Here's my revamped list by era. Similar to one I did for male performers. Best female performers of all-time grouped by decade or era and listed alphabetically. I'm basing my picks on combo of career longevity, fan popularity, volume, and quality of performances. I select my top 10 for each era and list of honorable mentions who were also very good. I'm not just picking women because they did a ton of movies or just because they were incredibly good looking or extremely nasty. 1970s-1980s (Porn Chic/Golden Age/Classic Films/Adult Movie Theaters) . Annette Haven - classic SF era pornstar who looked like she could be mainstream star . Annie Sprinkle - very first kinky nasty WTF I'll do anything girl . Georgina Spelvin - epitomized the era of porn chic when celebs considered porn to be art . Juliet Anderson - first major MILF star with most memorable character of all-time (i.e. Aunt Peg) . Kay Parker - 2nd most popular MILF of that era with the infamous Taboo series . Lisa De Leeuw - hard as nails, fiery red head with big tits and southern drawl . Marilyn Chambers - most notorius performer, almost every movie she appeared in became a classic . Samantha Fox - best actress of golden age film era and also great sex performer . Seka - the people's choice, most iconic star of that era, prototype for blonde bombshell . Vanessa Del Rio - first ethnic superstar, you didn't fuck her she fucked you Honorable Mention: Colleen Brennan, Desiree Cousteau, Gloria Leonard, Honey Wilder, Jennifer Welles, Jessie St James, Joanna Storm, Kelly Nichols, Leslie Bovee, Mai Lin, Marlene Willoughby, Rhonda Jo Petty, Sharon Kane, Sharon Mitchell, Terri Hall, Veronica Hart 1980s-1990s (Home Video/VHS) . Amber Lynn - 2nd infamous Lynn girl, iconic big hair look defined the 80s, great performer . Christy Canyon - amazon with best body of era, would bang anybody including Ron Jeremy . Debi Diamond - wild, over the top, WTF I'll do anything girl (predecessor of the Speigler girls) . Ebony Ayes - black version of Christy Canyon, voracious performer, cult following among black/IR porn fans . Ginger Lynn - the people's choice, very first contract girl, the girl that helped build Vivid . Heather Hunter - very first black contract girl and most successful black female of all-time . Jeanna Fine - hard as nails, deep throat queen, successfully reinvented herself several times over long career . Nina Hartley - incredible body (ass/legs), real life swinger, built a huge cult following . Ona Zee - most popular MILF of 1980s, real life swinger, did it all and could act . Rachel Ryan - very first white female IR superstar, reminds me of Bobbi Starr Honorable Mention: Aja, Angel Kelly, Britt Morgan, Elle Rio, Erica Boyer, Honey Wilder, Hyapatia Lee, Jeannie Pepper, Kassi Nova, Lois Ayres, Mai Lin, Nina DePonca, Porsche Lynn, Renee Morgan, Tiffany Storm, Tracy Adams, Traci Lords
1990s-2000s (Contract Girls/Euro Girls/Giant Boobs/Gonzo/Cable+PPV Channels/DVD) . Ashlyn Gere - queen of 1990s feature porn, ushered in era of hardbody fake boob contract girls . Janet Jacme - most popular black porn female of the 90s, good girl turned bad . Jenna Jameson - the people's choice, the girl that helped build Wicked, also worked for Vivid . Jill Kelly - best looking eye candy of the 90s (throwback to Seka) . Nici Sterling - first major foreign superstar, gained noteriery thru Buttman and Anabolic . Stephanie Swift - most versatile performer, she did it all amateur, gonzo, features, gangbangs, even Max . Tori Welles - most notorious star of 1990s, came out of nowhere set the industry on fire then married/retired . Victoria Paris - last of big hair girls, blonde bombshell, incredible body, great performer . Shayla LaVeaux - most popular 90s feature star who didn't work for Vivid or Wicked . Jasmin St Claire - most polarizing 90s star, ushered in era of extreme hardcore anal and gangbangs Honorable Mention: Alisha Klass, Angela Summers, Bionca, twins Chocolate+Mocha, Dee, Domonique Simone, Elodie Cherie, Erika Bella, Hayley Russel, Inari