Best porn stars 2010

Same thing for 2010. 2011 coming up. Notice that Lisa Ann remains the Queen of Porn.

Best porn stars 2009

This is a compilation I made a few years ago. I gathered info from different rankings around the internet and from different awards. So this ranking is made on the base of Internet popularity (including freeones) and professional recognition (AVN Awards, FAME awards etc.).

Heather Starlet

Heather Starlet was born in 1989 in Dayton, Ohio. She's today's porn star because she stunned me Outnumbered #5 where she reallt stood out, even though the other girls were incredibly famous pornstars such as Sasha Grey and Lisa Ann. Her piercing on the tongue and her girl-next-door look are here major assets.

Gangbanging in a few figures and pictures

Slovakian group porn: here Angel Dark (left)

Diana Doll (center)

Tori Black

Tori Black was born in 1988 in Seattle, WA. Her body is in many ways more a model's body than a porn star's body. Her face notably is of a certain purity. She started porn in 2009, and quickly became huge. She's notably the only porn star in history to have earned the AVN Award of the Best Performer two years in a row (2010, 2011). In two years, she has won 9 AVN Awards and several other awards. She does both  gonzo (Interracial Pickups for instance) and scenarized material (Californique, Wonder Woman, Batman XXX etc.). She can do a large variety of porn, going from lesbian to anal and group sex.

Paris

Porn stars from greater Paris: 65
Greater Paris population: 10,9M
Ratio pornstars/pop: 6

This is a map of the different porn production companies (Marc Dorcel, Colmax) that have their headquarters in Paris. Pornstars are indicated on their birthplaces.

Gianna Michaels

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Canada

Number of porn stars: 244

Currently active: 87 (36%)

Canada population: 34,5M

Ratio pornstars/population: 7,1

Pornography legalized in: 1985

#	CITY	P. STARS	POP.	RATIO
1	Windsor	6	0,3	18,86
2	Montréal	45	3,6	12,58
3	Vancouver	25	2,1	11,68
4	Québec	6	0,7	8,08
5	Edmonton	6	1	5,66
6	Toronto	26	5,1	5,18
7	Calgary	4	1,1	3,43

This is a map of the distribution of Canadian pornstars by their birthplace and a ranking of the Canadian cities with the highest porn star/pop ratio. It appears clearly that the French-speaking zone of Canda, Quebec, is the center of porn in Canada. British Columbia and Vancouver seem to be just behind whereas Ontario and Toronto are relegated to a secondary importance. A notable characteristic of Canadian porn is that cities close to the US border tend to grow many pornstars. Vancouver (close to Seattle) and Windsor (next to Detroit) are remarquable examples of this.

This can easily be explained by the geographix distribution of porn production in Canada:

The epicenter of professionnal pornography is clearly Montreal. Brazzers is the main canadian porn producer  and they're based in Montreal. Vanessa, a new french-speaking porn channel is also based in Montreal and produces 20% of it's material in Quebec. PornHub is also based in Montreal. A more obscure production takes place in Toronto with Northern Peaks Productions. There's also an important amateur production both in Vancouver, Toronto and Quebec.

The main porn production may be in Quebec, but the two giants (top 20 of most successfull pornstars in the world without any doubt) of Canadian porn are not from the French-speaking regions of Canada:

Shyla Stylez, born in 1982 in Hamilton, BC.

Shyla Stylez is probably the most famous Canadian porn star. She started her erotic career in Vancouver before moving down the West Coast to LA and the San Fernando Valley, shooting her first hardcore video for Anabolic Pictures in 2001. She then came back to Canadian porn around 2008 when she signed a contract with Montreal-based Brazzers. She mainly does hardcore gonzo and acts mainly in scenes more than videos. Her large breasts is considered to be her main asset, even though her butt is also often stressed in movies. For instance, she starred in Big Wet Butts 7 in May 2012.

Sunny Leone, born in 1981 in Sarnia, ON.

Sunny Leone's case illustrates perfectly the attraction of the USA porn market on Canadian actresses. Sunny Leone was born just north of Windsor, in Sarnia, a border city not far from Detroit. She moved to California when she was 14 and started soft porn in 2001 by posing for Penthouse and becoming the Penthouse Pet of March 2001. She has also made the cover of Hustler, Cheri and many other erotic magazines. She mainly does soft porn or lesbian porn even though she has also done some heterosexual hard porn. She is the more exotic, softer and more classy counterpart to Shyla Stylez. Sunny Leone also represents the minorities in Canadian porn, as her parents were born in India. 

