Aria Giovanni, born in 1977 in Long Beach, California, is an American former erotic actress and model. She grew up as the middle child, facing early challenges including her father's departure at age 10 and a drug rehabilitation stint at 12 due to unconsciousness from substance use. Developing early physically—a C cup by 12 and DD by 14—she felt unpopular and described herself as an "ugly duckling" in school.
Giovanni began modeling in late 1999 while attending junior college in San Diego, majoring in biochemistry and waitressing to pay for studies. Discovered after earning 17. 5 credits, she became Penthouse magazine's Pet for September 2000, with her pictorial shot by Suze Randall.
Accepted as a junior transfer to the University of California, San Diego, she chose not to complete her degree. Her career included roles in the 2001 parody film Survivors Exposed as Monica Snatch, an appearance on the TV show Shipmates in 2001, and starring in Justine (2002), recommended by AskMen as enjoyable for women. She was Playboy's Model of the Day on June 6, 2007, appeared in James Gunn's PG Porn in 2008 opposite Nathan Fillion, and featured in the 2010 Nerdcore Horror Calendar.
In 2010, Complex magazine listed her among The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time, and she was a 2010 XBIZ Award nominee for Web Babe/Starlet of the Year. Personally, she married her boyfriend at 21 on November 3, 1998, later lived with guitarist John 5, and married him in 2005, though they divorced. She modeled in styles like amateur, artistic nude, pinup, fetish, and glamour, and appeared in films and TV.