Dani Daniels

About Dani Daniels

Dani Daniels (born September 23, 1989 in California) is an American adult model, porn actress and director, and painter. She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012 and was selected as DanniGirl of the Month for February 2012.

Dani Daniels is from Orange County, California. She is of Czech, English, and German descent. She attended an art school for about two years, but dropped out.

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.

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 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.

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".

Dani Daniels from Orange County, California, has posed for 446 covers, 183 photosets, and 263 videos, before retiring in 2021.

As of November 2024, Dani has amassed 8.5 million followers on Instagram, 2.8 million followers on TikTok and 254,000 subscribers on her YouTube platform.

Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012
Danni.com Girl of the Month for February 2012
Twistys Treat of the Month for July 2012
Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012
Elegant Angel's Girl of the Month for March 2014