Dani Daniels

Kira Lee Orsag, known professionally as Dani Daniels, is an American pornographic actress,[1] stripper, and visual artist.[2]

Dani Daniels
Daniels at the AVN Expo 2016
Born
Kira Lee Orsag[1]

Orange County, California, U.S.
Occupation
Spouse(s)
Victor Cipolla
​
(m. 2017)​
Websitewww.danidaniels.com

Early life

Daniels is from Orange County, California.[3] She was raised by two mothers.[4] She attended an art school for about two years, but dropped out.[5]

Career

Daniels began stripping before her porn career to pay her rent.[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, joining 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.[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 featured 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,[15] and Elegant Angel's Girl of the Month for March 2014.[16] 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.[17]

Daniels started out webcamming for Streamate and later moved to CamSoda.[18][2]

Daniels performed for the 2014 film Dani Daniels Deeper,[19] which won the AVN Award for Best Interracial Release[20] and the XBIZ Award for Interracial Release of the Year in 2015.[21] In 2015, she collaborated with Doc Johnson to create a line of sex toys,[22] which won the 2016 AVN Fan Award for Most Amazing Sex Toy.[23]

Daniels was placed on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2014[24] and 2015.[25]

In July 2018, an image of Daniels, along with several other noted adult stars, was painted on the side of a bus that traveled around Kerala, India.[26][27] The mural was part of a marketing campaign aimed to boost college tour rides.[26]

Talk show and podcast

In late 2018, Daniels announced her new talk show Dinner with Dani on Amazon Prime Video.[28] The show features fellow adult industry personalities, along with other guests. Noted guests have included Asa Akira, Alexis Texas, Christy Mack, Julia Ann, Lauren Phillips, Johnny Sins, Mia Malkova, Rich Vos, Coolio and Gilbert Gottfried.[29] The show wrapped up its first season in March 2019.

In August 2019, Daniels and her husband began hosting The Two Onions, a once-weekly sex talk podcast.[30]

Personal life

Daniels is married to television producer Victor Cipolla.[1] She is also a blogger and painter.[2] She creates pointillist artwork[5] under the name "Kira Lee".[22] As of January 2016, she is attending flight school.[2] She identifies as bisexual, and mainly considers herself a "girl/girl model".[9]

Scam artists have been using Daniels' photos and impersonating her on social media accounts to defraud her fans for years. One man filed a complaint in small claims court in 2018, claiming that Daniels had scammed him out of $1,785. Daniels filed a countersuit, alleging that the complainant had wanted to force the case to mediation in order to interact with her. He later dropped the lawsuit.[1]

Awards and nominations
List of accolades received by Dani Daniels
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 8 37
AVN Awards
Year Result Award Film Ref(s)
2013 Nominated Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Chanel Preston & Gracie Glam) Tomb Raider XXX: An Exquisite Films Parody [31]
2013 Nominated Best New Starlet N/A [31]
2013 Nominated Best Solo Sex Scene All Natural Glamour Solos 2 [31]
2013 Nominated Best Tease Performance Dani Daniels Dare [31]
2013 Nominated Best Three-Way Sex Scene (B/B/G) (with Mick Blue & James Deen) Dani Daniels Dare [31]
2013 Nominated Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/G/B) (with Karlie Montana & Manuel Ferrara) Dani Daniels Dare [31]
2013 Nominated Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with Erik Everhard) Dani Daniels Dare [31]
2013 Won Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Sinn Sage) Dani Daniels Dare [11][31]
2014 Nominated Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with James Deen) Skin Tight [32]
2014 Nominated Best Solo Sex Scene SeXXXploitation of Dani Daniels [32]
2014 Nominated Best Tease Performance Top Bottoms [32]
2014 Nominated Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B (with April O'Neil & Erik Everhard) Chance Encounters [32]
2014 Nominated Female Performer of the Year N/A [32]
2015 Nominated Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Alexis Texas, Asa Akira & Skin Diamond) Alexis & Asa [33]
2015 Won Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Anikka Albrite & Karlie Montana) Anikka 2 [20][33]
2015 Won Best Solo/Tease Performance (with Anikka Albrite & Karlie Montana) Anikka 2 [20]
2015 Nominated Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Capri Cavanni) The Whore of Wall Street [33]
2015 Nominated Best Group Sex Scene (with James Deen, Veruca James, Karlie Montana, Maddy O'Reilly & Penny Pax) King James [33]
2015 Nominated Best Group Sex Scene (with Carter Cruise, Candice Dare, Aidra Fox, Jillian Janson & Manuel Ferrara) Manuel Ferrara's Reverse Gangbang 2 [33]
2015 Nominated Best Three-Way Sex Scene – B/B/G (with Ramon Nomar & Toni Ribas) Seduction 4 [33]
2015 Won Best Three-Way Sex Scene – G/G/B (with Anikka Albrite & Rob Piper) Dani Daniels Deeper [20][33]
2015 Nominated Female Performer of the Year N/A [33]
2015 Won Social Media Star (Fan Award) N/A [20]
2016 Nominated Best Actress Sisterhood [34]
2016 Nominated Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Chanel Preston & Dahlia Sky) Chanel Movie One [34]
2016 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 [34]
2016 Nominated Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with Ramon Nomar) True Erotica [34]
2016 Nominated Best Group Sex Scene (with Adriana Chechik, Aidra Fox, Karlee Grey, Peta Jensen, James Deen, Erik Everhard & Mick Blue) Orgy Masters 7 [34]
2016 Nominated Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production (with Tiffany Doll, Mike Angelo, Billy King & Yanick Shaft) The Baron's Whores [34]
2016 Nominated Female Performer of the Year N/A [34]
XBIZ Awards
Year Result Award Film Ref(s)
2013 Nominated Best New Starlet N/A [35]
2014 Nominated Girl/Girl Performer of the Year N/A [36]
2014 Nominated Best Actress – Parody Release OMG...It's the Dirty Dancing XXX Parody [36]
2014 Won Best Actress – All-Girl Release The Vampire Mistress [36][37]
2014 Nominated Best Scene – All-Girl (with Lily LaBeau & Faith Lee Sentz) The Vampire Mistress [36]
2014 Nominated Best Scene – Vignette Release (with Toni Ribas) Secretary's Day 6 [36]
2014 Nominated Best Scene – Couples-Themed Release (with April O'Neil & Erik Everhard) Chance Encounters [36]
2015 Nominated Female Performer of the Year N/A [38]
2015 Nominated Best Actress – Parody Release The Whore of Wall Street [38]
2015 Nominated Best Scene – Parody Release (with Capri Cavanni & Keiran Lee) The Whore of Wall Street [38]
2015 Nominated Best Scene – Couples-Themed Release (with Xander Corvus) Crave [38]
2016 Won Female Performer of the Year N/A [39]
2016 Won Best Sex Scene – Vignette Release (with Luna Star & Johnny Sins) Let's Play Doctor [39]
2017 Won XBIZ Award for Crossover Star of the Year N/A [40]
XRCO Awards
Year Result Award Ref(s)
2015 Nominated Female Performer of the Year [41]
2015 Nominated Orgasmic Oralist [41]

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