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Kaylani Lei | |
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Lei in Los Angeles, CA, September 2011 | |
Born | Ashley Spalding (1980-08-05) August 5, 1980 (age 44) Singapore |
Other names | Kalani, Keilani Lei, Kaylani |
Height | 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m) |
Website | kaylanilei |
Kaylani Lei (born August 5, 1980) is a Singaporean-American pornographic actress.
Early life
Lei was born in Singapore and spent most of her childhood in Massachusetts, United States.
Career
Lei danced at Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career. She is a former contract performer for pornographic production studio Wicked Pictures.
Outside her adult film work, she was the host of a radio show on KSEX, Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei. Lei has made an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show while he was on national broadcast radio (pre-Sirius satellite radio change over), 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. She appeared in one episode of the 2011 series Chemistry as a Japanese businesswoman named Yokushi Shimato.
According to the Internet Adult Film Database, she has worked in over 200 films, including Beautiful, Kaylani Unleashed and Space Nuts for Wicked.
In 2010, Lei appeared alongside fellow Wicked Pictures contract star Alektra Blue in the Free Speech Coalition's "All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA" on the topic of copyright infringement of adult content.
In 2011, Complex magazine ranked her at #24 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time".
Lei has also appeared several times on the TV series Zane's Sex Chronicles and in the 2013 documentary Risky Business: A Look Inside America's Adult Film Industry.
Personal life
Lei dated Byron Kelleher, a New Zealand rugby union halfback, from 2005 to 2006. She lived with him in New Zealand until June 2006.
Awards and nominations
Year | Ceremony | Result | Category | Work |
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2004 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best New Starlet | — |
Nominated | Best Actress – Video | Angel X | ||
XRCO Award | Nominated | Best Girl/Girl Scene (with Asia Carrera) | ||
Nominated | New Starlet | — | ||
2005 | AFWG Award | Won | Contract Starlet of the Year | Wicked Pictures |
AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress – Video | Sweatshop | |
Nominated | Best Tease Performance | Smokin' P.O.V. | ||
Nominated | Best Oral Sex Scene – Video (with Charmane Star & Brad Armstrong) | Eye of the Beholder | ||
2007 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Supporting Actress – Video | Curse Eternal |
Nominated | Best Three-Way Sex Scene (with Jessica Drake & Eric Masterson) | |||
2008 | AFWG Award | Won | Porn Cumback of the Year | — |
AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress, Video | Candelabra | |
NightMoves Award | Won | Best Female Performer (Editor's Choice) | — | |
XRCO Award | Won | Best Cumback | — | |
2009 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress | The Wicked |
Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Mikayla Mendez, Evan Stone, Sophia Santi & Barry Scott) | |||
XRCO Award | Nominated | Single Performance – Actress | ||
2010 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Alektra Blue, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price & Mikayla Mendez) | House of Wicked |
Won | Best 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 | ||
2011 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best 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 |
2012 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Scene (with Jessica Drake, Alektra Blue & Brandy Aniston) | Sexy |
Nominated | Best 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 | ||
2013 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress | Snatched |
Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Katsuni, Mia Lelani & Miko Lee) | Asian Anal Aaaassins | ||
XBIZ Award | Nominated | Best Actress—Couples-Themed Release | The Prize | |
Nominated | Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release (with Xander Corvus) | |||
Nominated | Best Supporting Actress | Countdown | ||
2014 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Safe Sex Scene (with James Deen) | Hotel No Tell |
2015 | AVN Award | Won | AVN Hall of Fame | — |
Nominated | Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Abigail Mac) | The Masterpiece | ||
Nominated | Best 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 | ||
Nominated | Best 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 |
References
- ^ "What's the goss?". Television New Zealand. August 24, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ "In the women's mags: Cats are fighting and All Black sex pix are missing". The New Zealand Herald. May 1, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
- ^ Carolyne Meng-Yee; Marina Ionesco; Rebecca Milne (November 11, 2008). "Details emerge of former All Black's drunken crash". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
- ^ "Kaylani Lei". Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ Christina (October 16, 2008). "Interview with Kaylani Lei". AIPdaily. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
- ^ Kaylani Lei. "Wicked Girl Kaylani Lei interview" (Interview). Interviewed by Apache Warrior. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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- Byron Kelleher (November 5, 2006). "‘We're the best in the world – and now we have to prove it’". The Independent. Archived at FindArticles.com. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
- Dale Granger (August 24, 2005). "Top Asian porn star finds love in the All Blacks". Asian Sex Gazette. Retrieved October 2, 2007.
- Brian Holt (May 31, 2004). "Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei & Other Changes". ainews.com. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- "HBO Schedule: The Erotic Traveler". Retrieved October 27, 2007.
- "The Erotic Traveler (2007)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 27, 2007.
- "FSC All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA (texted version)". YouTube. April 20, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- "Wicked's Kaylani Lei and Alektra Blue Appear in FSC Anti-Piracy Video" (Press release). Los Angeles: AIPdaily.com. April 24, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- Gabriel Alvarez (September 19, 2011). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
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External links
- Official website
- Kaylani Lei at IMDb
- Kaylani Lei on Twitter
- Kaylani Lei at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Kaylani Lei at the Adult Film Database
- Kaylani Lei. "Kaylani Lei" (Interview). Interviewed by Xcitement Magazine. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
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