Joanna Angel

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Joanna Angel
Photo courtesy of Joanna Angel.
Birthdate: December 25, 1980 (1980-12-25) (age 27)
Birth location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Measurements: 34C-24-34
Height: 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
Weight: 96 lb (44 kg)
Shoe size: 6[1]
Eye colour: Brown
Hair colour: Brunette
Skin colour: White
Natural bust: Yes
Orientation: Bisexual
Ethnicity: Jewish, Caucasian American
No. of films: 29[2]
Official web site
Joanna Angel at IMDb
Joanna Angel at IAFD
Joanna Angel at AFDB

Joanna Angel (born December 25, 1980) is an American entrepreneur, alt porn model, pornographic actress, director, writer, and former exotic dancer. She used her real first name of Joanna for her stage name.[3]

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Angel was born in Boston, Massachusetts to an Orthodox Jewish Israeli mother and an American father.[3] She was raised in northern New Jersey as an Orthodox Jew.[4] She attended Cherry Hill Elementary School in River Edge, N.J. and graduated from River Dell High School (Oradell N.J.) in 1998. After graduating at age 17 she enrolled in Rutgers University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with a minor in Film Studies.

She worked in a Jewish fast food restaurant during high school, then at an Applebees and another restaurant during college.[5]

After finishing her degree she created the website BurningAngel, a hardcore adult site catering to an emerging genre dubbed "alt porn" while she danced as a stripper at night.[3] Her website followed in the footsteps of the very popular SuicideGirls — which she referred to as "the McDonald's of alt porn," but offers more explicit sexual imagery.[6] When asked whether she thought that alt porn was turning into a movement she stated "I think it's a movement. I think I've started something."[7]

[edit] Career

Joanna has written, produced, directed and starred in films available exclusively through BurningAngel, as well as appearing in more traditionally distributed adult films. She was under an exclusive contract with VCA Pictures which expired in March of 2007, and was, at one time, represented by the adult talent agency Bad Ass Models.

Due to the success of BurningAngel, Angel has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, including an article written in The New York Times.[8] She was nominated in 2006 for the Adult Video News Awards for both "Best New Starlet" and "Best Actress", and although she won neither, she did take home the award for "Most Outrageous Sex Scene" for her appearance in Re-Penetrator.

She briefly wrote a monthly sexual-advice column for Spin. She also contributed a chapter to the book Naked Ambition: Women Pornographers and How They Are Changing the Sex Industry.[9]

[edit] Awards

[edit] Partial filmography

  • Cum On My Tattoo (2006) (Director, Performer)
  • BurningAngel.com - The Movie (2005) (Director, Performer)
  • Tristan Taormino's House of Ass (2005) (Performer)
  • Joanna's Angels (2005) (Director, Performer)
  • Neu Wave Hookers (2005) (Performer)
  • Re-Penetrator (2005) (Performer)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Joanna Angel official bio
  2. ^ Joanna Angel at the Internet Adult Film Database
  3. ^ a b c Shahar Smooha (2007-07-19). 'Each time it's more fun'. Haaretz. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
  4. ^ Nieratko, Chris. JOANNA ANGEL. Bizarre Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  5. ^ Cindi Loftus (April 2007). Joanna Angel. Xcitement magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
  6. ^ Wanted List Magazine interview
  7. ^ Joanna Angel Interview
  8. ^ Wearing Nothing but Attitude, Robert Lanham, New York Times, May 1, 2005. (Archived at RobertLanham.com)
  9. ^ Milne, Carly (2005). Naked Ambition. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 9780786715909. 
  10. ^ AVN Award Winners Announced. AVN (2006-01-09). Retrieved on 2007-07-22.

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