Kaylani Lei

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Kaylani Lei
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Kaylani Lei in 2011.
Born
Ashley Spalding [1] [2] [3]

Kaylani Lei (born Ashley Spalding) is an American pornographic actress.

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Early life

Lei is of Chinese and Filipino descent. [4]

Career

Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career. [5] She is a former contract performer for pornographic production studio Wicked Pictures. [4] [6] [7] [8]

Outside her adult film work, she was the host of a radio show on KSEX, Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei. [9] Lei appeared on the Howard Stern radio show, and she has made appearances on Playboy TV. In 2007, she was the co star of the Cinemax series The Erotic Traveler, as "Allison Kraft" - an apprentice erotic photographer. [10] [11] She appeared in one episode of the 2011 series Chemistry as a Japanese businesswoman named Yokushi Shimato.[ citation needed ]

In 2010, Lei appeared alongside fellow Wicked Pictures contract star Alektra Blue in the Free Speech Coalition's "All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA". [12]

In 2011, Complex magazine ranked her at #24 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". [13]

Lei has also appeared several times on the TV series Zane's Sex Chronicles [14] and in the 2013 documentary Risky Business: A Look Inside America's Adult Film Industry. [15]

Personal life

Lei dated Byron Kelleher, a New Zealand rugby union halfback, [1] [2] from 2005 to 2006. She lived with him in New Zealand until June 2006. [3]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyResultCategoryWork
2004 AVN Award [16] NominatedBest New Starlet—
Nominated Best Actress – Video Angel X
XRCO Award [17] NominatedBest Girl/Girl Scene (with Asia Carrera)
NominatedNew Starlet—
2005 AFWG Award [18] WonContract Starlet of the Year Wicked Pictures
AVN Award [19] Nominated Best Actress – Video Sweatshop
NominatedBest Tease PerformanceSmokin' P.O.V.
NominatedBest Oral Sex Scene – Video (with Charmane Star & Brad Armstrong)Eye of the Beholder
2007AVN Award [20] NominatedBest Supporting Actress – VideoCurse Eternal
NominatedBest Three-Way Sex Scene (with Jessica Drake & Eric Masterson)
2008AFWG Award [21] WonPorn Cumback of the Year—
AVN Award [22] NominatedBest Actress, VideoCandelabra
NightMoves Award [23] WonBest Female Performer (Editor's Choice)—
XRCO Award [24] WonBest Cumback—
2009AVN Award [25] NominatedBest ActressThe Wicked
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene (with Mikayla Mendez, Evan Stone, Sophia Santi & Barry Scott)
XRCO Award [26] NominatedSingle Performance – Actress
2010AVN Award [27] [28] NominatedBest All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Alektra Blue, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price & Mikayla Mendez)House of Wicked
WonBest Group Sex Scene (with Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, Mikayla Mendez, Tory Lane, Jayden Jaymes, Kayla Carrera, Randy Spears, Brad Armstrong, Rocco Reed, Marcus London, Mick Blue & T.J. Cummings)2040
2011AVN Award [29] NominatedBest Group Sex Scene (with Misty Stone, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, Chanel Preston, Kayme Kai, Tory Lane, Briana Blair, Mick Blue, Dale DaBone, Barrett Blade, Eric Masterson, Marcus London, Sascha & Bill Bailey)Speed
2012AVN Award [30] NominatedBest All-Girl Group Scene (with Jessica Drake, Alektra Blue & Brandy Aniston)Sexy
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene (with Alektra Blue, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price, Brandy Aniston, Nikki Daniels, Lucky Starr, Puma Swede, Randy Spears, Tommy Gunn, Marcus London, Ron Jeremy, Jack Vegas, Dick Chibbles, Rocco Reed & Mac Turner)The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody
2013AVN Award [31] NominatedBest ActressSnatched
NominatedBest All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Katsuni, Mia Lelani & Miko Lee)Asian Anal Assassins
XBIZ Award [32] NominatedBest Actress—Couples-Themed ReleaseThe Prize
NominatedBest Scene - Couples-Themed Release (with Xander Corvus)
NominatedBest Supporting ActressCountdown
2014AVN Award [33] NominatedBest Safe Sex Scene (with James Deen)Hotel No Tell
2015AVN Award [34] [35] Won AVN Hall of Fame —
NominatedBest Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Abigail Mac)The Masterpiece
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Aubrey Addams, Jessica Drake, Sarah Jessie, Vicki Chase, Brad Armstrong, Eric Masterson, Erik Everhard, Mr. Pete, Ryan McLane & Tyler Nixon)Aftermath
NominatedBest Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Samantha Saint, Summer Brielle, Sophia Fiore, Remy LaCroix, James Deen, Mr. Pete, Eric Masterson, Bill Bailey & Brad Armstrong)Holly…Would

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