A girl from Quebec:

Lanny Barbie, born in 1981 in Montréal, Québec

Lanny Barbie was spotted by Anabolic Pictures during their World Tour series in 2001 when they shot World Tour #24: Canada in 2001. Lanny Barbie quickly moved to LA and managed to become the Penthouse Pet of June 2003, before becoming, as the first french-speaking canadian ever an exclusive Vivid Girl in 2005. She's also known for her role as Super Woman. a She went on a hiatus in 2009 without coming back to Canada, but remained a very popular porn star on the internet, before resuming her career in 2014. She's specialized mainly in interracial porn.

In spite off a great potential and a flourishing amateur production, Canadian porn remains in the shadow of US porn. On the gonzo market, Brazzers can still attract actresses and retain some of Canada's talented girls, but when it comes to scenario-based productions or longer scenes with more budget, Canada isn't yet at a sufficient level to avoid talents moving to LA. Nevertheless, the cultural, geographical and linguistic links between Canada and the US have made it relatively easy for some canadian actresses to become huge in the world of porn. 

Briana Banks

B. Banks was born in Munich in 1978 to a German father and an American mother. Banks's a typical blonde bombshell with large tits and very long legs. She started porn in 1999 and by 2003 she had become one the greatest pornstars in the world thanks to the most sold pornmovie that same year, starring "The Queen of Porn", Jenna Jameson: Briana Loves Jenna. She was inducted to the AVN Hall of Fame in 2009. She still averagely ranks around #100 on the Freeones ranking today. 

Jessie Volt

 Jessie Volt, born 1990 in Bordeaux, France. Amazing pornstar who started off with only one scene for John B Root before leaving for the USA in 2010. In California she plays in Californique with compatriot Lou Charmelle and the 1st class American star, Tori Black. In not even two years, she's shown her talent and has become one of the most proeminent actresses in french porn today. She was nominated for the Best French Actress Award at the Dorcel Visions and for Best European Actress at Galaxy Awards the same year. Many consider her as the future of French international pornography.

Freeones ranking July 2010: ca. 2400
Freeones ranking July 2012: ca. 225

A fantastic progression!

Tanya James

Born in 1983 in Riverside, CA. Tanya James has been in the porn business since 2003 and has worked for major companies such as Naughty America, Hustler Video or Penthouse. Her fantastic tits and her girl-next-door blonde hair amazed me in "Welcome to Hollywood", by the way picked to be a part of 3rd Degree's Top Ten scenes for 2011. Hands down.

Los Angeles

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France

Number of porn stars: 319
Active: 83 (26%)
Population: 65,5M
Ratio: 4,8
Pornography legalized in: 1975

French porn stars are mainly girls from the region of Paris that has a ratio of 9.8 pornstars/million inhabitants, but also from Provence and South-Western France. In the East, only the Alsace region presents a relatively high ratio (1.9). The second most porn-star dense region is however Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, with a ratio at 9.5. This is notably explained by the vivid porn production taking place in Marseille, with numerous smaller companies promoting upcoming porn stars. Clara Morgane and Jessyca Wilson were born in Marseille, for instance. It's interesting to notice that the degree of pornstars coming from the largest city, Paris, isn't as high as in many other countries. More rural regions, such as Bourgogne, Auvergne or Poitou-Charentes, also have quite high ratios. However, represented differently, in this cartogram form, the domination of the Île-de-France region (surrounding Paris) appears more clearly. In this type of representation, the size of each region is proportional to the total number of porn stars it has produced. The colour code represents the ratio of porn stars/population, the darker the higher.

 

 In general, blonde and redhead pornstars are overrepresented compared to the population as well as Asian actresses, whereas brunettes, Arabs and Blacks are underrepresented.

This pie chart illustrates the ethnic diversity of French porn stars. Around 90% of them are white (excluding Latinas), with a predominant majority of brunettes (58%). All major minorities in the French society are represented, but they've evolved in very different manners over the last few years, as shown on the figure below:

French porn stars concentrate on high-class productions, often labeled as "vintage" porn (#3), like those produced by Marc Dorcel. French pornstars, and notably those who have emigrated to the USA also get decent rankings in both extreme porn (#8) and anal (#8).

