Background and career
Lisa Ann Corpora (born May 9, 1972), known professionally as Lisa Ann, is a retired American pornographic film actress and radio personality. She has also worked as a director and talent agent. She parodied former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin in six adult films and a music video. She is a member of the AVN, XRCO, and Urban X Halls of Fame. Ann has been described as one of the most popular and successful pornographic film actresses in the world. Ann quit porn in 1997 due to an AIDS scare in the industry, but resumed performing in February 2006. In 2008, she starred as "Serra Paylin", a parody of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, in Hustler Video's Who's Nailin' Paylin?, which was released on Election Day. Her directorial film, MILF Revolution (2013), won the 2014 AVN Award for "Best MILF Release". In December 2014, she launched Porn Stars Boot Camp, a consulting firm, and also announced her retirement from performing in adult films. Four years later, in 2018, Ann announced her comeback to the adult industry, signing with Evil Angel. Prior to beginning her adult entertainment career, Ann appeared as a "Snapple Girl" on The Howard Stern Show. She played Palin in the music video for the song "We Made You" by American rapper Eminem. She voiced a character known as "Prostitute #2" in the video game Grand Theft Auto V, released in September 2013. Ann appeared alongside Rayveness and Cory Chase in Season 4, Episode 7 of the Showtime series Billions titled Infinite Game. In 2013, she hosted a SiriusXM show titled Stripper Town. In early 2016, she began participating in fantasy baseball. In 2023, Ann began working with Bret Raybould on Better Halves with Lisa Ann and Bret Raybould on SiriusXM, a weekly comical therapy session that journeys into the world of dating, sex, and relationships.
Lisa Ann was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, on May 9, 1972.
During the first two years of Ann's adult film career, she was under contract with Metro/Cal Vista and shot only once a month with porn artist John O'Rourke. She quit porn in 1997 due to an AIDS scare in the industry and spent the following seven years stripping. She also owned a day spa for four years during her hiatus from porn. She decided to resume performing in February 2006 after being asked to do a boy/girl photo shoot for Suze Randall. The first scene she shot after returning to the industry was with Christian XXX in Bra Bustin' and Deep Thrustin'. Ann was selected to co-host the XRCO Awards in April 2010. She retired from pornography in 2014, which she announced via a Facebook post. She had a breast reduction surgery shortly after retiring from porn. Following her retirement, she continued to perform in webcam shows occasionally. In January 2018, she announced her return to the adult industry, signing with Evil Angel and making four more scenes. Her first scene was with male pornographic performer Isiah Maxwell for her website thelisaann.com. Ann is considered to be one of the most popular and successful pornographic film actresses in the world.
In 2008, Ann starred as "Serra Paylin", a parody of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, in Hustler Video's Who's Nailin' Paylin?, which was released on election day on November 4, 2008. Hustler contacted her to offer her the part on the day of the vice-presidential debate, which she viewed to learn Palin's mannerisms in preparation for the role. She also studied Tina Fey's impressions of Palin on Saturday Night Live. Afterward she became one of streaming video site AEBN's most popular female performers . She portrayed Palin again for the sequels Obama Is Nailin' Palin, Letterman's Nailin' Palin, You're Nailin' Palin, Hollywood's Nailin' Palin, and Who's Nailin' Palin? 2. Hustler also produced a mask in the likeness of her portraying Palin for Halloween in 2009. She reprised her role as Palin in the music video for the song "We Made You" by Eminem. She has also performed as Palin at various strip clubs.
Ann made her directorial debut with the film, Hung XXX, released on September 22, 2009, by Justin Slayer International. In August 2013, she launched her own production company, Lisa Ann Productions, and signed a distribution deal with Jules Jordan Video. Her directorial debut for the company, MILF Revolution, was released on August 5, 2013. MILF Revolution won the 2014 AVN Award for "Best MILF Release".
Ann worked as a talent agent for LA Direct Models between September 2005 and February 2006. According to Ann, female performers in the industry who were 30 years or older were rejected by other agents and had to represent themselves despite the demand for them amid the "MILF phenomenon", which motivated her to start her own agency and represent them. She launched Clear Talent Management in November 2006, which was later renamed Lisa Ann's Talent Management and merged with Adam Glasser's Lighthouse Agency in 2007 before closing in July 2010. In December 2009, it was announced that Ann had signed on to be the spokeswoman for RealTouch, a mechanized artificial vagina produced by AEBN. She later had her own genitalia molded for Fleshlight in 2011. In 2013, Ann hosted a show titled Stripper Town on SiriusXM. She currently co-hosts two SiriusXM radio shows, Lisa Ann Does Fantasy, alongside Adam Ronis, on Monday nights, and The Morning Men on Thursday mornings. In 2023, Ann began a weekly podcast/show with SiriusXM. Better Halves with Lisa Ann and Bret Raybould is a comical therapy session that journeys into the world of dating, sex, and relationships. In December 2014, she said that she is pursuing a career in fantasy football. By January 2016, she was also slowly getting involved with fantasy baseball. On December 15, 2015, Ann released a memoir titled The Life.
