Avn Award For Best Actress: Annual sex industry honor
The AVN Award for Best Actress is an award that has been given by sex industry company AVN since the award ceremony's inception in 1984.
As of January 2023, the titleholder is Maitland Ward.
| AVN Award for Best Actress | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Actress |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | AVN Media Network |
| First awarded | 1984 |
| Currently held by | Maitland Ward Drift (2023) |
| Website | avnawards |
Winners and nominees
1984–1989
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 1984 |  | Sharon Mitchell Sexcapades | |
| 1985 | Pamela Mann X Factor | ||
| 1986 | Sheri St. Claire (m) Corporate Assets | ||
 | Ginger Lynn (v) Project Ginger | ||
| 1987 | Colleen Brennan (m) Getting Personal | ||
 | Nina Hartley (v) Debbie Duz Dishes | ||
| 1988 | Krista Lane (m) Deep Throat II | ||
.jpg) | Shanna McCullough (v) Hands Off | ||
| 1989 | .jpg) | Ona Zee (m) Portrait of an Affair | |
| Barbara Dare (v) Naked Stranger |
1990–1994
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies | |
| 1990 | Sharon Kane Bodies in Heat—The Sequel | |||
| 1991 | Hyapatia Lee (m) The Masseuse | |||
| Lauren Brice (v) Married Women | ||||
| 1992 | .jpg) | Jeanna Fine (m) Hothouse Rose | ||
| | Ona Zee (v) The Starlet | |||
| 1993 |  | Ashlyn Gere Chameleons (m) Two Women (v) | ||
| 1994 | Britney Loara (m) Mud Shark in the Water!" | |||
| Britney Loara (v) Friday Night Delights |
1995–1999
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 1995 |  | Ashlyn Gere The Masseuse (m) Body & Soul (v) | |
| 1996 | | Jeanna Fine (m) Skin Hunger | |
 | Jenna Jameson (v) Wicked One | ||
| 1997 |  | Melissa Hill (m) Penetrator 2: Grudge Day | |
| | Jeanna Fine (v) My Surrender | ||
| 1998 |  | Dyanna Lauren (m) Bad Wives | |
 | Stephanie Swift (v) Miscreants | ||
| 1999 |  | Shanna McCullough (m) Looker | |
| | Jeanna Fine (v) Café Flesh 2 |
2000–2004
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 2000 |  | Chloe (m) Chloe | Asia Carrera Search for the Snow Leopard |
| Allysin Chaynes Stray Cat | |||
| Racquel Darrian Original Sin | |||
| Raylene The Trophy | |||
| Nikki Sinn Things Change 3 | |||
| Gwen Summers Nothing to Hide 3 & 4 | |||
| Inari Vachs The Awakening | |||
 | Serenity (v) Double Feature! | ||
| Chloe Taboo 19 | |||
| Kylie Ireland Timeless | |||
| Katja Kean Millennium | |||
| Ginger Lynn Torn | |||
| Missy Desperate Measures | |||
| Raylene Manic Behavior | |||
| Stephanie Swift Crossroads | |||
| 2001 |  | Taylor Hayes (m) Jekyll and Hyde Raylene (m) Artemesia (tie) | Nina Hartley A Midsummer Night's Cream |
| Jenna Jameson Dream Quest | |||
| Julie Meadows Watchers | |||
| Sydnee Steele Facade | |||
 | Gwen Summers Looker 2: Femme Fatale | ||
| Syren Les Vampyres | |||
| Inari Vachs Facade | |||
| Ava Vincent Les Vampyres | |||
 | Serenity (v) M Caught in the Act | ||
| Juli Ashton Bliss | |||
| Asia Carrera Goddaughter 5 | |||
| Jewel De'Nyle Dark Angels | |||
| Kylie Ireland Raw | |||
| Devinn Lane Spellbound | |||
| Ginger Lynn White Lightning | |||
| Tera Patrick Sex Island | |||
| Sydnee Steele Dark Angels | |||
| Gwen Summers Virgin Whore | |||
