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AVN Award for Best Actress

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Short description|Annual sex industry honor}}

{{Infobox award

| name = AVN Award for Best Actress

| image =

| caption =

| awarded_for = Best Actress

| presenter = AVN Media Network

| country = United States

| year = {{start date|1984}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116182259/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1984|title=AVN - 2014 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|publisher=AVN Media Network|archive-date=January 16, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1984|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

| holder = Casey Calvert
Birth

| website = {{url|http://avnawards.avn.com}}

}}

The AVN Award for Best Actress is an award that has been given by sex industry company AVN since the award ceremony's inception in 1984. {{As of|January 2025|post=,}} the titleholder is Casey Calvert.

Winners and nominees

{{dablink|NOTE: (f)ilm and (v)ideo were used as separate categories in most years prior to 2009.}}

=1984–1989=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

1984

|180px

|align=center|Sharon Mitchell
{{small|Sexcapades}}

|

1985{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205023735/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1985 |title=1985 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 5, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1985 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Pamela Mann
{{small|X Factor}}

|

rowspan=2|1986{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084003/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1986 |title=1986 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1986 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Sheri St. Claire {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Corporate Assets}}

|

180px

|align=center|Ginger Lynn {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Project Ginger}}

|

rowspan=2|1987{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084112/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1987 |title=1987 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1987 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Colleen Brennan {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Getting Personal}}

|

180px

|align=center|Nina Hartley {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Debbie Duz Dishes}}

|

rowspan=2|1988{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084113/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1988 |title=1988 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1988 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Krista Lane {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Deep Throat II}}

|

180px

|align=center|Shanna McCullough {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Hands Off}}

|

rowspan=2|1989{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084001/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1989 |title=1989 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1989 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Ona Zee {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Portrait of an Affair}}

|

|align=center|Barbara Dare {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Naked Stranger}}

|

=1990–1994=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

1990{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205023637/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1990 |title=1990 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 5, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1990 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Sharon Kane
{{small|Bodies in Heat—The Sequel}}

|

rowspan=2|1991{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084334/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1991 |title=1991 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1991 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Hyapatia Lee {{small|(f)}}
{{small|The Masseuse}}

|

|align=center|Lauren Brice {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Married Women}}

|

rowspan=2|1992{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000938/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1992 |title=1992 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 31, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1992 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Jeanna Fine {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Hothouse Rose}}

|

180px

|align=center|Ona Zee {{small|(v)}}
{{small|The Starlet}}

|

1993{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233228/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1993 |title=1993 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1993 |access-date=March 16, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Ashlyn Gere
{{small|Chameleons (f)}}
{{small|Two Women (v)}}

|

rowspan=2|1994{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084332/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1994 |title=1994 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1994 |access-date=March 24, 2015}}

|

|align=center|Roxanne Blaze
{{small|Justine(f)}}

|align=center|Leena

{{small|Blinded By Love(v)}}

|

=1995–1999=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

1995{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205723/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1995 |title=1995 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1995 |access-date=March 24, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Ashlyn Gere
{{small|The Masseuse (f)}}
{{small|Body & Soul (v)}}

|

rowspan=2|1996{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204730/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1996 |title=1996 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1996 |access-date=March 24, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Jeanna Fine {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Skin Hunger}}

|

180px

|align=center|Jenna Jameson {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Wicked One}}

|

rowspan=2|1997{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000936/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1997 |title=1997 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 31, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1997 |access-date=March 24, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Melissa Hill {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Penetrator 2: Grudge Day}}

|

180px

|align=center|Jeanna Fine {{small|(v)}}
{{small|My Surrender}}

|

rowspan=2|1998{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115041053/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1998 |title=1998 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 15, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1998 |access-date=March 24, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Dyanna Lauren {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Bad Wives}}

|

180px

|align=center|Stephanie Swift {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Miscreants}}

|

rowspan=2|1999{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233428/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1999 |title=1999 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1999 |access-date=March 25, 2015}}

