Dana Vespoli

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

Dana Vespoli is an American pornographic actress and film director.

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Early life

Vespoli graduated from Mills College at Northeastern University [1] [ not specific enough to verify ] with a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature. [2] [3] During college, she rowed crew of which she took her stage name from the Vespoli brand. [2]

Career

Vespoli began performing at age 31 after being a stripper at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco. [4] 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. [2] [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] She was also placed on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Biggest Stars" in 2015 [12] and 2016. [13] Vespoli was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2016. [14]

Personal life

Vespoli married pornographic actor Manuel Ferrara in January 2005 and has three children with him. The couple divorced seven years later. [2]

Awards

References

  1. "Alumnae in the News Archive". Mills College. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alff, Shawn (March 4, 2013). "Getting inside Dana Vespoli". Creative Loafing (interview). Tampa, Fla.[ non-primary source needed ]
  3. Warren, Peter; Pike-Johnson, Heidi (February 13, 2004). "Fresh Off The Bus: Dana Vespoli". AVN Insider . Archived from the original on April 9, 2004. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Way, Mish Barber (December 21, 2015). "After James Deen Rape Allegations, Porn Companies Debate the Issue of Consent". Vice.
  5. 1 2 "Evil Angel Adds Dana Vespoli to Roster". AVN. January 10, 2013. Archived from the original on December 25, 2018. 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. Stanton, Thomas J. (April 7, 2006). "Dana Vespoli to Direct for Digital Sin". AVN. Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. 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. Alvarez, Gabriel (September 19, 2011). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Archived from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  11. "Ranked: 40 Best Asian Porn Stars Today". Break.com. August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  12. Morris, Chris (January 16, 2015). "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's biggest stars". CNBC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  13. Morris, Chris (January 19, 2016). "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's biggest stars". CNBC. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  14. 1 2 "Class of 2016: The AVN Hall of Fame Inductees". Adult Video News. December 18, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  15. Nelson X (March 29, 2007). "Adam Film World Announces Annual Award Winners". Adult Video News . Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  16. Blocks, Iris (September 3, 2013). "Game Changers: 30 Women Power Players in the Adult Industry". AVN. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  17. "NightMoves 2013 Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. October 14, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  18. Miller, Dan (January 24, 2014). "2014 XBIZ Award Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  19. "Dana Vespoli Wins NightMoves' 'Best Transsexual Release' Award". October 14, 2014.
  20. "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2015 AVN Awards AVN". AVN. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  21. 1 2 "Winners Of 2015 Inked Awards Announced AVN". AVN. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  22. "The 2016 Spank Bank Award Winners" . Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  23. "2017 XBIZ Awards Winners Announced". XBIZ. January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  24. "2018 XBIZ Awards Winners Announced". XBIZ. January 19, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  25. "NightMoves Awards Announces Winners of 2018 Show AVN". AVN. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  26. "Winners Announced Of 27th Annual NightMoves Awards AVN". AVN. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  27. "XCritic Award Winners - 2021". Fleshbot. January 1, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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