Dana Vespoli

Dana Vespoli is an American pornographic actress and film director.

Dana Vespoli
Vespoli at the 2014 AVN Awards
Alma materMills College
Spouse
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(m. 2005; div. 2012)​
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Children3

Early life

Vespoli graduated from Mills College[2] with a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature.[1][3]

Career

Vespoli began performing at age 31 as a stripper at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco,[4] using the stage name "Christa".[1] She entered the adult film industry in 2003,[5] first as a performer, and then as a director and producer.[6]

In April 2006, Vespoli began directing for Digital Sin.[7] She has directed for Sweetheart Video and Evil Angel.[1][5][8] She has received award nominations from AVN and Xbiz mostly for films she has directed for Evil Angel.[9] Her directing work has focused mainly on lesbian scenes.[4]

In 2011, Complex ranked her thirteenth on their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time".[10] In 2014, Break.com ranked her 31st on their list of "40 Best Asian Porn Stars Today".[11] Vespoli was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2016.[12]

Personal life

Vespoli married pornographic actor Manuel Ferrara in January 2005 and has three children with him. The couple divorced seven years later.[1]

References
  1. Alff, Shawn (March 4, 2013). "Getting inside Dana Vespoli". Creative Loafing. Tampa, Fla.
  2. "Alumnae in the News Archive". Mills College. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  3. Peter Warren & Heidi Pike-Johnson (February 13, 2004). "Fresh Off The Bus: Dana Vespoli". AVN Insider. Archived from the original on April 9, 2004. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  4. Way, Mish Barber (December 21, 2015). "After James Deen Rape Allegations, Porn Companies Debate the Issue of Consent". Vice.
  5. "Evil Angel Adds Dana Vespoli to Roster". AVN. January 10, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  6. Snow, Aurora (May 5, 2018). "Inside the Porn Star Housing Crisis: 'People Have Sex in Houses All the Time'". The Daily Beast.
  7. Thomas J Stanton (April 7, 2006). "Dana Vespoli to Direct for Digital Sin". AVN. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  8. "Dana Vespoli Makes Sweetheart Video Directorial Debut". AVN. June 6, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  9. Morris, Chris (January 19, 2016). "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's biggest stars". CNBC.
  10. Gabriel Alvarez (September 19, 2011). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  11. Ranked: 40 Best Asian Porn Stars Today, August 23, 2014, archived from the original on August 26, 2014, retrieved March 25, 2015
  12. "Class of 2016: The AVN Hall of Fame Inductees". Adult Video News. December 18, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2016.

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