Introduction
Dani Daniels (born September 23, 1989) is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and stripper.
Early life
Dani Daniels was born Kira Lee Orsag in Orange County, California, on September 23, 1989. She is of Czech, English, and German descent. She attended an art school for about two years but dropped out.
Career
Daniels began stripping before her porn career to pay off her art school debt. Her stage name was derived from the first name of an ex-boyfriend as an act of revenge against him. She entered the adult film industry in January 2011 and joined the agency OC Modelling. Her first scene was for Reality Kings. She was initially a lesbian-only performer but later started performing with men. Her first four sex scenes with men were in the film Dani Daniels: Dare for Elegant Angel. Elegant Angel also produced an all-girl film titled Dani, which features Daniels in every scene. Dani won the 2013 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Release.
Daniels has directed for Filly Films, Penthouse Studios, Brazzers, and Reality Kings.
Daniels was the Twistys Treat of the Month for July 2011, the Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012, and Elegant Angel's Girl of the Month for March 2014. That same month, Brazzers cast her in the lead role of a five-part series titled The Whore of Wall Street, an adult parody of The Wolf of Wall Street.
In 2013, Dani received eight nominations for AVN Awards, and won, "Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene" with Sinn Sage.
Daniels started out webcam modeling for Streamate. She is now on Camsoda.com.
Daniels performed for the 2014 film Dani Daniels Deeper, which won the AVN Award for Best Interracial Release and the XBIZ Award for Interracial Release of the Year in 2015. In 2015, she collaborated with sex toy company Doc Johnson to create a line of sex toys, which won the 2016 AVN Fan Award for Most Amazing Sex Toy.
Daniels was placed on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2014 and 2015.
Political views
In the 2016 presidential election primaries, Daniels expressed support for Bernie Sanders and her aversion to Donald Trump.
Personal life
Daniels is also a blogger and painter. She creates her artwork under the name Kira Lee. Her technique is pointillism. As of January 2016, she is attending flight school. She identifies as bisexual who mainly considers herself a "girl/girl model".
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Chanel Preston & Gracie Glam) | Tomb Raider XXX: An Exquisite Films Parody |
| Nominated | Best New Starlet | N/A | |
| Nominated | Best Solo Sex Scene | All Natural Glamour Solos 2 | |
| Nominated | Best Tease Performance | Dani Daniels Dare | |
| Nominated | Best Three-Way Sex Scene (B/B/G) (with Mick Blue & James Deen) | ||
| Nominated | Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/G/B) (with Karlie Montana & Manuel Ferrara) | ||
| Nominated | Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with Erik Everhard) | ||
| Won | Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Sinn Sage) | ||
| 2014 | Nominated | Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with James Deen) | Skin Tight |
| Nominated | Best Solo Sex Scene | SeXXXploitation of Dani Daniels | |
| Nominated | Best Tease Performance | Top Bottoms | |
| Nominated | Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B (with April O'Neil & Erik Everhard) | Chance Encounters | |
| Nominated | Female Performer of the Year | N/A | |
| 2015 | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Alexis Texas, Asa Akira & Skin Diamond) | Alexis & Asa |
| Won | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Anikka Albrite & Karlie Montana) | Anikka 2 | |
| Won | Best Solo/Tease Performance (with Anikka Albrite & Karlie Montana) | ||
| Nominated | Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Capri Cavanni) | The Whore of Wall Street | |
| Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with James Deen, Veruca James, Karlie Montana, Maddy O'Reilly & Penny Pax) | King James | |
| Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Carter Cruise, Candice Dare, Aidra Fox, Jillian Janson & Manuel Ferrara) | Manuel Ferrara's Reverse Gangbang 2 | |
| Nominated | Best Three-Way Sex Scene - B/B/G (with Ramon Nomar & Toni Ribas) | Seduction 4 | |
| Won | Best Three-Way Sex Scene - G/G/B (with Anikka Albrite & Rob Piper) | Dani Daniels Deeper | |
| Nominated | Female Performer of the Year | N/A | |
| Won | Social Media Star (Fan Award) | N/A | |
| 2016 | Nominated | Best Actress | Sisterhood |
| Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Chanel Preston & Dahlia Sky) | Chanel Movie One | |
| Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Anikka Albrite, Lexi Belle, Mercedes Carerra, Maddy O'Reilly, Ash Hollywood, Ana Foxxx, Keisha Grey & Ryan Ryans) | Sisterhood | |
| Nominated | Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with Ramon Nomar) | True Erotica | |
| Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Adriana Chechik, Aidra Fox, Karlee Grey, Peta Jensen, James Deen, Erik Everhard & Mick Blue) | Orgy Masters 7 | |
