About Briana Banks
- Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
- Weight: 114
- Measurements: 34DD - 27" - 30"
- Eyes: Blue Eyes
- From: Munich, Germany
- Born: May 21
- Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Born of a German mother and Italian father, Briana lived in Germany and England until she was seven, when her mother moved to California. In high school she was a studious, shy, kid who played volleyball and ran track (she still holds the school record for the mile at Royal High). She rarely dated and didn't even kiss a boy until she was 17. As a teenager she was awarded custody of her younger sister and held down jobs as a waitress and fashion model to pay for rent and groceries. Briana got into the adult business when she was 19.
"I always thought of myself as a skinny, dorky, giraffe looking kid," Briana says. "Even though I had made the cover of Teen magazine as a model, I wasn't making any money. The day I quit my insurance job I got in a car accident and didn't even have enough cash to move my sister and me into an apartment from the room we'd been renting, so I answered an ad in L.A. Weekly that said I could make up to $1,000 a day modeling."
"I had never even thought about porno, but I loved it. I guess I was sexually repressed. I got my sex education on film, including my first orgasm, so my fans have watched me grow from a girl to a woman and I feel I have a very special relationship with them. Once into it, I decided I might as well do the best I could. Before long I got signed by Vivid, which is the pinnacle for anyone interested in erotic acting." Briana was nominated as the 2002 Penthouse Pet of the Year after readers flipped over a 12-page pictorial and centerfold shot by famed photographer Earl Miller. Also in 2002 she made Briana Loves Jenna with top porn star Jenna Jameson and the movie went on to become the best selling and renting adult video of the year.
When her adult acting career is over, she wants to go behind the scenes to start her own line of adult movies, work on her Website and return to college full-time. Meanwhile, she works out every day, paying special attention to a boxing and weight lifting routine she has developed. She also indulges in her favorite sports - motocross racing and snowboarding. Sims Snowboards will introduce two Briana Banks boards with images of her clothed and nude in its Fader line this fall.
Biography courtesy of Vivid
Briana Banks's Awards
Award | Year | |
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Hall Of Fame AVN | 2009 | |
Best Cumback XRCO | 2017 |
Interviews
Interview with Briana Banks - June 10, 2001
Los Angeles, CA
Pornstarempire.com: How long have you been in the biz?
Briana Banks: 1 ½ years
Q: Were you nervous when you first came in?
Briana: Yes, definitely. I never had sex with other people in the room, girls or more than one partner before. I was very timid and insecure before I got into the business.
Q: When was the first time you masturbated?
Briana: Not until I got into the business. My girlfriend got me a pocket rocket, now it's my best friend (giggle)!
Q: Did you want to get into porn?
Briana: I always wanted to be a real model, but I left home at a young age, and I needed rent money. I was only going to do one movie, and here I am.
Q: So this isn't really for you?
Briana: Well, I'm really happy, I reached my goals. I am the centerfold and cover for June in Penthouse Magazine, and I always wanted to do that. I signed with Vivid and this is my first movie under contract for them.
Q: Do you like making movies?
Briana: The first few times, afterward, I felt dirty. Then after four or five scenes, I got off on how attractive the guys were, especially my boyfriend Bobby Vitale.
Q: Were you popular in school?
Briana: I wasn't popular at all in school, I was this skinny skeleton, but I didn't attend school all that much because of the circumstances, but I graduated.
Q: What happened?
Briana: I moved out when I was 16 and took my 14-year-old sister with me. I got custody of her when I was 18 and have been taking care of her ever since.
Q: What has been your favorite scene?
Briana: My first girl/girl/boy. I was in the business about two months and it was with TT Boy and Lita Chase who is my best friend. That was the first time I touched fake boobs and I was like...I knew I had to have them. I made an appointment and went to Florida right away to get them.
Q: So, what did you want to be when you grew up? You said you wanted to be a model?
Briana: I always wanted to be a runway model, but I am too short, then I wanted to be a newscaster. I guess I just wanted to be seen and known, but I want to do the movies and then get over my fear of dancing. I'm terrified of it.
Q: Why?
Briana: I'm so clumsy. But I also want to go back to school in about five years, by then I will decide what I want to do.
Q: Who do you like working with?
Briana: I like doing boy/girl scenes and working with my boyfriend Bobby Vitale, Jenna, Lita and Taylor.
Q: What's your favorite movie?
Briana: "The Fiesta" by Adam and Eve. It was shot in Venezuela.
Q: Who did you work with?
Briana: I worked with Evan Stone, Dale DaBone, John Decker and a bunch of European girls.
Q: What was your best scene so far?
Briana: I liked all of them...VCA's "In-Flight Fantasies". I did Joel Lawrence and Pat Mine in the cockpit of a plane.
Q: Thank you Briana.
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