Joanna Angel

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Joanna Angel is an adult film performer, model, director, screenwriter, business owner, and former stripper. She matriculated at Rutgers University at seventeen years old, where she completed her undergraduate studies with a degree in English Literature and a supplementary focus in Film Studies. Throughout her secondary and post-secondary education, she held service industry positions, including employment at a quick-service restaurant during her high school years and at Applebee's and other dining establishments while pursuing her college degree. Upon completing her studies, she established herself in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, where she founded BurningAngel, an explicit content website specializing in the unconventional subgenre known as "alt porn." Concurrently, she worked nights as a professional dancer. Her platform drew inspiration from the commercially successful SuicideGirls, which she characterized as "the McDonald's of alt porn." When questioned about whether alt porn constituted a legitimate movement, she asserted her belief that she had initiated one herself. Angel has authored, produced, directed, and performed in content distributed exclusively through BurningAngel, alongside appearing in mainstream adult entertainment productions. She maintained an exclusive arrangement with VCA Pictures that concluded in March 2007 and was formerly affiliated with the talent management company Bad Ass Models. BurningAngel's expansion led to her prominence in various publications and news outlets, notably including coverage by The New York Times. In 2006, the AVN Awards recognized her with nominations for "Best New Starlet" and "Best Actress," though she secured the "Most Outrageous Sex Scene" honor for Re-Penetrator. She contributed a monthly advice column addressing sexual topics to Spin magazine and provided a contribution to the anthology Naked Ambition: Women Pornographers and How They Are Changing the Sex Industry. She received a 2009 AVN Award nomination for The Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year. Angel was in a romantic relationship with adult performer James Deen lasting six years from 2005 through 2011. On December 2, 2015, she appeared on The Jason Ellis Show to elaborate on what she characterized as her "violent and scary" six-year involvement with Deen. She wed fellow adult entertainer Aaron "Small Hands" Thompson on October 31, 2016. She is a FLESHLIGHT™ Girl. As of July 2024, she maintains 2.4 million Instagram followers and 148,200 TikTok followers. Angel underwent breast augmentation in February 2020, increasing from her natural 34C cup size.