Vachs, Johnni Black, Julia Ann, Krysti Lynn, Lana Sands, Menage Trois, Mila Shegol, Missy, Olivia Del Rio, Selena Steele, Serenity, Shane, Sydnee Steele, Tabatha Cash, Taylor Hayes, Tianna, Vanessa Chase 2000s-2010s (Something For Everyone/Internet) Note: This decade will probably go down as the most profilic for porn production with so many companies cranking out great product for just about every genre of porn you could think of until the unfortunate 2008 economic crash. There was such a huge influx of great performers during this period I had to relax my rules and extend it to a top 20 performers because there were so many HOF class performers. . Annette Schwarz - when she got tired of doing GGG, she came over to U.S. to shock us . Belladonna - the most notorius performer of 00's loved to be used and abused . Betty G - perhaps most perverted WTF woman in porn history she put the 'G' in GGG series . Bobbi Starr - another Speigler girl, insatiable performer who loves BDSM . Francesca Le - former 90s reject who reinvented herself as strapon wielding hardcore MILF . Jada Fire - black version of Lisa DeLeeuw showed black girls can really get nasty also . Jesse Jane - the people's choice, ditzy eye candy, successor to Jenna Jameson . Jewel DeNyle - the most notorius performer of 00's, very similar to Tori Wells . Joanna Angel - queen of riot girl porn, proved tattooed punks can fuck better than photoshopped contract girls . Julia Ann - great 90s contract girl/feature who became a self-professed 'whore' during 00's and became a legend . Katja Kassin - German pitbull who took extreme anal to new heights . Kristina Rose - bad girl with a major attitude and something to prove . Lisa Ann - failed 90s contract girl who re-emerged during to become superstar bombshell MILF performer . Michelle Wild - most popular euro film performer, the girl who helped build Private . Mika Tan - the most popular asian performer of 00's always performed with a smile and giggle . Nyomi Banxxx - hottest looking black performer, incredible amazon body, did everything including BDSM . Pinky - most popular black pornstar of 00's with her trademark pink hair and booty clapping . Sandra Romain - awesome performer, major atttitude you didn't fuck her she fucked you . Sasha Grey - queen of 00's porn, ushered in the era of the Speigler girl . TS Vaniity - before she (or he) arrived the tranny porn market was a joke Honorable Mention: Adrianna Nicole, Aiden Starr, Annie Cruz, Ariana Jollee, Asa Akira, Ashley Blue, Audrey Hollander, Ayana Angel, Beauty Dior, Brianna Love, Bridgette Kerkove, Cherokee D Ass, Dana Dearmond, Daniella Rush, Eva Angelina, Gianna Michaels, Hillary Scott, Jade Marcela, Janet Mason, Jenna Haze, Katsuni, Kelly Wells, Kimberly Kane, Marie Luv, Millian Blu, Mya Lovely, Naomi Russell, Phoenix Marie, Rebeca Linares, Rita Faltoyano, Roxy Reynolds, Shyla Stylez, Silvia Saint, Sophie Dee, Taryn Thomas, Tiffany Mynx 2010s-2020s (Death of Porn Industry or Not?) Note: Too early to specify a list for this decade but here's list of women I currently have on my radar. . Alexis Ford . Angelina Castro . Bonnie Rotten . Jennifer White . Sheena Shaw . Skin Diamond . Veronica Avluv . Veruca James If I had to pick one single woman as the best of all-time? I'd have to pick Nina Hartley with Jeanna Fine or Julia Ann as runner-ups. These three have had the most profilic and successful carreers. Reinventing themselves over the years to stay relevant and popular. Nina holds record for most movies and at this point only Julia Ann could possibly surpass her in the near future.
Excellent post, zambi. Now that's a list and a half! I love the way you have organised them into the various eras of porn. Lots of food for thought and obviously testament to an encyclopaedic knowledge of porn. Having done male and female performers and directors, any thoughts on the hottest movies we should all watch? I'd love for us to be able to devise a list based on our collective scores, a bit like the IMDb Top 250. Any talented coders around?
