Lana Rhoades
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Rhoades at the 2017 AVN Awards
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Nationality | American | |||||||||
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Children | 1 | |||||||||
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Years active | 2019–present | |||||||||
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Subscribers | 1.01 million[1] (24 February 2024) | |||||||||
Total views | 20.88 million[1] (24 February 2024) | |||||||||
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Lana Rhoades is an American internet personality, podcaster and former pornographic film actress.[2] Throughout her career, she has appeared in publications such as Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy.[3]
Rhoades was raised by a single mother in a suburb of Chicago; she has an older sister. At 14, she admired the glamour of the models in The Girls Next Door and wanted to be like Anna Nicole Smith.[2]
Rhoades began her professional adult film career in 2016 at the age of 19.[4] She left the professional industry by late 2017. She has continued to be open about exploitation and abuse in the porn industry.[5] Later that year, Rhoades was dismissed from LA Direct Models, her representative agency, after an incident involving another performer.[6]
In 2019, Rhoades was the most searched actress on Pornhub, garnering 345 million views.[2][7] In February 2020, Rhoades was hired by Brazzers as a marketing consultant.[8] That November, Ellen von Unwerth directed her photoshoot for the cover of Playboy.[2]
In 2021, she began to promote the cryptocurrency PAWGcoin,[9] and developed an NFT image project in November of that year which was launched in 2022. After the launch, she transferred out 509 ethereum (ETH) worth $1.5m, abandoning her NFT project following the $1.8m launch, according to internet investigator Coffeezilla.[10][11]
Rhoades co-hosts the podcast 3 Girls 1 Kitchen,[12] and has designed a lingerie line with Yandy.[2]
Rhoades gave birth to her first child in January 2022.[13] Rhoades splits her time between homes in Los Angeles and Chicago.[2]