| Nominated | Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production (with Tiffany Doll, Mike Angelo, Billy King & Yanick Shaft) | The Baron’s Whores | |
| Nominated | Female Performer of the Year | N/A |
| Year | Result | Award | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Nominated | Best New Starlet | N/A |
| 2014 | Nominated | Girl/Girl Performer of the Year | N/A |
| Nominated | Best Actress - Parody Release | OMG...It's the Dirty Dancing XXX Parody | |
| Won | Best Actress - All-Girl Release | The Vampire Mistress | |
| Nominated | Best Scene - All-Girl (with Lily LaBeau & Faith Lee Sentz) | ||
| Nominated | Best Scene - Vignette Release (with Toni Ribas) | Secretary's Day 6 | |
| Nominated | Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release (with April O'Neil & Erik Everhard) | Chance Encounters | |
| 2015 | Nominated | Female Performer of the Year | N/A |
| Nominated | Best Actress - Parody Release | The Whore of Wall Street | |
| Nominated | Best Scene - Parody Release (with Capri Cavanni & Keiran Lee) | ||
| Nominated | Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release (with Xander Corvus) | Crave | |
| 2016 | Won | Female Performer of the Year | N/A |
| Won | Best Sex Scene — Vignette Release (with Luna Star & Johnny Sins) | Let’s Play Doctor | |
| 2017 | Won | XBIZ Award for Crossover Star of the Year | N/A |
| Year | Result | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Nominated | Female Performer of the Year |
| Nominated | Orgasmic Oralist |
Filmography (selected)
- 2011: Seduced By A Real Lesbian 11 with Victoria Rae Black
- 2011: Inari Loves Girls with Inari Vachs
- 2011: Dani Daniels' The Yoga Instructor with Brett Rossi, Elle Alexandra, Heather Starlet and Lily Carter
- 2012: Women Seeking Women 79 with Zoe Britton
- 2012: We Live Together.com 23 with Hayden Hawkens and Rilee Marks
- 2012: Molly's Life 16 with Molly Cavalli
- 2012: Meow! 2 with Shyla Jennings
- 2012: Me and My Girlfriend 1 with Aaliyah Love
- 2012: Me and My Girlfriend 2 with Bree Daniels and Georgia Jones
- 2012: Lesbian Seductions - Older/Younger 39 with Persia Monir
- 2012: Lesbian Adventures: Wet Panties Trib 3 with Sinn Sage
- 2012: Lesbian Adventures: Strap-On Specialists 4 with Julia Ann
- 2012: Lesbian Adventures: Older Women Younger Girls 2 with Dana DeArmond
- 2012: Dani Daniels' Fantasy Girls with Brett Rossi, Jessie Rogers, Kami Li, Karlie Montana, Marie McCray, Melissa Jacobs, Natasha Nice and Vanessa Veracruz
- 2012: Dani Daniels: Dare with Manuel Ferrara; with James Deen and Mick Blue; with Sinn Sage; with Karlie Montana and Manuel Ferrara; with Erik Everhard
- 2012: Dani with Georgia Jones; with Holly Michaels; with Skin Diamond; with Veronica Avluv
- 2013: We Live Together.com 25 with Malena Morgan, Nina James and Sammie Rhodes
- 2013: We Live Together.com 27 with Emma Mae and Georgia Jones; with Ainsley Addison and Celeste Star; with Liz Taylor
- 2013: We Live Together.com 28 with Malena Morgan
- 2013: Molly's Life 20 with Molly Cavalli and Shyla Jennings
- 2013: Me and My Girlfriend 4 with Natalia Starr
- 2013: Me and My Girlfriend 5 with Bree Daniels
- 2013: Girls Kissing Girls 13 with Allie Haze
- 2013: Dani Loves Girls with Cherie DeVille, Misty Stone, Natasha Nice and Sovereign Syre
- 2014: We Live Together.com 31 with Sammie Rhodes and Spencer Scott
- 2014: We Live Together.com 32 with Eliska; with Brett Rossi and Emily Addison
- 2014: We Live Together.com 34 with Bree Daniels and Elle Alexandra
- 2014: Lesbian Adventures: Strap-On Specialists 07 with Lola Foxx
- 2014: Girls Kissing Girls 16 with Dana Vespoli
- 2014: Dani Daniels: Girl Perversions with Alina Li, Ash Hollywood, Celeste Star, Natalia Starr, Raven Rockette, Skin Diamond and Tiffany Doll
- 2015: I Like Girls with Natasha Nice
- 2015: We Live Together 36 with Malena Morgan and Shae Snow
- 2015: Bree Daniels Experience with Bree Daniels and Georgia Jones
- 2015: Women Seeking Women 116 with India Summer
- 2015: Women Seeking Women 118 with Ashley Graham
- 2015: We Live Together 37 with Zoey Monroe
- 2015: We Live Together 39 with Nikki Lavay
- 2015: We Live Together 41 with Sophia Knight (scene 1), Valentina Nappi (scene 3), Scarlet Red (scene 5)
- 2015: We Live Together 42 with Aidra Fox
- 2016: Women Seeking Women 125 with Anikka Albrite
- 2016: We Live Together 43 with Riley Reid
- 2016: Dani Is A Lesbian with Asa Akira, Trinity St. Clair, Natasha Nice, Skin Diamond, Jayden Jaymes, Capri Cavanni, Heather Starlet and Kendra Lust
- 2016: Women Seeking Women 131 with Mindi Mink
- 2016: Women Seeking Women 132 with Jelena Jensen
- 2017: Dani Daniels' Lesbian Chats with Emily Addison
- 2017: Girls Only with Mia Malkova
- 2017: Hot Art With Dani Daniels with Heather Starlet
- 2017: Lick It Good 3 with Jenna Sativa and Keisha Grey
- 2017: Sweet Taste of Pussy with Cherie DeVille
- 2018: Dani Loves Pussy with Ainsley Addison, Celeste Star, Karina White, Emma Mae, Georgia Jones, Malena Morgan, Shae Snow and Nikki Lavay
- 2018: Making Her Drip (II) with Crystal Clark and Karla Kush