| Inari Vachs West Side | |||
| Ava Vincent Perfectly Flawless | |||
| 2002 |  | Ginger Lynn (m) Taken | Alexa Shrink Wrapped |
| Taylor Hayes Fade to Black | |||
| Lola Free Sex on Earth | |||
| Raylene Bad Wives 2 | |||
| Nicole Sheridan Taboo 2001 | |||
| Sydnee Steele Mafioso | |||
| Syren Taboo 2001 | |||
| Ava Vincent Underworld | |||
 | Sydnee Steele (v) Euphoria | Allysin Chaynes Wonderland | |
| Chloe Unreal | |||
| Jewel De'Nyle Forbidden Flesh | |||
| Lola Destiny Calling | |||
| Gina Ryder Nice Neighbors | |||
| Serenity XXX Training | |||
| Inari Vachs Beauty and the Bitch | |||
| 2003 |  | Taylor St. Claire (m) Fashionistas | Julia Ann Paradise Lost |
| Sondra Hall Poison Angel | |||
| Taylor Hayes If You Only Knew | |||
| Raylene Love Games | |||
| Sydnee Steele Falling From Grace | |||
| Nici Sterling Wifetaker | |||
| Syren Les Vampyres 2 | |||
 | Devinn Lane (v) Breathless | Aria Naked Eye | |
| Kate Frost Virgin Canvas | |||
| Ashlyn Gere Crime and Passion | |||
| Hannah Harper Role Models 2 | |||
| Kylie Ireland One Sleepless Night | |||
| Julie Meadows Sex World 2002 | |||
| Alexa Rae Karma | |||
| Raylene Betrayed by Beauty | |||
| Sydnee Steele Heroin | |||
| Gwen Summers Double Vision | |||
| Ava Vincent Heartbreaker | |||
| 2004 |  | Savanna Samson (m) Looking In | Cassidey Sordid |
| Dasha Heaven's Revenge | |||
| Maya Divine Virtual Love | |||
| Ashley Long Compulsion | |||
 | Julia Ann (v) Beautiful | Ashley Blue Girlvert 4 | |
| Chloe Barbara Broadcast Too! | |||
| Stormy Daniels Not A Romance | |||
| Chloe Dior Riptide | |||
| Devinn Lane Improper Conduct | |||
| Kaylani Lei Angel X | |||
| Carmen Luvana Rawhide | |||
| Ginger Lynn Sunset Stripped | |||
| Ann Marie Rios Babes Illustrated 13 | |||
| Savanna Samson Good Time Girl | |||
| Alexandra Silk Stud Hunters | |||
| Sydnee Steele Lost & Found | |||
| Sunset Thomas Truck Stop Trixie |
2005–2009
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 2005 |  | Jenna Jameson (m) The Masseuse | Sunrise Adams Debbie Does Dallas: The Revenge |
| Jessica Drake The Collector | |||
| Savanna Samson Bare Stage | |||
 | Jessica Drake (v) Fluff and Fold | ||
| Julia Ann Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes | |||
| Roxanne Hall Slutwoman's Revenge | |||
| Jenna Jameson Bella Loves Jenna | |||
| Jane Loaded | |||
| Kaylani Lei Sweatshop | |||
| Gia Paloma Wild Things on the Run | |||
| Tawny Roberts Unlovable | |||
| Savanna Samson L'Affaire | |||
| Aurora Snow Angels | |||
| Sunset Thomas Misty Beethoven: The Musical | |||
| Michelle Wild Hot Rats | |||
| 2006 |  | Savanna Samson (m) The New Devil in Miss Jones | Sunrise Adams Sentenced |
| Stormy Daniels Eternity | |||
| Penny Flame Dark Side | |||
| Janine Lindemulder The Villa | |||
| Lezley Zen Les Bitches | |||
 | Janine Lindemulder (v) Pirates | ||
| Kami Andrews Texas' Asshole Massacre | |||
| Joanna Angel Joanna's Angels | |||
| Cindy Crawford Sodom | |||
| Jessica Drake One Man's Obsession | |||
| Audrey Hollander Catherine | |||
| Jesse Jane Pirates | |||
| Devinn Lane Lovers Lane | |||
| Sunny Lane Dark Angels 2: Bloodline | |||
| Kaiya Lee Shadow of a Geisha | |||
| Gia Paloma Wild Things on the Run 2 | |||
