Dyanna Lauren grew up in sunny Los Angeles, California and attended the Christian Azusa Pacific College where she majored in music. Over the years, Lauren has put that music degree to good use; she has performed as a backup singer for Rick James, and she sang and appeared on the Marilyn Manson album, Mechanical Animals, along with fellow porn star Kobe Tai. Lauren also sang in the rock band Thousand Year Itch, who released one album in 2000. But while she had a few notable musical moments, Lauren is most known for her incredible career in adult films. In 1992, at the age of 27, Dyanna Lauren made her porn debut. She went on to become one of the industry's most recognizable and sought after MILF performers. She acted in films until around 2000, racking up nearly 300 films before shifting her focus to directing. While in the thick of her acting career, Lauren worked with some of the industry's finest production companies, such as Vivid, Evil Angel, Wicked Pictures, 3rd Degree, and many more. When asked about her reasons for getting into the porn biz, Lauren replied, "I got into the adult industry for a few reasons. For me, it was about self-discovery and sexual expression. I've always been a very sexual person, as well as very expressive one. Being in the industry allowed me to openly explore areas of my sexuality and fulfill many fantasies such as exhibitionism, role playing and of course, women!" Over the years, Lauren performed in a variety of genres, such as anal, interracial, lesbian content, solo masturbation scenes, and more. Notable films for Lauren include Anal Planet (Coast to Coast), Yeah I Fucked Your Mother 2 (Zero Tolerance), Superstar MILFs (Adam & Eve), a lesbian performance in Red Light (Sin City), and a solo performance in Real Female Masturbation 21 (Evil Angel). Lauren made her directorial debut in 1997 and continued to work behind the camera until 2011, producing about 60 titles for Vivid, Penthouse, and Spearmint Rhino Films. Notable directorial projects include Faster (Penthouse), Lust parts 1-3 (Spearmint Rhino Films), and the following Vivid series: Virtual Blowjobs and Virtual Vivid. In addition to acting and directing, Lauren also modeled and was named the Penthouse Pet of the Month in 1995. She was also the first guest to appear as a single guest on Playboy TV's The Helmetcam Show in 1996. Lauren stopped performing in films in 2000 in order to focus on directing. In 2007, she became the CEO and spokesperson of Ninn Worx, a production company owned by her ex-husband, John Gray. In 2008 she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame, and then in 2009, Lauren began filming her first feature appearance in over ten years. Her comeback film was 30 Love, a Wicked Pictures production, where Lauren starred with Brad Armstrong. This was followed by a number of films released in 2009 including 30+ Sluts from Zero Tolerance and Strip Tease Then Fuck 12. She also posed in a number of softcore photo shoots for Aziani.com. Porn Awards 1997 XRCO Award for Best Actress, Single Performance in Bad Wives 1998 AVN Award for Best Actress, Film in ,em>Bad Wives 1998 AVN Award for Best Anal Sex Scene, Film in Bad Wives 2008 AVN Hall of Fame inductee 2010 XBIZ Award for Performer Comeback of the Year