|180px

|align=center|Shanna McCullough {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Looker}}

|

180px

|align=center|Jeanna Fine {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Café Flesh 2}}

|

=2000–2004=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

rowspan=15|2000{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118083959/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2000 |title=2000 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014 |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2000 |access-date=March 25, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000302100333/http://www.avn.com/awards/noms.html |title=AVN Awards|date=January 8, 2000|work=AVN|archive-date=March 2, 2000|url=http://www.avn.com/awards/noms.html |access-date=March 25, 2015}}

|rowspan=7 align=center|180px

|rowspan=7 align=center|Chloe {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Chloe}}

|align=center|Asia Carrera
{{small|Search for the Snow Leopard}}

align=center|Allysin Chaynes
{{small|Stray Cat}}
align=center|Racquel Darrian
{{small|Original Sin}}
align=center|Raylene
{{small|The Trophy}}
align=center|Nikki Sinn
{{small|Things Change 3}}
align=center|Gwen Summers
{{small|Nothing to Hide 3 & 4}}
align=center|Inari Vachs
{{small|The Awakening}}
rowspan=8 align=center|180px

|rowspan=8 align=center|Serenity {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Double Feature!}}

align=center|Chloe
{{small|Taboo 19}}
align=center|Kylie Ireland
{{small|Timeless}}
align=center|Katja Kean
{{small|Millennium}}
align=center|Ginger Lynn
{{small|Torn}}
align=center|Missy
{{small|Desperate Measures}}
align=center|Raylene
{{small|Manic Behavior}}
align=center|Stephanie Swift
{{small|Crossroads}}
rowspan=20|2001{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000934/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2001 |title=2001 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 31, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2001 |access-date=March 25, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309213908/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.html |title=AVN Awards Nominees|work=AVN|archive-date=March 9, 2001|url=http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.html |access-date=March 25, 2015}}

|rowspan=4|180px

|rowspan=8 align=center|Taylor Hayes {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Jekyll and Hyde}}

Raylene {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Artemesia}}
{{small|(tie)}}

|align=center|Nina Hartley
{{small|A Midsummer Night's Cream}}

align=center|Jenna Jameson
{{small|Dream Quest}}
align=center|Julie Meadows
{{small|Watchers}}
align=center|Sydnee Steele
{{small|Facade}}
rowspan=4|180px

|align=center|Gwen Summers
{{small|Looker 2: Femme Fatale}}

align=center|Syren
{{small|Les Vampyres}}
align=center|Inari Vachs
{{small|Facade}}
align=center|Ava Vincent
{{small|Les Vampyres}}
rowspan=12 align=center|180px

|rowspan=12 align=center|Serenity {{small|(v)}}
{{small|M Caught in the Act}}

align=center|Juli Ashton
{{small|Bliss}}
align=center|Asia Carrera
{{small|Goddaughter 5}}
align=center|Jewel De'Nyle
{{small|Dark Angels}}
align=center|Kylie Ireland
{{small|Raw}}
align=center|Devinn Lane
{{small|Spellbound}}
align=center|Ginger Lynn
{{small|White Lightning}}
align=center|Tera Patrick
{{small|Sex Island}}
align=center|Sydnee Steele
{{small|Dark Angels}}
align=center|Gwen Summers
{{small|Virgin Whore}}
align=center|Inari Vachs
{{small|West Side}}
align=center|Ava Vincent
{{small|Perfectly Flawless}}
rowspan=15|2002{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204223517/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2002 |title=2002 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 4, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2002 |access-date=April 4, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011208103701/http://www.avnawards.com/nomin-list.html |title=AVN Awards Nominees|work=AVN|archive-date=December 8, 2001|url=http://www.avnawards.com/nomin-list.html |access-date=April 4, 2015}}

|rowspan=8 align=center|180px

|rowspan=8 align=center|Ginger Lynn {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Taken}}

