Julia Ann
American pornographic actress
Julia Ann is an American pornographic actress and feature dancer. She is a member of the AVN, XRCO, NightMoves, and Brazzers Halls of Fame.
Personal life
Ann says she grew up around animals and developed a love for horses; she also took piano lessons and learned to swim "like a fish". At age 12 she moved to Idyllwild, California, where she attended a college-prep school before moving back to Los Angeles to live with her grandmother at age 17.
Career
At age 18, Ann hired a photographer to shoot a set of nude photos of her. She worked as a professional mud wrestler in Hollywood, California before becoming one half of the touring strip club feature act Blondage in the early 1990s with Janine Lindemulder. Their success led to their own issue of the Carnal Comics comic book title (which also published a Julia Ann solo comic, co-written by her), as well as offers to join the pornographic film industry.
In the 1990s, Ann performed for Vivid Video alongside Lindemulder. She was under contract to Wicked Pictures in 2006, but in May 2007 she posted on the members section of her website that she had not renewed her contract with Wicked.
Awards
AVN awards
1994 Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Film for Hidden Obsessions
2000 Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Film for Seven Deadly Sins
2004 Best Actress – Video for Beautiful
2004 Hall of Fame
2010 Best Makeup for The 8th Day
2010 MILF/Cougar Performer of the Year
2011 MILF/Cougar Performer of the Year
2013 MILF/Cougar Performer of the Year
2015 Hottest MILF (Fan Award)
2017 Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project for No on Prop 60
2017 Mainstream Star of the Year
2021 Most Outrageous Sex Scene for Ministry of Evil
2024 Best Non-Sex Performance for Privilege
XRCO awards
1994 Best Girl-Girl Scene for Hidden Obsessions
2009 MILF of the Year
2011 MILF of the Year
2012 Hall of Fame
2017 Mainstream Adult Media Favorite
NightMoves awards
2013 Best MILF Performer (Fan's Choice)
2015 Hall of Fame
XBIZ awards
2014 MILF Performer of the Year
Other awards
1994 January Hustler Honey
2001 Exotic Dancer Hall of Fame
2006 Temptation Awards Hall of Fame
2012 CNBC's Dirty Dozen
2012 Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame
2014 Miss FreeOnes Best MILF
2022 April VNALive Most Popular Cam Star
2023 Brazzers Hall of Fame
References
Further reading
Strauss, Gerry (March 2, 2017).
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