Dani Daniels (born September 23, 1989)[1] is an American pornographic actress, director, feature dancer, and webcam model.[3]
Early life
Daniels was born in Orange County, California.[2] She is of Czech, English, and German descent.[1] She was an athlete in high school and volleyball, softball, soccer, track and field, football, golf, and tennis were among the sports she played.[4][5] She attended an art school for about two years, but dropped out.[5]
Career
Daniels began stripping prior to her porn career to pay off her art school debt.[5][6] Her stage name was derived from the first name of an ex-boyfriend as an act of revenge against him.[5][7] She entered the adult film industry in January 2011 and joined the agency OC Modelling.[8] Her first scene was for Reality Kings.[7] She was initially a lesbian-only performer, but later started performing with men also.[9] Her first four sex scenes with men were in the film Dani Daniels: Dare for Elegant Angel.[9] Elegant Angel also produced an all-girl film titled Dani, which features Daniels in every scene.[10] Dani won the 2013 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Release.[11]
Daniels has directed for Filly Films, Penthouse Studios, Brazzers, and Reality Kings.[12][13]
Daniels was the Twistys Treat of the Month for July 2011,[14] the Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012,[2] and Elegant Angel's Girl of the Month for March 2014.[15] 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.[16]
Daniels started out webcam modeling for Streamate.[17] She is now on Camsoda.com.[3]
Daniels performed for the 2014 film Dani Daniels Deeper,[18] which won the AVN Award for Best Interracial Release[19] and the XBIZ Award for Interracial Release of the Year in 2015.[20] In 2015, she collaborated with Doc Johnson to create a line of sex toys,[21] which won the 2016 AVN Fan Award for Most Amazing Sex Toy.[22]
Daniels was placed on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2014[23] and 2015.[24]
Personal life
In addition to working in the adult entertainment industry, Daniels is also a blogger and painter.[3] She creates her artwork under the name Pen15.[21] Her technique is pointillism.[5] As of January 2016, she is attending flight school.[3] She identifies as bisexual but mainly considers herself a "girl/girl model".[9] She voiced her support for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 United States presidential election as well as her dislike for Donald Trump.[25]
Awards and nominations
 List of accolades received by Dani Daniels
| 
 | 
- Total number of wins and nominations
 
  | 
| Totals | 
9 | 
37 | 
 AVN Awards
|  Year | 
 Result | 
 Award | 
 Film | 
|  2013[11][26] | 
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[27] | 
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[19][28] | 
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[29] | 
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 | 
 XRCO Awards
|  Year | 
 Result | 
 Award | 
|  2015[35] | 
Nominated | 
Female Performer of the Year | 
| Nominated | 
Orgasmic Oralist | 
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Dani Daniels at the Internet Adult Film  Database
 - 1 2 3  Gustavo Arellano, Brandon Ferguson, & Shuji Sakai (February 14, 2013). "America's Porn Paradise!". OC Weekly. Retrieved July 3, 2014. 
 - 1 2 3 4  Alejandro Freixes (January 29, 2016). "Q&A: XBIZ Female Performer of the Year Dani Daniels Dominates Adult". XBIZ. Retrieved January 30, 2016. 
 - ↑  Holly Kingstown (January 27, 2015). "Twenty Questions with Porn Superstar Dani Daniels". Fleshbot. Retrieved January 30, 2016. 
 - 1 2 3 4 5  Paulie K (March 2, 2015). "FLYING HIGH WITH DANI DANIELS". Xtreme. Retrieved January 30, 2016. 
 - ↑  Apache Warrior. "Dani Daniels interview". XCritic. Retrieved December 29, 2013. 
 - 1 2  Captain Jack (December 24, 2013). "Captain Jack interviews Dani Daniels". Adult DVD Talk. Retrieved July 3, 2014. 
 - ↑  Peter (May 18, 2011). "Dani Daniels Interview For Barelist". Barelist. Retrieved December 10, 2013. 
 - 1 2 3  "Dani Daniels Does First B/G Scenes". AVN. Retrieved May 21, 2013. 
 - ↑  Nelson Ayala (May 19, 2012). "Elegant Angel to Release Dani Daniels Showcase". XBIZ. Retrieved January 27, 2015. 
 - 1 2  "And Now... The 2013 AVN Award Winners!". AVN. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  "Fresh Faces 2012: This Year's Models". AVN. June 29, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2016. 
 - ↑  Rhett Pardon (December 8, 2015). "Dani Daniels Now Directing for Brazzers". XBIZ. Retrieved January 30, 2016. 
 - ↑  "Dani Daniels Named Twistys Treat of the Month". AVN. July 5, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2013. 
 - ↑  John Sanford (March 3, 2014). "Dani Daniels Named Elegant Angel 'Girl of the Month'". XBIZ. Retrieved March 3, 2014. 
 - ↑  Rhett Pardon (March 25, 2014). "Brazzers' 5-Part 'The Whore of Wall Street' Debuts". XBIZ. Retrieved July 3, 2014. 
 - ↑  Christina (January 29, 2013). "Interview with Dani Daniels". AIPdaily. Retrieved July 3, 2014. 
 - ↑  Allen Smithberg (August 27, 2014). "Blacked.com Unveils Trailer for 'Dani Daniels Deeper'". AVN. Retrieved May 21, 2015. 
 - 1 2  "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2015 AVN Awards". AVN. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  Dan Miller (January 16, 2015). "2015 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved May 4, 2015. 
 - 1 2  Allen Smithberg (April 3, 2015). "Doc Johnson Announces Collaboration With Dani Daniels". AVN. Retrieved January 25, 2016. 
 - ↑  "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2016 AVN Awards". AVN. January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016. 
 - ↑  Chris Morris (January 13, 2014). "The Dirty Dozen 2014". CNBC. Retrieved January 13, 2014. 
 - ↑  Chris Morris (January 16, 2015). "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's biggest stars". CNBC. Retrieved January 27, 2015. 
 - ↑  Asawin Suebsaeng (January 23, 2016). "Porn Stars ‘Feel the Bern’". The Daily Beast. Retrieved January 30, 2016. 
 - ↑  "2013 Nominations" (PDF). AVN Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  "2014 AVN Award Nominees". AVN Awards. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  "2015 AVN Award Nominees". AVN Awards. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  "2016 AVN AWARD NOMINATIONS". AVN Awards. Retrieved January 25, 2016. 
 - ↑  "2013 Nominees". XBIZ Awards. Archived from the original on December 25, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  "Nominees". XBIZ Awards. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  Dan Miller (January 24, 2014). "2014 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  Lila Gray (November 12, 2014). "XBIZ Announces Movies & Production Nominees for 2015 XBIZ Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved January 25, 2015. 
 - ↑  Rhett Pardon (January 16, 2016). "2016 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved January 25, 2016. 
 - ↑  Dan Miller (March 3, 2015). "2015 XRCO Award Nominees Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved March 4, 2015. 
 
 
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