|align=center|Alexa
{{small|Shrink Wrapped}}

align=center|Taylor Hayes
{{small|Fade to Black}}
align=center|Lola
{{small|Free Sex on Earth}}
align=center|Raylene
{{small|Bad Wives 2}}
align=center|Nicole Sheridan
{{small|Taboo 2001}}
align=center|Sydnee Steele
{{small|Mafioso}}
align=center|Syren
{{small|Taboo 2001}}
align=center|Ava Vincent
{{small|Underworld}}
rowspan=7 align=center|180px

|rowspan=7 align=center|Sydnee Steele {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Euphoria}}

|align=center|Allysin Chaynes
{{small|Wonderland}}

align=center|Chloe
{{small|Unreal}}
align=center|Jewel De'Nyle
{{small|Forbidden Flesh}}
align=center|Lola
{{small|Destiny Calling}}
align=center|Gina Ryder
{{small|Nice Neighbors}}
align=center|Serenity
{{small|XXX Training}}
align=center|Inari Vachs
{{small|Beauty and the Bitch}}
rowspan=18|2003{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194214/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2003 |title=2003 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=October 29, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2003 |access-date=April 5, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021127014135/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml |title=AVN Award Nominees|work=AVN|archive-date=November 27, 2002|url=http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml |access-date=April 5, 2015}}

|rowspan=7 align=center|180px

|rowspan=7 align=center|Taylor St. Claire {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Fashionistas}}

|align=center|Julia Ann
{{small|Paradise Lost}}

align=center|Sondra Hall
{{small|Poison Angel}}
align=center|Taylor Hayes
{{small|If You Only Knew}}
align=center|Raylene
{{small|Love Games}}
align=center|Sydnee Steele
{{small|Falling From Grace}}
align=center|Nici Sterling
{{small|Wifetaker}}
align=center|Syren
{{small|Les Vampyres 2}}
rowspan=11 align=center|180px

|rowspan=11 align=center|Devinn Lane {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Breathless}}

|align=center|Aria
{{small|Naked Eye}}

align=center|Kate Frost
{{small|Virgin Canvas}}
align=center|Ashlyn Gere
{{small|Crime and Passion}}
align=center|Hannah Harper
{{small|Role Models 2}}
align=center|Kylie Ireland
{{small|One Sleepless Night}}
align=center|Julie Meadows
{{small|Sex World 2002}}
align=center|Alexa Rae
{{small|Karma}}
align=center|Raylene
{{small|Betrayed by Beauty}}
align=center|Sydnee Steele
{{small|Heroin}}
align=center|Gwen Summers
{{small|Double Vision}}
align=center|Ava Vincent
{{small|Heartbreaker}}
rowspan=17|2004{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205023920/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2004 |title=2004 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 5, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2004 |access-date=April 6, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031203023916/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/05/58/32/55832Nominations.pdf |title=AVN Award Nominees|work=AVN|archive-date=December 3, 2003|url=http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/05/58/32/55832Nominations.pdf |access-date=April 6, 2015}}

|rowspan=4 align=center|180px

|rowspan=4 align=center|Savanna Samson {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Looking In}}

|align=center|Cassidey
{{small|Sordid}}

align=center|Dasha
{{small|Heaven's Revenge}}
align=center|Maya Divine
{{small|Virtual Love}}
align=center|Ashley Long
{{small|Compulsion}}
rowspan=13 align=center|180px

|rowspan=13 align=center|Julia Ann {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Beautiful}}

|align=center|Ashley Blue
{{small|Girlvert 4}}

align=center|Chloe
{{small|Barbara Broadcast Too!}}
align=center|Stormy Daniels
{{small|Not A Romance}}
align=center|Chloe Dior
{{small|Riptide}}
align=center|Devinn Lane
{{small|Improper Conduct}}
align=center|Kaylani Lei
{{small|Angel X}}
align=center|Carmen Luvana
{{small|Rawhide}}
align=center|Ginger Lynn
{{small|Sunset Stripped}}
align=center|Ann Marie Rios
{{small|Babes Illustrated 13}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Good Time Girl}}
align=center|Alexandra Silk
{{small|Stud Hunters}}
align=center|Sydnee Steele
{{small|Lost & Found}}
align=center|Sunset Thomas
{{small|Truck Stop Trixie}}

