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'{{short description|American pornographic actor and writer (born 1981)}} {{Infobox person | name = Lorelei Lee | image = Lorelei Lee at Island Fever 4 party 1.jpg | caption = Lee in 2006 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|03|02}}<ref name="iafd">{{iafd name|id=LoreleiLee|gender=non-binary|name=Lorelei Lee}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Upstate New York]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Big Jonny|title=Lorelei Lee|url=http://drunkcyclist.com/2007/02/02/lorelei-lee/|accessdate=June 12, 2013|newspaper=Drunk Cyclist|date=February 2, 2007}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[San Francisco State University]]<br>[[New York University]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])<br>[[Cornell Law School|Cornell University Law School]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}<ref name="iafd"/> | alias = <ref name="iafd"/> | website = }} '''Lorelei Lee''' (born March 2, 1981) is an American [[pornographic actor]] and writer. Lee identifies as [[non-binary]]. ==Biography== Lorelei Lee debuted in the [[sex industry]] at the age of 19,<ref name=NYDailyNews>{{cite news|title=Meet Lorelei Lee, queen of porn and NYU master's degree student (fine arts, of course)|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/meet-lorelei-lee-queen-porn-nyu-master-degree-student-fine-arts-article-1.384553|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|accessdate=November 1, 2011|author=[[Kerry Burke (reporter)|Kerry Burke]] & Rich Schapiro|date=October 12, 2009}}</ref><ref name=SFBG>{{cite web|title=I want to be a porn star when I grow up: Meet Lorelei Lee|url=http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2008/11/26/i-want-be-porn-star-when-i-grow-meet-lorelei-lee|publisher=[[San Francisco Bay Guardian]]|author=Molly Freedenberg|date=November 26, 2008}}</ref> deriving their [[stage name]] from [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s character in ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Sleaze: Interviews – Lorelei Lee|url=http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/6549/lorelei_lee.html?xc=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204205655/http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/6549/lorelei_lee.html?xc=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-04|magazine=[[Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre Magazine]]|accessdate=5 November 2011|author=[[Chris Nieratko]]|date=January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Inside Lorelei Lee|url=http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Lorelei_Lee.html|publisher=XRentDvd|accessdate=November 6, 2011|date=March 3, 2007}}</ref><ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gentlemen_prefer_blondes/ |title=Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |publisher= [[Flixster]] | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2010-10-18}}</ref> They graduated from [[San Francisco State University]] in 2008,<ref name=NYDailyNews/> and later pursued a master's degree in creative writing at [[New York University]].<ref name=NYDailyNews/> They have been awarded a [[National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts|National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts "youngARTS Scholarship"]].<ref name=GSH>{{cite web|title=Graphic Sexual Horror Documentary {{!}} Characters|url=http://graphicsexualhorror.com/characters.php|accessdate=November 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Art of Restraint feat. Lorelei Lee, Fivestar, & surprise celebrity guest|url=http://feminapotens.tumblr.com/post/106962826/art-of-restraint-feat-lorelei-lee-fivestar|publisher=[[Femina Potens]]|accessdate=November 11, 2011|author=Malia Schlaefer|date=May 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155220/http://feminapotens.tumblr.com/post/106962826/art-of-restraint-feat-lorelei-lee-fivestar|archivedate=April 25, 2012}}</ref> They are best known for their performances as a [[Fetish model|fetish]] and [[Bondage (sexual)|bondage]] model, particularly on the pornographic site [[Kink.com]], where they have also worked as a director.<ref name="GramP."/> In 2006, they wrote the centerfold text for the Sara Thrustra's ''Ten Pictures and Two Pin-Ups'' calendar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Splendor in the ass|url=http://www.sfbg.com/2007/02/07/splendor-ass|publisher=San Francisco Bay Guardian|accessdate=November 5, 2011|author=Kimberly Chun|date=February 7, 2007}}</ref> Along with fellow Kink model and director [[Princess Donna]], Lee was the subject of Brian Lilla's 2007 independent film ''Tale of Two Bondage Models'', which appeared at the 2008 [[Tribeca Film Festival]].<ref name=Tribeca>[http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/Tale_of_Two_Bondage_Models.html "Tribeca Film Festival Catalog"]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2008.