| Olivia Saint Contract Girl | |||
| Savanna Samson Freshness | |||
| Brittney Skye Prisoner | |||
| 2007 |  | Jessica Drake (m) Manhunters | Monique Alexander To Die For |
| Janine Lindemulder Emperor | |||
| Austin Kincaid To Die For | |||
| Ava Vincent Fade to Black 2 | |||
 | Hillary Scott (v) Corruption | ||
| Joanna Angel Joanna's Angels 2: Alt Throttle | |||
| Belladonna Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge | |||
| Violet Blue Wonderland | |||
| Stormy Daniels Taken | |||
| Jessica Drake Curse Eternal | |||
| Kimberly Kane The Visitors | |||
| Sunny Lane Sex Pix | |||
| Nina Mercedez Illicit | |||
| Missy Monroe The Da Vinci Load | |||
| Austyn Moore Tailgunners | |||
| Kirsten Price Just Like That | |||
| Linda Roberts The New Neighbors | |||
| Brittney Skye Grub Girl | |||
| Heather Vuur Sacred Sin | |||
| 2008 |  | Penny Flame (m) Layout | Briana Banks Layout |
| Roxy Jezel Sex & Violins | |||
| Stefani Morgan Debbie Does Dallas ... Again | |||
| Savanna Samson Flasher | |||
 | Eva Angelina (v) Upload | ||
| Stormy Daniels Black Widow | |||
| Jessica Drake Delilah | |||
| Carmen Hart Just Between Us | |||
| Jenna Jameson Janine Loves Jenna | |||
| Roxy Jezel For Love, Money or a Green Card | |||
| Tory Lane Outkast | |||
| Kaylani Lei Candelabra | |||
| Brianna Love Brianna Love: Her Fine Sexy Self | |||
| Carmen Luvana Lady Scarface | |||
| Kirsten Price Coming Home | |||
| Savanna Samson Stood Up | |||
| Lorena Sanchez Black Worm | |||
| Hillary Scott Not the Bradys XXX | |||
| Simone Valentino Afrodite Superstar | |||
| 2009 |  | Jessica Drake Fallen | Monique Alexander Cry Wolf |
| Roxy DeVille The Texas Vibrator Massacre | |||
| Sasha Grey The Last Rose | |||
| Carmen Hart Fired | |||
| Jenna Haze Not Bewitched XXX | |||
| Jenna Jameson Burn | |||
| Jesse Jane Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge | |||
| Devon Lee Succubus of the Rouge | |||
| Kaylani Lei The Wicked | |||
| Janine Lindemulder Pipe Dreams | |||
| Marie McCray Angel Faces | |||
| Bree Olson Roller Dollz | |||
| Kirsten Price Mouth | |||
| Savanna Samson Miles from Needles |
2010–2014
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 2010 |  | Kimberly Kane The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody | Asa Akira Pure |
| Julia Ann Identity | |||
| Lisa Ann Who's Nailin' Paylin? | |||
| Alektra Blue Educating Alli | |||
| Roxy DeVille Whack Job | |||
| Jessica Drake Hush | |||
| Sasha Grey Throat: A Cautionary Tale | |||
| Audrey Hollander Everybody Loves Lucy | |||
| Kayden Kross The 8th Day | |||
| Kelli McCarty Faithless | |||
| Melissa Monet My Daughter's Boyfriend | |||
| Bree Olson One Last Ride | |||
| Hillary Scott Heaven | |||
| India Summer Drill Baby Drill | |||
| 2011 |  | Andy San Dimas This Ain't Glee XXX India Summer An Open Invitation: A Real Swinger's Party in San Francisco (tie) | Nyomi Banxxx Fatally Obsessed |
| Tori Black Whatever It Takes | |||
| Ashlynn Brooke WKRP in Cincinnati: A XXX Parody | |||
| Stormy Daniels Partly Stormy | |||
| Jessica Drake 3 Days in June | |||
| Penny Flame Real Wife Stories 6 | |||
| Roxanne Hall Scorned | |||
| Nikki Jayne The Condemned | |||