=2005–2009=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

rowspan=15|2005{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118084336/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2005 |title=2005 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=January 18, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2005 |access-date=April 6, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041114124447/http://www.avnawards.com/2005nominees_fr.shtml |title=2005 Nominees|work=AVN|archive-date=November 14, 2004 |url=http://www.avnawards.com/2005nominees_fr.shtml |access-date=April 6, 2015}}

|rowspan=3 align=center|180px

|rowspan=3 align=center|Jenna Jameson {{small|(f)}}
{{small|The Masseuse}}

|align=center|Sunrise Adams
{{small|Debbie Does Dallas: The Revenge}}

align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|The Collector}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Bare Stage}}
rowspan=12 align=center|180px

|rowspan=12 align=center|Jessica Drake {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Fluff and Fold}}

align=center|Julia Ann
{{small|Killer Sex and Suicide Blondes}}
align=center|Roxanne Hall
{{small|Slutwoman's Revenge}}
align=center|Jenna Jameson
{{small|Bella Loves Jenna}}
align=center|Jane
{{small|Loaded}}
align=center|Kaylani Lei
{{small|Sweatshop}}
align=center|Gia Paloma
{{small|Wild Things on the Run}}
align=center|Tawny Roberts
{{small|Unlovable}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|L'Affaire}}
align=center|Aurora Snow
{{small|Angels}}
align=center|Sunset Thomas
{{small|Misty Beethoven: The Musical}}
align=center|Michelle Wild
{{small|Hot Rats}}
rowspan=19|2006{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223329/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2006 |title=2006 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2006 |access-date=April 12, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126013107/http://www.avnawards.com/2006nominations.pdf |title=2006 Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=November 26, 2005 |url=http://www.avnawards.com/2006nominations.pdf |access-date=April 6, 2015}}

|rowspan=5 align=center|180px

|rowspan=5 align=center|Savanna Samson {{small|(f)}}
{{small|The New Devil in Miss Jones}}

|align=center|Sunrise Adams
{{small|Sentenced}}

align=center|Stormy Daniels
{{small|Eternity}}
align=center|Penny Flame
{{small|Dark Side}}
align=center|Janine Lindemulder
{{small|The Villa}}
align=center|Lezley Zen
{{small|Les Bitches}}
rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Janine Lindemulder {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Pirates}}

align=center|Kami Andrews
{{small|Texas' Asshole Massacre}}
align=center|Joanna Angel
{{small|Joanna's Angels}}
align=center|Cindy Crawford
{{small|Sodom}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|One Man's Obsession}}
align=center|Audrey Hollander
{{small|Catherine}}
align=center|Jesse Jane
{{small|Pirates}}
align=center|Devinn Lane
{{small|Lovers Lane}}
align=center|Sunny Lane
{{small|Dark Angels 2: Bloodline}}
align=center|Kaiya Lee
{{small|Shadow of a Geisha}}
align=center|Gia Paloma
{{small|Wild Things on the Run 2}}
align=center|Olivia Saint
{{small|Contract Girl}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Freshness}}
align=center|Brittney Skye
{{small|Prisoner}}
rowspan=19|2007{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222222149/https://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2007 |title=2007 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2007 |access-date=April 12, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070423104247/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/2784742007UpdatedNominations |title=AVN Award Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=April 23, 2007 |url=http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/27/84/74/2784742007UpdatedNominations |access-date=April 12, 2015}}

|rowspan=4 align=center|180px

|rowspan=4 align=center|Jessica Drake {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Manhunters}}

