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Dani Daniels born September 23, 1989 is the stage name of an American pornographic actress, director and artist. She is the Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012. Daniels was born in Orange County, California. She is of Czech descent. Dani Daniels took the first name of her stage name after a former partner. She said that this was an "immature act of revenge" on her part.[3] Daniels began stripping prior to her porn career to pay off her art school debt.[4] She entered the adult film industry in January 2011 and joined the agency OC Modelling.[5] Her first scene was for Reality Kings.[6] She was initially a lesbian-only performer, but later started performing with men also.[7] Her first four sex scenes with men were in the film Dani Daniels: Dare for Elegant Angel.[7] Elegant Angel also produced an all-girl film titled Dani, which features Daniels in every scene.[8] Dani won the 2013 AVN Award for Best All-Girl Release.[9] Daniels refuses anal scenes on account that she dislikes it in her private life.[3] Daniels has directed several films for Penthouse and Filly Films.[10] She has also appeared in productions for Brazzers, Digital Playground, Elegant Angel, Evil Angel, Girlfriends Films, Jules Jordan Video, Kink.com, Vivid Entertainment, Wicked Pictures, and Zero Tolerance Entertainment. According to her credits on IAFD, she is predominantly a girl/girl performer with nearly half of her credited appearances listed as "LezOnly". Roughly a sixth of her appearances have been "nonsex" roles.[1] Daniels was the Twistys Treat of the Month for July 2011,[11] the Penthouse Pet of the Month for January 2012,[2] and Elegant Angel's Girl of the Month for March 2014.[12] That same month, Brazzers cast her in the lead role of a five-part series titled The Whore of Wall Street, an adult parody of The Wolf of Wall Street.[13] Daniels did her first interracial sex scenes for the 2014 film Dani Daniels Deeper,[14] which won the AVN Award for Best Interracial Release[15] and the XBIZ Award for Interracial Release of the Year in 2015.[16] Daniels was placed on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2014[17] and 2015.[18] Parallel to her career in pornographic films, Daniels is also an artist. In this capacity, she is known under the name Pen15.