| Kimberly Kane The Sex Files 2: A Dark XXX Parody | |||
 | Kayden Kross The Perfect Secretary: Training Day | ||
| Sunny Lane Alice | |||
| Sunny Leone Gia: Portrait of a Porn Star | |||
| Lia The Rush | |||
| Natasha Marley Bonny & Clide | |||
| Samantha Ryan Awakening to Love | |||
| Riley Steele Love Fool | |||
| Misty Stone A Love Triangle | |||
| Stoya Stoya: Perfect Picture | |||
| 2012 |  | Jessie Andrews Portrait of a Call Girl | Capri Anderson Runaway |
| Tori Black Killer Bodies | |||
| Jessica Drake Horizon | |||
| Allie Haze Lost and Found | |||
| Helly Mae Hellfire This Ain't Lady Gaga XXX | |||
| Kagney Linn Karter Official The Silence of the Lambs Parody | |||
| Kayden Kross Love & Marriage | |||
| Lily LaBeau The Incredible Hulk XXX: A Porn Parody | |||
| Natasha Nice Dear Abby | |||
| Savanna Samson Savanna Samson Is the Masseuse | |||
| Andy San Dimas Rezervoir Doggs: An Exquisite Movies Parody | |||
| Hillary Scott The Flintstones: A XXX Parody | |||
| Bobbi Starr A Little Part of Me | |||
| Misty Stone Hustler's Untrue Hollywood Stories: Oprah | |||
| 2013 |  | Lily Carter Wasteland | Nyomi Banxxx Training Day: A Pleasure Dynasty Parody |
| Alektra Blue Next Friday Night | |||
| Gracie Glam Happy Endings | |||
| Presley Hart Diary of Love | |||
| Allie Haze Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody | |||
| Lily LaBeau Wasteland | |||
| Remy LaCroix Torn | |||
| Brooklyn Lee Voracious: The First Season | |||
| Kaylani Lei Snatched | |||
| Natasha Nice Love is a Dangerous Game | |||
| Chanel Preston Romeo & Juliet: A DreamZone Parody | |||
| Andy San Dimas Café Amore | |||
| Bobbi Starr The Truth About O | |||
| India Summer The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody | |||
| 2014 |  | Remy LaCroix The Temptation of Eve | Anikka Albrite OMG… It’s the Leaving Las Vegas XXX Parody |
| Lexi Belle Meant to Be | |||
| Alektra Blue Getting Schooled | |||
| Jessica Drake Sexpionage: The Drake Chronicles | |||
| Tara Lynn Foxx This Ain't Homeland XXX | |||
| Allie Haze Clerks XXX: A Porn Parody | |||
| Jesse Jane Code of Honor | |||
| Sunny Lane The Stripper 2 | |||
| Brooklyn Lee The New Behind the Green Door | |||
| Adrianna Luna The Lone Ranger XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody | |||
| Maddy O'Reilly Not The Wizard of Oz XXX | |||
| Penny Pax The Submission of Emma Marx | |||
| Raven Rockette Gia: Lesbian Supermodel | |||
| Jennifer White The Stripper |
2015–2019
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 2015 |  | Carter Cruise Second Chances | Asa Akira Holly...Would |
| Anikka Albrite Untamed Heart | |||
| Alex Chance This Ain't Girls XXX | |||
| Brooklyn Chase Odd Jobs | |||
| Jessica Drake Aftermath | |||
| Ash Hollywood No Way Out | |||
| Kimberly Kane The Pornographer | |||
| Maddy O'Reilly The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee | |||
| Penny Pax Wetwork | |||
| Romi Rain The Laws of Love | |||
| Bonnie Rotten Cape Fear XXX | |||
| Samantha Saint Cinderella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |||
| Stevie Shae Apocalypse X | |||
| Jodi West Call Me Mother | |||
| 2016 |  | Penny Pax The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries | Asa Akira Starmaker |