</ref><ref name=OCW>{{cite news|title=The Princess and the Submissive|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2008-04-24/columns/pucker-up-the-princess-and-the-submissive|newspaper=[[OC Weekly]]|accessdate=November 1, 2011|author=[[Tristan Taormino]]|date=April 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523100835/http://www.ocweekly.com/2008-04-24/columns/pucker-up-the-princess-and-the-submissive/|archive-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2008, they appeared in the documentary ''[[9to5 – Days in Porn]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=9 to 5: Days in Porn|url=http://www.cineman.ch/movie/2008/9To5DaysInPorn/review.html|publisher=Filmkritik|accessdate=November 6, 2011|language=German}}</ref> and also toured nationally as part of the "Sex Workers' Art Show" with other prominent members of the kink and [[sex-positive movement|sex-positivity]] community.<ref>{{cite news|title=Concert Review: Sex Workers' Art Show at Victoria Theatre; "Anal Beads Made of Money"|url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2008/01/concert_review_sex_workers_art.php|newspaper=[[SF Weekly]]|accessdate=November 5, 2011|author=Oscar Pascual|date=January 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Money Shot – Onstage, sex workers exploit you.|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/34571/the-money-shot|newspaper=[[Washington City Paper]]|accessdate=November 5, 2011|author=Amanda Hess|date=February 15, 2008}}</ref> In 2009, Lee appeared in ''[[Graphic Sexual Horror]]'', a documentary about [[Insex]], a now-defunct bondage website.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|title=Graphic Sexual Horror {{!}} Characters|url=http://graphicsexualhorror.com/characters.php|accessdate=November 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Graphic Sexual Horror: Special Edition|url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/graphicsexualhorror.php|publisher=[[DVD Verdict|DVD Verdict Review]]|accessdate=November 1, 2011|author=Bryan Byun|date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> Later that year, they were the subject and lead actress of the short movie ''Lorelei Lee'', which was directed by Simon Grudzen and Jesse Kerman and shown at the [[Big Sky Documentary Film Festival]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2010: Lorelei Lee|url=http://bigsky.bside.com/2010/films/loreleilee_simongrudzen_bigsky2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425125915/http://bigsky.bside.com/2010/films/loreleilee_simongrudzen_bigsky2010|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 25, 2012|publisher=BigSky|accessdate=November 1, 2011}}</ref> the film received multiple awards at the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]], including Best Directing, Best Original Score and Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre.<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Doc Challenge Jury Winners Announced|url=http://www.docchallenge.org/News/2009-doc-challenge-jury-winners-announced.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522032141/http://www.docchallenge.org/News/2009-doc-challenge-jury-winners-announced.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2009|publisher=Doc Challenge|accessdate=November 1, 2011}}</ref> In 2010, Lee published an essay, "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 their partner at the time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Off the Set: Porn Stars and Their Partners|url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2010/02/off-the-set-porn-stars-and-their-partners/|publisher=[[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]]|accessdate=December 13, 2011|date=February 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324020214/http://www.sundancechannel.com/sunfiltered/2010/02/off-the-set-porn-stars-and-their-partners/|archive-date=2010-03-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2011, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced the production of ''[[About Cherry]]'', an independent movie written by Lee alongside [[Stephen Elliott (author)|Stephen Elliott]], directed by the same Elliott and starring [[James Franco]], [[Heather Graham]] and [[Lili Taylor]].<ref name="GramP.">{{cite web|title="Cherry": Lorelei Lee writes about porn for a bigger screen|url=http://gramponante.com/cherry-lorelei-lee-writes-about-porn-for-a-bigger-screen|publisher=Gram Ponante|date=August 9, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Franco, Graham, Patel board indie 'Cherry'|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037296|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=November 1, 2011|author=Jeff Sneider|date=May 18, 2011}}</ref><ref name=AVNCherry>{{cite magazine|title=Lorelei Lee: The Next Diablo Cody?