Lorelei Lee, born March 2, 1981, in Upstate New York, is an American pornographic performer, director, writer, and former lawyer. She adopted her stage name from Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and debuted in the adult industry at age 19, gaining fame in fetish and bondage content, particularly with Kink.com, where she also directed films. Lee holds a BA from San Francisco State University (2008), pursued creative writing at NYU, and earned a JD magna cum laude from Cornell Law School in 2020, later becoming a Justice Catalyst Fellow at Cornell's Gender Justice Clinic.
Her career highlights include starring in John Stagliano's Milk Nymphos (2008), which faced an obscenity trial, and appearances in documentaries like 9to5 β Days in Porn (2008) and Graphic Sexual Horror (2009). She co-wrote the film About Cherry (2012), starring James Franco. Awards: 2015 Free Speech Coalition Woman of the Year; AVN nominations for directing and screenwriting. A prolific writer, she authored essays on sex work and consent. Married to a trans man since 2012, Lee identifies as non-binary and queer.