette Kerkove was born on 8 February 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and director. She was previously married to Skeeter Kerkove.

Slim and sexy honey blonde knockout Monica Sweetheart was born Monica Rakoczyova on June 23, 1981 in Beroun, Czechoslovakia. The stunning hazel-eyed beauty did her first nude modeling shoot in Prague and began performing in explicit hardcore movies shortly after turning 18 in 1999. Among the notable companies Sweetheart has appeared in X-rated features for are Private, Vivid, Hustler, Pure Play Media, Diabolic Video, New Sensations, Platinum X Pictures, Elegant Angel, and Red Light District. Moreover, Monica has been nominated for several AVN Awards throughout her adult cinema career: She was nominated for Female Foreign Performer of the Year in 2004, Best Group Sex Scene- Video in 2005, and Best POV Sex Scene in 2007.

Born in Ontario, Canada, Sunny Leone grew up in idyllic surroundings, loving the cold Canadian winters and the snow that came with them. Building snowmen and ice skating were regular activities outside the Leone household every November through March. With a love for sports, singing and dancing, young Sunny was a consummate performer, basking in the attention it brought her and eating up every word of praise that came her way. Everything changed in 1996, when her family packed up and moved to Southern California. It was a difficult adjustment for the little Canadian girl, whose innocence and naiveté were less than fully appreciated by her new high school classmates. In addition, her adopted hometown lacked the change of seasons she so loved in the Old Country. Sunny persevered, however, and after graduating in 1999, enrolled in a local junior college. After a friend told her she should try modeling - a natural choice for a young beauty - she found a contact who specialized in adult entertainment and decided to give it a try.

Though initially wary of taking her clothes off and striking suggestive poses for the camera, curiosity got the better of her and she dived in full force, quickly becoming one of the most sought-after adult models. In 2001 Sunny was named Penthouse Pet of the Month for the March issue, and numerous layouts in other magazines soon followed, including "Cheri", "High Society", "Swank", "Leg World", "Hustler" and "Club International". She also appeared in the Penthouse: Pets in Paradise (2001) home video, as well as Ja Rule's "Livin' It Up" music video.

In 2005, Sunny Leone entered the adult film industry and worked her way to the top, becoming one of the most successful pornstars in the world. In addition to acting in adult films, Leone produced and directed over 60 films under her production company, Sun Lust Pictures. In 2011, Sunny set off to India to appear in the reality TV show Bigg Boss, it was here where her fortune changed and she was offered the lead role in an upcoming erotic thriller, Jism 2 by Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. Following on from the success of Jism 2, Sunny dedicated herself to Indian cinema making appearances not just in Bollywood films but regional cinema with special appearances in song and dance numbers . Her third feature role in Ragini MMS 2 garnered her more praise and box office success. As of 2016 she has appeared in over 20 Indian films and will be seen in some big projects in 2017, most notably Raees (2017) starring Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan. A documentary titled Mostly Sunny (2016) released at the Toronto International Film Festival and charted her meteoric rise from pornstar to Bollywood star.