|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Lorelei-Lee-The-Next-Diablo-Cody-436150.html|magazine=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|accessdate=November 1, 2011|author=Peter Warren|date=May 19, 2011}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2012 Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bob Minzesheimer|title=You've got (real) mail: Letters from writers|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/story/2012-02-20/authors-write-letters-on-the-rumpus/53212516/1|accessdate=June 4, 2012|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=February 27, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Hustler Magazine]]'' ranked Lee at eight on their 2011 list of the ''Top 10 Smartest Porn Stars''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Smartest Porn Stars |url=http://www.hustlermagazine.com/features/articles/top-10-smartest-porn-stars |publisher=[[Hustler Magazine]] |date=November 5, 2011 |authorlink=Richard Graves |accessdate=November 3, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825161923/http://www.hustlermagazine.com/features/articles/top-10-smartest-porn-stars |archivedate=August 25, 2010 }}</ref> In 2012 Lee, along with adult performers Isis Love and [[Princess Donna]], was the subject of a [[documentary film]] about the website [[Kink.com]], ''Public Sex, Private Lives'', which was, in part, funded by donations made to [[Kickstarter]].<ref name="New Documentary That Will Challenge Everything You Know About Porn">{{cite web|url=http://intentblog.com/public-sex-private-lives-the-new-documentary-that-will-challenge-everything-you-know-about-porn/|title=Public Sex, Private Lives - The New Documentary That Will Challenge Everything You Know About Porn|publisher=Intent Blog|date=May 2, 2013|accessdate=May 31, 2013|archive-date=January 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119000923/http://intentblog.com/public-sex-private-lives-the-new-documentary-that-will-challenge-everything-you-know-about-porn/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Documentary on Kink.com Stars Seeks Kickstarter Crowdfunding">{{cite web|url=http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=146385|title=Documentary on Kink.com Stars Seeks Kickstarter Crowdfunding|work=[[XBIZ|XBIZ Newswire]]|date=March 29, 2012|accessdate=May 31, 2013|archive-date=July 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703150113/http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=146385|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2016, Lee teaches writing at [[New York University]] and at the San Francisco Center for Sex and Culture.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shira Tarrant|title=The Pornography Industry: What Everyone Needs to Know|date=March 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press, 2016|isbn=978-0190205133|pages=61–2}}</ref> Lee identifies as [[Non-binary gender|non-binary]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=missloreleilee |number=1409875732961107978 |date=June 29, 2021 |title=Just came out as non-binary to my family and they are being so supportive 😭😭😭}}</ref> and [[queer]] and has been married to a [[trans man]] since 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eric K Arnold|title=Interview with a Porn Star: Lorelei Lee on sex, gender, and "Public Sex, Private Lives."|url=http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/06/interview-with-a-porn-star-lorelei-lee-on-sex-gender-and-public-sex-private-lives|publisher=Oakland Local|date=June 9, 2013|accessdate=November 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713141741/http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/06/interview-with-a-porn-star-lorelei-lee-on-sex-gender-and-public-sex-private-lives/|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2020, Lee graduated [[magna cum laude]] with their [[Juris Doctor|JD]] from [[Cornell Law School]] and was inducted into the [[Order of the Coif]]. They became a Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Cornell Law School Gender Justice Clinic in 2021.<ref name="Cornell 2021">{{cite web|title=Clinical Program Faculty Updates for Fall '21|website=Cornell Law School|date=November 11, 2021 |url=https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/news/clinical-programs-newsletter-faculty-updates-fall-21/|access-date=21 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319170149/https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/news/clinical-programs-newsletter-faculty-updates-fall-21/|archive-date=March 19, 2022}}</ref> ===Involvement in ''Milk Nymphos'' trial=== Lee starred in [[John Stagliano]]'s [[Enema#Recreational usage|enema]]-focused film ''Milk Nymphos'', which in 2008 became the subject of a federal [[Obscenity#United States obscenity law|obscenity]] trial.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080808135047/http://www.xbiz.com/docs/xbiz/news/92236_Stagliano%20indictment%20as%20filed.pdf Obscenity indictment], xbix.com; accessed November 3, 2015.