^ Yeah that's a good idea. Should do a similar list for best movies of all-time per era. Would some time to come up with a good list. In the meantime here's an old posting I did for best scenes worth checking out. Some of these movies would definitely be on the list: Best 10 scenes ever! FYI the best book I've ever read that listed the best movies of the "Golden Era" was Only the Best: Jim Holliday's Adult Video Almanac and Trivia Treasury
Yeah for honorable mentions I definitely missed some people. I'm kicking myself for leaving out Kelly Stafford for honorable mention. Kelly was awesome but didn't do enough movies to make my top performer list. Monica Santhiago is another great one I missed. In fact, I'm bumping Francesca Le from my list to put Monica on there to represent how popular brazilian pornstars became during that era. She was definitely the best brazilian female.
Jesie St. James Annette Haven Karen Summer Laurie Smith Kylie Wilde Tori Black Naomi Russell Olga Martinez Nikki Anderson Desiree West Kelly Nichols Chelsea Manchester Ashlyn Gere Savannah Samson Monique Alexander Monique John Leslie (R.I.P.) Wade Nichols (R.I.P.) Eric Edwards Rocco Siffredi Jamie Gillis (R.I.P.) Randy Spears Joey Silvera Nacho Vidal Mark Ashley MR Marcus George Payne Richard Pacheco Jules Jordan
I'm sure that's exactly what zambi meant. Personally, I can hardly recall Traci being my first ever "porncrush", until I found out the dreadful news, of course...
Am not going to repeat many of the names that y'all have mentioned. My dream calls of current performers are Presley Hart and Casey Calvert. Presley is so genuine, energetic, giving, skillful in her work and really seems to enjoy. Her facial expressions are just so real. She comes across as a wholesome, very horny, respectable and smart woman but not cheap. Casey comes across very sweet, horny, induces the protective feelings in me. I like the way she frowns in getting cared away in cock-sucking and orgasm. My dream girl of old is Annette Haven and lesser known Vicky Lyons, Sharon Thorpe. I've only seen Thorpe in 1 movie but forgot name. Good male performer of old days - Ron Jeremy. Surprised he was left out by y'all. Didn't think John Holmes was good, just big but dead.
excellent list zambi... i'd only *REALLY* add one to that list: taylor "motherfuckin'" rain. had to do it. she had gusto, she was a knockout...and, she went out hard.
Hello all, I actually googled this topic and got this. There are all kinds of great stuff in here to check out, thanks a lot! In terms of performance, after watching porn 20 plus years, a couple of names mentioned before come to mind. If you get turned on to a band, chances are, you'll have a special affection for the first album you listened to by them. It may not have been the best of theirs, but it was still the first thing you heard. These girls are like that for me. And they're still great. 1) Ashlyn Gere-- there are hot women, hot women that can fuck, and then there are hot women who can fuck and talk. She could be a bit over the top at points, but she seemed to bring it in just about every scene. And, she always seemed to fit well into a decent storyline (yes, some of us like that stuff). 2) Jeanna Fine-- the woman's scenes spoiled me for just about every other pornstar since in terms of dirty talk. The first flick I ever saw was Skin Hunger (with a young Lisa Ann!). She was truly filthy, could suck a dick like no other, and definitely deserves her place as one of the all time greats. 3) Stacy Valentine- Since the early 90's, I've watched my share of porn. In the mid-late 90's, I started to really like Ninn type stuff, I also loved a lot of the VCA/Cal Vista/Sin City story type movies. I love the Red Vibe Diary movies, Cafe Flesh 2, and Stacy Valentine was definitely a great performer in a lot of those types of flicks. Plus, she was just plain fucking hot. 4) Jenna Haze-- just gotta put her up there. The creativity, the spontaneity, the dirty talk. Even though I like big tits, she cannot be denied. As good as they get. 5) Inari Vachs-- in sort of that same vein as Jenna Haze, a big shout out, she's one of the greats. Sloppiest BJ's ever, she made bubbles an art form. That is ranked in no particular order for me, these are just some of the most prominent to come to mind. I'd like to mention some other girls that I haven't seen at all/much here. Angelica Raven-- watch her NA NAF scene with Johnny Castle and tell me what you think. She's phenomenal and imho, underrated. Adrianna Nicole-- Natural and a different type of vibe to her scenes. She does it all, and is a bit different. Awesome. Kimberly Kane-- Didn't see her get mentioned