Dana DeArmond

Dana DeArmond — Biography & Career

Dana DeArmond is an American screen performer and director whose career in adult entertainment began in 2004. Before entering film, she built a large online audience on MySpace, where she had more than 300,000 friends. After connecting there with director Eon McKai, she made her first screen appearance in Neu Wave Hookers. Over time, her industry profile was recognized with induction into the AVN, XRCO, and Urban X Halls of Fame.

In addition to performing, DeArmond expanded into directing and broadcasting. She directed two documentary-style projects, Dana DeArmond Does the Internet and Dana DeArmond's Role Modeling, both centered on people she met online who were seeking to enter the business. She also hosted Dirty/Nerdy on Vivid Radio for SiriusXM, adding radio presentation to her work across film and media.

DeArmond also appeared in educational and publishing contexts. She guest lectured on the adult industry for classes at the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, Santa Barbara. At UC Irvine in 2007, she spoke to a Sociology of Sexuality class, discussed her work in the industry, screened clips, and answered student questions. In 2010, she co-hosted the Urban X Awards with Misty Stone.

Her other credits include appearances in Michael Grecco's photo book Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry and Dave Naz's L.A. Bondage. In 2014, she was among the performers featured in a Cosmopolitan fitness article alongside Asa Akira, Chanel Preston, and Jessie Andrews. She later appeared in the 2021 drama film Pleasure.

Source: Career reference — Wikipedia. Career summary adapted from the linked article under CC BY-SA 4.0; wording and selection have been edited.

Photo credit

© Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com — Dana DeArmond 2010 (cropped). Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Display size and framing may be adjusted; the photograph remains available under the linked license.