BRIANA BANKS DESCRIPTION
Early LIfe Briana Bany was born on May 21, 1980 in Munich, Germany to a German father and an Italian-American mother. Her birth name is Briana Bany. They moved to Britain when she was four years old, and to the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley in California, United States when she was seven years old. Her father still lives in Germany. She moved out of her mother's house when she was 16 years old, taking her 14 year old sister with her. She got custody of her sister when she turned 18. She modeled as a teenager, including a cover of Teen magazine. She held various other jobs before entering the adult industry; making pizza, clerk at an arts and crafts store, file clerk, and secretary. Career In 1999, she responded to an ad in the newspaper to do nude modeling for adult magazines. The photographer put her in a pornographic film. Her first film was University Co-eds 18, for Dane Productions, in which she performed opposite Brandon Iron. She entered the industry under the name "Mirage", but began calling herself "Briana Banks" in 2000, after having the first of two breast enlargement operations. Having had aspirations of being a supermodel, she chose the professional surname "Banks" after model Tyra Banks. She was Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month in June 2001. The same year, she signed with Vivid Entertainment. One of her first movies for this studio is still one of her most popular to this day, Briana Loves Jenna. Working for Vivid Entertainment Briana Banks appeared in such films as Aftermath, Bankable and Briana Loves Rocco. She is one of the most popular porn stars now in the industry. Some sources say Briana Banks is the #3 most popular porn star with Jenna Jameson first and Tera Patrick second but some don't include Jenna Jameson in the list because she has officially retired and sold off her brand to Playboy ... making Briana Banks #2. Some base the list of porn star popularity soley on Internet searches, and based on that alone, in January of 2007 Briana Banks and Tera Patrick are neck and neck. For most of 2007 and early into 2008 Briana is on what is called a reduced work schedule but that doesn't mean she's slacking by any means. At the 2008 AVN Awards which was held on January 12, 2008 in Las Vegas Briana Banks was given the award for best actress in a film for her work in the movie Layout. In January of 2008 Briana Banks did an interview for online magazine which said that she was moved back to LA is has returned to work full time. "I missed everyone. I missed Vivid Entertainment. I am so glad to be back with them. They are a great company. I have been with them for so long, I can’t imagine being with anyone else." When asked where she had been for the last two years she said "Pittsburgh. I am very happy to be back in LA. I think I needed to leave and clear my head and get everything back together. I actually missed porn. I didn’t realize how much I missed it until I came back." Briana Banks was a contributing author in the 2004 book How To Have a XXX Sex Life: The Ultimate Vivid Guide, in which she and other Vivid Entertainment contract stars give advice and tips about sex, as well as relate anecdotes from their personal sex lives. On October 13, 2006, Banks reportedly filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than US$75,000 in damages against Doc Johnson Enterprises charging that they had created unauthorized products from molds of her genitals. Personal Life For several years, her regular boyfriend was pornographic actor Bobby Vitale, but they broke up in 2006. Briana Banks says her hobbies include Super motocross, snowboarding and surfing. Her favorite mainstream movies include "Casino", "Scarface" and "King Pin". Music wise she loves The Dave Mathews Bad and Linkin Park