Briana Banks

Actress

Popular As Mirage

Birthday May 21, 1978

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Munich, West Germany

Age 45 years old

Nationality Germany

Height 5ft 10in

#18277 Most Popular

1925

That same year she was also nominated for five AVN Awards at the 25th annual Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.

1978

Briana Banks (born 21 May 1978) is a German-American pornographic actress and model.

1999

She entered the industry under the name "Mirage", but began calling herself "Briana Banks" in 1999, after having the first of two breast enlargement operations.

Having had aspirations of being a supermodel, she chose the professional surname "Banks" after model Tyra Banks.

Her first appearance using the new name was in the film Decadent Whores 9.

2001

She was the Penthouse Pet of the Month for June 2001.

She is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and XRCO Hall of Fame.

Banks was born in Munich, Germany to a German father and an American mother.

They moved to Britain when she was four, then to the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley when she was seven.

Banks modeled as a teenager, appearing on a cover of Teen magazine.

In June 2001, Banks was Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month.

2002

In 2002 Banks was one of the first porn actresses to have an action figure made in her likeness, by Los Angeles-based Cyber F/X and Sota Toys.

2005

Banks was featured in the thirteen episode cable television series Vivid Valley produced by World of Wonder that was broadcast in Europe in 2005 and later had a successful run on Playboy TV.

The series featured stories about the real lives of then Vivid Girls Jenna Jameson, Savanna Samson, Mercedez, Tawny Roberts, Banks, and others.

2006

On October 13, 2006, Banks reportedly filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than US$75,000 in damages against Doc Johnson Enterprises, charging that they had created unauthorized products from molds of her genitals.

Starting in 2006, Banks went on hiatus from performing in videos and returned in 2008.

2009

In 2009, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.

2011

In 2011, Banks starred in the porn parody version of the Fox animated series American Dad!, American Dad XXX: An Exquisite Films Parody.

Banks portrayed the character of Francine Smith and was featured on the video's box cover.

The video was released in September 2011.

2015

On December 28, 2015 Briana Banks announced that she was making a comeback in 2016 after a 5-year hiatus.

The same year she was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame.