Lorelei Lee (pornographic actress)

Lorelei Lee
Born March 2, 1981 (1981-03-02) (age 31)[1]
San Francisco[1]
Other names Lorelei[1]
Ethnicity Caucasian
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Weight 57 Kg[1]
No. of adult films 90 per IAFD

Lorelei Lee (born March 2, 1981) is the stage name of an American pornographic actress and writer.

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Biography

Lorelei Lee debuted in sex industry at the age of 19.[2][3] She derived her stage name from the Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.[4][5] She graduated at San Francisco State University in 2008,[2] later she started with a master's degree in creative writing at New York University.[2] She has been awarded a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts "youngARTS Scholarship".[6][7]

As performer, she is well known as fetish and bondage model, in porn sites like Kink.com (where she also worked as director).[8] With Princess Donna, Lorelei Lee was the subject of Brian Lilla's 2007 independent film A Tale of Two Bondage Models, which appeared at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.[9][10] In 2008 she was interviewed for the documentary film 9to5 – Days in Porn.[11] In 2009 Lee appeared in Graphic Sexual Horror, a documentary about Insex, a bondage website.[6][12] On the same year, she was the subject and the lead actress of the short movie Lorelei Lee, directed by Simon Grudzen and Jesse Kerman, showed at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival[13] and awarded at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for Best Directing, Best Original Score and for Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre.[14]

In 2006 Lorelei Lee wrote the centerfold text for the Sara Thrustra's Ten Pictures and Two Pin-Ups calendar.[15] In 2008 she toured nationally as part of the "Sex Workers' Art Show".[16][17] In 2010, Lorelei published an essay titled "I'm Leaving You" in Off the Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners, a book of documentary photography by Paul Sarkis that explores the off-screen romantic relationships of ten couples who perform in porn, and which features photos of Lorelei with her partner at the time.[18]

Hustler Magazine ranked her eight in the list of the Top 10 Smartest Porn Stars.[19]

On May 2011 Variety announced the production of Cherry, an independent movie written by Lee alongside Stephen Elliott, directed by the same Elliott and starring James Franco, Heather Graham and Lili Taylor.[8][20][21]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f IAFD Bio
  2. ^ a b c Kerry Burke & Rich Schapiro (October 12, 2009). "Meet Lorelei Lee, queen of porn and NYU master's degree student (fine arts, of course)". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/meet-lorelei-lee-queen-porn-nyu-master-degree-student-fine-arts-article-1.384553. Retrieved November 1, 2011. 
  3. ^ Molly Freedenberg (November 26, 2008). "I want to be a porn star when I grow up: Meet Lorelei Lee". San Francisco Bay Guardian. http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2008/11/26/i-want-be-porn-star-when-i-grow-meet-lorelei-lee. 
  4. ^ Chris Nieratko (January 2008). "Sleaze: Interviews - Lorelei Lee". Bizarre Magazine. http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/6549/lorelei_lee.html?xc=1. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  5. ^ "Inside Lorelei Lee". XRentDvd. March 3, 2007. http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Lorelei_Lee.html. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Graphic Sexual Horror Documentary | Characters". http://graphicsexualhorror.com/characters.php. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  7. ^ Malia Schlaefer (May 12, 2009). "Art of Restraint feat. Lorelei Lee, Fivestar, & surprise celebrity guest". Femina Potens. http://feminapotens.tumblr.com/post/106962826/art-of-restraint-feat-lorelei-lee-fivestar. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 
  8. ^ a b ""Cherry": Lorelei Lee writes about porn for a bigger screen". Gram Ponante. August 9, 2011. http://gramponante.com/cherry-lorelei-lee-writes-about-porn-for-a-bigger-screen/. 
  9. ^ "Tribeca Film Festival Catalog", 2008.
  10. ^ Tristan Taormino (April 24, 2008). "The Princess and the Submissive". OC Weekly. http://www.ocweekly.com/2008-04-24/columns/pucker-up-the-princess-and-the-submissive/. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  11. ^ "9 to 5: Days in Porn - Filmkritik" (in German). Cineman. http://www.cineman.ch/movie/2008/9To5DaysInPorn/review.html. Retrieved 6 November 2011. 
  12. ^ Bryan Byun (August 20, 2010). "Graphic Sexual Horror: Special Edition". DVD Verdict Review. http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/graphicsexualhorror.php. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  13. ^ "Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2010 : Lorelei Lee". BigSky. http://bigsky.bside.com/2010/films/loreleilee_simongrudzen_bigsky2010. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  14. ^ "2009 Doc Challenge Jury Winners Announced". Doc Challenge. http://www.docchallenge.org/News/2009-doc-challenge-jury-winners-announced.html. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  15. ^ Kimberly Chun (February 7, 2007). "Splendor in the ass". San Francisco Bay Guardian. http://www.sfbg.com/2007/02/07/splendor-ass. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  16. ^ Oscar Pascual (January 21, 2008). "Concert Review: Sex Workers' Art Show at Victoria Theatre; "Anal Beads Made of Money"". SF Weekly. http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2008/01/concert_review_sex_workers_art.php. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  17. ^ Amanda Hess (February 15, 2008). "The Money Shot - Onstage, sex workers exploit you.". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/34571/the-money-shot. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  18. ^ "“Off the Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners”". Sundance Channel. February 16, 2010. http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2010/02/off-the-set-porn-stars-and-their-partners/. Retrieved 13 December 2011. 
  19. ^ "Top 10 Smartest Porn Stars". Hustler Magazine. http://www.hustlermagazine.com/features/articles/top-10-smartest-porn-stars. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  20. ^ Jeff Sneider (May. 18, 2011). "Franco, Graham, Patel board indie 'Cherry'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037296. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  21. ^ Peter Warren (May 19, 2011). "Lorelei Lee: The Next Diablo Cody?". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Lorelei-Lee-The-Next-Diablo-Cody-436150.html. Retrieved 1 November 2011. 
  22. ^ a b c "AVN Award Nominees". AVNAwards.com. http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=nominees. Retrieved 2007-12-18. 
  23. ^ a b c "Nominations for the 2011 AVN Awards" (PDF). AVN.com. http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-23. 

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