Joanna Angel, born Joanna Mostov in 1980 in New York City, is an American pornographic film actress, director, and writer. Raised in River Edge, New Jersey, by an Orthodox Jewish mother and American father, she attended Cherry Hill Elementary School and graduated from River Dell Regional High School in 1998. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature with a minor in Film Studies from Rutgers University. Believed to be the first person raised in Orthodox Judaism to enter the pornography industry, Angel worked in kosher fast food during high school and at restaurants during college. She founded BurningAngel.com in 2002 with roommate Mitch Fontaine, pioneering alt porn with a punk aesthetic. Her career highlights include zombie-themed films like Re-Penetrator (2005) and The Walking Dead: A Hardcore Parody (2013). Achievements encompass multiple AVN Awards (e.g., Best Porn Star Website 2011–2016, Best Director 2017), XRCO Awards, Inked Awards, and inductions into AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame (2016). She appeared in mainstream media, including Childrens Hospital (2011) and films like Scrapper (2013). Previously in a relationship with James Deen (2005–2011), she married actor Aaron Thompson in 2016.
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