Marc Dorcel has been the dominant producer for the last fifteen years. Many now famous porn stars have once worked for the parisian company: Liza Del Sierra, Melissa Lauren, Anna Polina... However, Marc Dorcel is increasingly losing ground to Nîmes-based Jacquie & Michel, a company founded in 1999 and who until recently only produced amateur porn. They now also produce professional, non-gonzo porn under the brand Jacquie & Michel Elite and they're now considered the most important brand in the French porn business. Other big actors include Colmax, based near Paris, in suburban city Asnières, MadXFrance (from Marseille), Java Consulting (Paris, mainly amateur) and Iris Castin. French porn production mainly takes place in and around Paris and in the South (Marseille, Cap d'Agde, Nîmes). Colmax is the most historic of these companies, being founded in 1993. It restarted an independent production line in 2014. X-Casting was also originally a French production centre, under the leadership of French director Pierre Woodman. The company now shoots porn videos mainly in Budapest and Prague, while still having offices in Paris and Los Angeles. 

The pornstars who perform in French porn are mainly French (40%), yet 31% also come from Eastern European countries, 14% from other West European countries (mainly the UK and Spain), 10% from the USA and 5% from a variety of other countries (mainly Brazil). The vast majority of French pornstars started their careers in France before moving to the USA and, as Jacquie & Michel's recent success has shown it, there is also a thriving amateur porn community in France. 

 

France's place in the global division of porn labour is somewhere in the middle. With at least 3 big companies capable of producing high-level porn in a viable way, there's still some dynamic to the industry in France, leading for the biggest French companies to attract some USA stars, such as Mia Malkova (who has starred in both Marc Dorcel and Colmax films). Yet, most of the French productions remain gonzo and floats somewhere between amateur and professional status, which also explains the large number of East European actresses and the recent influx of Spanish pornstars. 

France's main neighboring partner in the porn industry is the UK, whose pornstars perform in 6% of the French-produced released titles. Stella Cox and Lucy Heart are among the British pornstars who have tried their luck on the other side of the Channel at several occasions.

Here are some of the most famous French pornstars:

Jessie Volt was born in 1990 in Bordeaux. She started her career in 2010, with minor roles in releases such as Mommy X-Perience 2 by Evil Angel, in which she did a lesbian scene with Racquel Devine. She has since specialized in rather hardcore material, often featuring anal sex, double penetrations and group sex, such as Hard Anal Love by Evil Angel in 2012 and Orgy: The XXX Championship 2 for Marc Dorcel in 2012. She had her first name release in 2012 with Jessie Volt is my Sextoy, produced by Evil Angel. She's done numerous interracial scenes and plays on her teeny looks, perky tits and bouncy ass. She's worked mainly for American companies, and in particular for Evil Angel, but has also performed in a few titles produced by French Marc Dorcel.

Anissa Kate is French porn's greatest success story since Katsuni's golden years around 2010, with a total of 5 international awards on her record. She won the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award twice in a row, in 2014 and 2015. She won the AVN Award for Best Sex Scene by Foreign Production in 2014 for The Ingenuous, alongside Anna Polina and others. This French chick, born in Lyon in 1987, has made it to fame thanks to her massive natural tits (37D), her cheeky attitude and her Arabic looks, that she owns to her Algerian origins. Her ethnicity, quite rare in French porn, made her stand out from most of the other French porn stars and . She started her career in 2011 French Ultimate Girls 3, produced by Frenchprod, an Arizona-based company who specializes in French actresses. This was the first of many performances in the USA. She does mainly anal scenes, and often ends up getting jizz all over her big knockers, like in Big Tit Fanatic 2, released in 2012 by Elegant Angel. She's worked for a large variety of companies, including Brazzers, Elegant Angel, Evil Angel and Marc Dorcel. 

Ava Adams is France's most proeminent MILF actress. She was born tho French parents in Gibraltar in 1979 and has being shooting professional porn since 2009 and her debut on the American scene with Women Seeking Women 54, by Girlfriends Films. She does mainly lesbian and anal scenes, always playing the role of a hot mature housewife. Her incredibly heavy natural tits (34DDD) are one of her main assets, along side her curvy, yielding ass. She had her first name-basze release in 2014 with Ava Addams by PurePlay Media. She's never worked for any French companies and started her career directly in the USA.