|align=center|Monique Alexander
{{small|To Die For}}

align=center|Janine Lindemulder
{{small|Emperor}}
align=center|Austin Kincaid
{{small|To Die For}}
align=center|Ava Vincent
{{small|Fade to Black 2}}
rowspan=15 align=center|180px

|rowspan=15 align=center|Hillary Scott {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Corruption}}

align=center|Joanna Angel
{{small|Joanna's Angels 2: Alt Throttle}}
align=center|Belladonna
{{small|Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge}}
align=center|Violet Blue
{{small|Wonderland}}
align=center|Stormy Daniels
{{small|Taken}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Curse Eternal}}
align=center|Kimberly Kane
{{small|The Visitors}}
align=center|Sunny Lane
{{small|Sex Pix}}
align=center|Nina Mercedez
{{small|Illicit}}
align=center|Missy Monroe
{{small|The Da Vinci Load}}
align=center|Austyn Moore
{{small|Tailgunners}}
align=center|Kirsten Price
{{small|Just Like That}}
align=center|Linda Roberts
{{small|The New Neighbors}}
align=center|Brittney Skye
{{small|Grub Girl}}
align=center|Heather Vuur
{{small|Sacred Sin}}
rowspan=19|2008{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050255/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2008 |title=2008 AVN Awards Show - History|work=AVN|archive-date=December 3, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2008 |access-date=April 19, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227073556/http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2008Nominations.pdf |title=2008 Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=February 27, 2008|url=http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2008Nominations.pdf |access-date=April 19, 2015}}

|rowspan=4 align=center|180px

|rowspan=4 align=center|Penny Flame {{small|(f)}}
{{small|Layout}}

|align=center|Briana Banks
{{small|Layout}}

align=center|Roxy Jezel
{{small|Sex & Violins}}
align=center|Stefani Morgan
{{small|Debbie Does Dallas ... Again}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Flasher}}
rowspan=15 align=center|180px

|rowspan=15 align=center|Eva Angelina {{small|(v)}}
{{small|Upload}}

align=center|Stormy Daniels
{{small|Black Widow}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Delilah}}
align=center|Carmen Hart
{{small|Just Between Us}}
align=center|Jenna Jameson
{{small|Janine Loves Jenna}}
align=center|Roxy Jezel
{{small|For Love, Money or a Green Card}}
align=center|Tory Lane
{{small|Outkast}}
align=center|Kaylani Lei
{{small|Candelabra}}
align=center|Brianna Love
{{small|Brianna Love: Her Fine Sexy Self}}
align=center|Carmen Luvana
{{small|Lady Scarface}}
align=center|Kirsten Price
{{small|Coming Home}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Stood Up}}
align=center|Lorena Sanchez
{{small|Black Worm}}
align=center|Hillary Scott
{{small|Not the Bradys XXX}}
align=center|Simone Valentino
{{small|Afrodite Superstar}}
rowspan=19|2009{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/103468 |title=Winners Announced at 2009 AVN Awards|work=XBIZ|last=Javors|first=Steve|date=January 11, 2009|access-date=April 20, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105164506/http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |title=2009 AVN Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=January 5, 2009|url=http://www.avnawards.com/pdf/2009_AVN_NOMINATIONS_11_25_08.pdf |access-date=April 19, 2015}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Fallen}}

|align=center|Monique Alexander
{{small|Cry Wolf}}

align=center|Roxy DeVille
{{small|The Texas Vibrator Massacre}}
align=center|Sasha Grey
{{small|The Last Rose}}
align=center|Carmen Hart
{{small|Fired}}
align=center|Jenna Haze
{{small|Not Bewitched XXX}}
align=center|Jenna Jameson
{{small|Burn}}
align=center|Jesse Jane
{{small|Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge}}
align=center|Devon Lee
{{small|Succubus of the Rouge}}
align=center|Kaylani Lei
{{small|The Wicked}}
align=center|Janine Lindemulder
{{small|Pipe Dreams}}
align=center|Marie McCray
{{small|Angel Faces}}
align=center|Bree Olson
{{small|Roller Dollz}}
align=center|Kirsten Price
{{small|Mouth}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Miles from Needles}}

