Lana Rhoades

Lana Rhoades is an American internet personality, podcaster and former pornographic film actress.^[2] She has appeared in publications such as Hustler, Penthouse and Playboy.^[3]

Lana Rhoades
Rhoades in 2017
Nationality	American
Occupations	Internet personality podcaster
Children	1
YouTube information
Channel	Lana Rhoades
Years active	2019–present
Genres	Vlog Podcast
Subscribers	1.01 million[1]
Views	21.5 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: October 14, 2024

Early life

Rhoades was raised by a single mother in a suburb of Chicago with an older sister who suffered from schizophrenia. According to Rhoades, most of the household's attention was devoted to caring for her sister, leaving little love or guidance for her. She came to admire the glamorous lifestyle of Playboy models such as Anna Nicole Smith who were featured on the TV series The Girls Next Door.^[2]

According to Rhoades, she began using narcotics with her first boyfriend and acted as an accomplice in several burglaries. When she was 16, she was sentenced to youth detention at the Warrenville Youth Center. She was released for good behavior after one year, having obtained her GED certificate.^[2]

Career

After her release from Warrenville, Rhoades began her foray into legal sex work by hostessing at a Tilted Kilt restaurant, performing in a strip club, and then appearing in her first pornographic film aged 19.^[2] Rhoades made her adult film debut in 2016^[4] and left the industry by late 2017.^[5] Rhoades told Playboy that her first talent agent was aggressive and controlling, not giving her time off to see a doctor for medical issues arising from constantly being penetrated on set.^[2] After a hiatus of three or four months, she began working again with a different agent, describing their role as "coax[ing] girls into doing more and more for the least amount of money", according to Playboy.^[2] Following a stint of approximately a year in pornographic films, she transitioned into a career as a social media influencer.^[2] By 2019, she was the most-searched actress on Pornhub, garnering 345 million views.^[2][6] In February 2020, she was hired by Brazzers as a marketing consultant.^[7]

Rhoades has been open about exploitation and abuse in pornography,^[5] and has discouraged other women from entering the industry.^[2] She has stated that she earns hundreds of thousands of dollars per month by posting nude photos and videos to OnlyFans, which allows her to control how her body is portrayed.^[2]

In 2021, Rhoades began to promote the cryptocurrency PAWGcoin,^[8] 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.^[9][10]

Rhoades co-hosts the podcast 3 Girls 1 Kitchen,^[2][11] and designed a lingerie line with Yandy, whose parent company is Playboy.^[2]

Personal life

Rhoades announced on her podcast 3 Girls 1 Kitchen that she gave birth to a son in January 2022.^[12] According to a 2021 Playboy profile, she owns two houses, in Los Angeles and in Chicago.^[2]

Awards

• 2017 AVN Award – Hottest Newcomer^[13]
• 2017 XBIZ Award – Best New Starlet^[14]
• 2017 NightMoves Award – Best New Starlet (Fan's Choice)^[15]
• 2017 NightMoves Award – Best Star Showcase (Fan's Choice) – Lana^[15]
• 2017 November Vixen Angel^[16]
• 2018 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene – Anal Savages 3 (with Markus Dupree)^[17]
• 2018 NightMoves Award – Best Body (Fan's Choice)^[18]
• 2019 Pornhub Award – Most Popular Female Performer^[19]
• 2019 NightMoves Award – Best Star Showcase (Fan's Choice) – Ultimate Fuck Toy: Lana Rhoades^[20]
• 2020 Pornhub Award – Most Popular Female Performer^[21]