| Adriana Chechik The Turning | |||
| Carter Cruise Waiting on Love | |||
| Dani Daniels Sisterhood | |||
| Stormy Daniels Wanted | |||
| Dana DeArmond Mother's Little Helper | |||
| Daisy Haze Bad Romance | |||
| Kimberly Kane Family Secrets | |||
| Remy LaCroix Stockholm Syndrome | |||
| Keira Nicole Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |||
| Bonnie Rotten Sisters of Anarchy | |||
| Riley Steele Barbarella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |||
| India Summer Marriage 2.0 | |||
| Sarah Vandella Love, Sex & TV News | |||
| 2017 |  | Kleio Valentien Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | Asa Akira The J.O.B. |
| Aria Alexander Sex Machina: A XXX Parody | |||
| Samantha Bentley Hard in Love | |||
| Carter Cruise Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |||
| Cherie DeVille Project Pandora: A Psychosexual Lesbian Thriller | |||
| Jessica Drake DNA | |||
| Karlee Grey Student Bodies 5 | |||
| Veruca James Deception: A XXX Thriller | |||
| Cassidy Klein Little Red: A Lesbian Fairy Tale | |||
| Sara Luvv Babysitting the Baumgartners | |||
| Abigail Mac True Detective: A XXX Parody | |||
| Penny Pax The Submission of Emma Marx: Exposed | |||
| Dana Vespoli Lefty | |||
| Kasey Warner Color Blind | |||
| 2018 | Sara Luvv The Faces of Alice | ||
| Asa Akira The Blonde Dahlia | |||
| Chloe Amour Love for Sale 2 | |||
| Abella Danger The Obsession | |||
| Jessica Drake An Inconvenient Mistress | |||
| Alexis Fawx Fantasy Factory | |||
| Alexa Grace Crash | |||
| Janice Griffith Ingenue | |||
| Jill Kassidy Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy | |||
| Cassidy Klein Conflicted | |||
| Melissa Moore The Voyeur | |||
| Katie Morgan Bad Babes Inc. | |||
| Ella Nova Snapshot | |||
| Romi Rain Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |||
| Angela White The Altar of Aphrodite | |||
| 2019 | Eliza Jane Anne: A Taboo Parody | ||
| Britney Amber Naked | |||
| Mercedes Carrera Second First Date | |||
| Adriana Chechik Star Wars: The Last Temptation - A Digital Playground XXX Parody | |||
| Jessica Drake Fallen II: Angels & Demons | |||
| Kimmy Granger Poon Raider: A DP XXX Parody | |||
| Aaliyah Love Too Little Too Late | |||
| Avi Love The Possession of Mrs. Hyde | |||
| Abigail Mac Fantasy Factory: Wastelands | |||
| Gia Paige Love in the Digital Age | |||
| Kenzie Reeves A Trailer Park Taboo | |||
| Kristen Scott Camgirl | |||
| India Summer Flawless | |||
| Mona Wales Insomnia | |||
| Whitney Wright Cursed |
2020–
| Year | Photo | Winner Movie | Nominees Movies |
| 2020 |  | Angela White Perspective | Aiden Ashley Insomniac |
| Christiana Cinn Arcane | |||
| Jessica Drake Lost Love | |||
| Lacy Lennon The Gentleman | |||
| Kristen Scott Teenage Lesbian | |||
| Magdalene St. Michaels Confessions of A Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona | |||
| Kenzie Taylor Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody | |||
| Whitney Wright What We Do for Money | |||
| Ariel X Girls of Wrestling | |||
| 2021 |  | Maitland Ward Muse | |
| 2022 |  | Kenna James Under the Veil | |
| 2023 | | Maitland Ward Drift |
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