</ref><ref name=Seven>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=92236|title=John Stagliano, Evil Angel Charged With 7 Obscenity Violations|accessdate=2009-04-17|author=Steve Javors|date=2008-04-09|work=[[XBIZ]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506140601/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=92236|archivedate=2009-05-06}}</ref><ref>[http://www.avn.com/video/articles/29505.html John Stagliano, Evil Angel Indicted On Federal Obscenity Charges] [[Adult Video News]], posted April 8, 2008</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/04/feds-charge-por|title=Feds Charge Porn Producer With Selling Adult Content to Adults|work=[[Wired News]]|accessdate=July 17, 2010|author=[[Kevin Poulsen]]|date= 2008-04-10}}</ref> The case reached federal court in [[Washington, D.C.]], and, on July 16, 2010, Lee was expected to [[testify]] as a [[witness]] on behalf of the defense.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hess|first=Amanda|title=Porn Star Lorelei Lee to Testify in Buttman Trial|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/07/15/porn-star-lorelei-lee-to-testify-in-buttman-trial|work=Washington City Paper|date=15 July 2010|accessdate=January 6, 2012}}</ref> Citing concerns of personal safety, Lee requested to testify under their stage name; the prosecution objected, arguing that allowing them to do so "gives some air of legitimacy to the porn star" (which Lee later called "incredibly insulting") and that "they shouldn't be treated any differently than anyone else in this case".<ref>{{cite web|title=Buttman Trial: Should Porn Star Testify Under Her Real Name?|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2010/07/14/buttman-trial-should-porn-star-testify-under-her-real-name|work=Washington City Paper|date=14 July 2010}}</ref> The case was ultimately dismissed on July 16, 2010,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/All-Charges-Dismissed-Against-Stagliano-and-Companies-403848.html|title=All Charges Dismissed Against Stagliano and Companies|publisher=business.avn.com|accessdate=July 17, 2010|author=Mark Kernes|date=2010-07-16}}</ref> before Lee was scheduled to testify.<ref>{{cite web|title=Porn star Lorelei Lee talks obscenity|url=http://www.salon.com/2010/07/20/lorelei_lee_stagliano_trial|accessdate=January 6, 2012|author=Tracy Clark-Flory|date=2010-07-19}}</ref> ==Writing== 1. “Cash/Consent, The War on Sex Work” (2019), an extensive essay reflecting their personal experience in the pornography industry <ref>{{cite web|last=Lorelei Lee|title=Cash/Consent, The War on Sex Work|date=24 September 2019|url=https://nplusonemag.com/issue-35/essays/cashconsent/archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713141741/http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/06/interview-with-a-porn-star-lorelei-lee-on-sex-gender-and-public-sex-private-lives/|archive-url=https://nplusonemag.com/issue-35/essays/cashconsent/archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713141741/http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/06/interview-with-a-porn-star-lorelei-lee-on-sex-gender-and-public-sex-private-lives/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2015}}</ref> ==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Ceremony ! Result ! Category ! Work |- |rowspan="5"| '''2015''' |rowspan="4"| AVN Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4 |title=2015 AVN Award Nominees |accessdate=2015-01-09 |publisher=AVN Awards |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125015310/http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4 |archivedate=2014-11-25 }}</ref> | {{nom}} |Best Director – Parody |rowspan="3"|''Barbarella: A Kinky Parody'' |- | {{nom}} |Best Screenplay – Parody |- | {{nom}} |Most Outrageous Sex Scene <small>(with [[Dylan Ryan]])</small> |- | {{nom}} |Best Web Director | {{n/a}} |- | [[Free Speech Coalition|FSC Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/189807|title=2015 FSC Award Recipients Announced|accessdate=2015-01-09|author=Lila Gray|date=2015-01-09|publisher=[[XBIZ]]}}</ref> | {{won}} |Woman of the Year | {{n/a}} |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Lorelei Lee (pornstar)|Lorelei Lee}} * {{Twitter}} * {{IMDb name|id=2439425|name=Lorelei Lee}} * {{iafd name|id=LoreleiLee|gender=female|name=Lorelei Lee}} * {{afdb name|43596|Lorelei Lee}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Lorelei}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:21st-century American writers]] [[Category:Alt porn]] [[Category:American adult models]] [[Category:American pornographic film actresses]] [[Category:American pornographic film directors]] [[Category:Screenwriters from California]] [[Category:Bondage models]] [[Category:Pornographic film directors]] [[Category:LGBT people from New York (state)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actresses from San Francisco]] [[Category:Pornographic film actors from California]] [[Category:Queer pornographic film actors]] [[Category:San Francisco State University alumni]] [[Category:Writers from New York (state)]] [[Category:Writers from San Francisco]] [[Category:Sex positivism]] [[Category:Film directors from San Francisco]] [[Category:21st-century American screenwriters]] [[Category:American non-binary actors]] [[Category:New York University alumni]] [[Category:Cornell Law School alumni]] [[Category:American non-binary writers]]'