enough. Filthy and sweet at the same time, can do a lot of different types of scenes. Lexi Love-- tbh, with my love of big titties, I never even took a look at her for a long time. I was missing out. She was fucking phenomenal. Franceska Jaimes-- the woman is clearly a beast, and has skills that are hard to match. Fake boobs aside, her body is impossible... and she uses it to stunning cinematic perfection. Esperanza Gomez can also bring it, but Franceska really ain't kidding. Jennifer Steele-- was scary intense. Just the pure whore, gotta love it when you're in the mood. Kaylynn-- has been doing great scenes for just years and years. Aletta Ocean-- gets pegged as a plastic bombshell. Not fair. She's plenty skilled and enthusiastic. Lauren Phoenix-- was filthy, period, end of story, all stop. And awesome. Kim Chambers-- is somehow largely forgotten, it seems to me. Wish she was in more storyline type stuff. But in terms of performance, she could talk, and my god, she could certainly work a dick. Not to diss any of the latest big tit honeys, but she puts most of them to shame. Sandra Romain-- has been mentioned, but I just gotta mention her. The level of intensity of her scenes is consistent, dirty, and extremely wonderful. Madison Ivy-- seems to me that maybe her scenes are getting a bit tired at points, but she has skills, can talk, and is gorgeous, fakies or not. Mercedes Ashley-- in much the same great tradition of the last name Del Rio, could talk and fuck, period. Azlea Antistia-- Her Seven Deadly Sins scene alone would have made her stand out to me. That kind of beauty, that kind of intensity...nice. Amber Michaels-- Seems like she should just your prototypical fake blonde, oh no she wasn't. That woman could get it on! Lezley Zen-- seems to treat fucking as an olympic event, and she has the drive to get it done. Andy San Dimas-- that kind of enthusiasm and dirty talk, especially in this day and age, makes her STAND OUT. Brooke Ballentyne-- an oldie but a filthy. The mouth on her...gotta love it. Friday-- name me someone else who exuded more sweetness and hotness in her scenes at the same time. She was a ridiculous talent. Jynx Maze-- oozes about that same level of sweet and hot. It works in food, and definitely works in porn. Holly Michaels-- speaking of sweet and hot-- Holly Fucking Michaels. What can you say? I'm trying to make space, but couldn't seem to get a damned gig saved out of her folder. Christie Lee- More sweet and hot, remember her? Oh yeah, she was GND personified, and she was awesome! Raylene-- never missed a beat. Always brings it. Jennifer Dark-- raised Euro gone English talk to a level, imo, not matched. Penny Flame-- how we forget, with the blog, with sobriety (hopefully still), how great she really was. Mia Stone-- HOT! God, she was just hot in her scenes. She didn't do everything, that's quite alright with me. Everything she liked, she just did plain well. Natasha Nice-- not just big boobs. Can perform, and definitely run her mouth too. Rayveness-- over the top at points, not Ava Devine over the top (nothing against Ava, I like her a lot), but in plenty of scenes, just scorches the screen for me. Simony Diamond-- a Euro Dream, a wonderful, Euro Dream of a woman, not much else to say. Stacy Silver-- in much the same way as Simony-- took anything thrown at her...with a lot of enthusiasm. Sweet Amy Lee-- catch a good scene by her, Slutty Campus Teens, for example. Report back if you haven't caught her. Tiffany Holiday-- this one almost makes me feel guilty, a person was clearly not in control, but I did like how that translated to her scenes. Cody Lane-- see above. Rebecca More-- should cause oedipus complex in the straightest of arrows. Dear god, help us. Nicole Sheridan-- just because she mainly fucked Voodoo, didn't make her anything but filthy and great. Amber Rayne-- saw her mentioned, but jesus, just can't forget her. Plenty of others, but I've jammed this thread quite enough. Cheers!
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I agree on many of those girls. I wonder why there are so few scenes with Kelly Leigh lately, I don't think she's retired and she's one of the few milfs who are really into rough sex. Great performer for sure.
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Belladonna - Great attitude. Tory Lane - Lovely dirty mouth and attitude Christy Mack - Hot sexy look. And despite her short carreer (if she doesn't return) people can;t stop speaking of her
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Also Have to Mention Annette Schwarz who is the queen when it cums to Bukkake And Audrey Hollander I mean she is the one who gave us Double Anal