=2010–2014=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

rowspan=14|2010{{cite web|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/116352 |title=2010 AVN Adult Movie Awards Winners Announced|work=XBIZ|last=Johnson|first=Bob|date=January 11, 2010|access-date=April 20, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304153045/http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees |title=2010 AVN Awards Nominees|work=AVN|archive-date=March 4, 2010|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees |access-date=April 20, 2015}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Kimberly Kane
{{small|The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody}}

|align=center|Asa Akira
{{small|Pure}}

align=center|Julia Ann
{{small|Identity}}
align=center|Lisa Ann
{{small|Who's Nailin' Paylin?}}
align=center|Alektra Blue
{{small|Educating Alli}}
align=center|Roxy DeVille
{{small|Whack Job}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Hush}}
align=center|Sasha Grey
{{small|Throat: A Cautionary Tale}}
align=center|Audrey Hollander
{{small|Everybody Loves Lucy}}
align=center|Kayden Kross
{{small|The 8th Day}}
align=center|Kelli McCarty
{{small|Faithless}}
align=center|Melissa Monet
{{small|My Daughter's Boyfriend}}
align=center|Bree Olson
{{small|One Last Ride}}
align=center|Hillary Scott
{{small|Heaven}}
align=center|India Summer
{{small|Drill Baby Drill}}
rowspan=18|2011{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2011-AVN-Awards-421782.html |title=AVN Announces the Winners of the 2011 AVN Awards|work=AVN|date=January 9, 2011|access-date=April 21, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329112839/http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf |title=2011 Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=March 29, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2011_nominations2.pdf |access-date=April 21, 2015}}

|rowspan=9|180px

|rowspan=18 align=center|Andy San Dimas
{{small|This Ain't Glee XXX}}

India Summer
{{small|An Open Invitation:
A Real Swinger's Party in San Francisco
(tie)}}

|align=center|Nyomi Banxxx
{{small|Fatally Obsessed}}

align=center|Tori Black
{{small|Whatever It Takes}}
align=center|Ashlynn Brooke
{{small|WKRP in Cincinnati: A XXX Parody}}
align=center|Stormy Daniels
{{small|Partly Stormy}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|3 Days in June}}
align=center|Penny Flame
{{small|Real Wife Stories 6}}
align=center|Roxanne Hall
{{small|Scorned}}
align=center|Nikki Jayne
{{small|The Condemned}}
align=center|Kimberly Kane
{{small|The Sex Files 2: A Dark XXX Parody}}
rowspan=9|180px

|align=center|Kayden Kross
{{small|The Perfect Secretary: Training Day}}

align=center|Sunny Lane
{{small|Alice}}
align=center|Sunny Leone
{{small|Gia: Portrait of a Porn Star}}
align=center|Lia
{{small|The Rush}}
align=center|Natasha Marley
{{small|Bonny & Clide}}
align=center|Samantha Ryan
{{small|Awakening to Love}}
align=center|Riley Steele
{{small|Love Fool}}
align=center|Misty Stone
{{small|A Love Triangle}}
align=center|Stoya
{{small|Stoya: Perfect Picture}}
rowspan=14|2012{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-2012-AVN-Award-Winners-461715.html |title=AVN Announces the 2012 AVN Award Winners|work=AVN|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=April 21, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329124455/http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf |title=2012 AVN Award Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=March 29, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2012_AVN_Awards_nominations.pdf |access-date=April 21, 2015}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Jessie Andrews
{{small|Portrait of a Call Girl}}

|align=center|Capri Anderson
{{small|Runaway}}

align=center|Tori Black
{{small|Killer Bodies}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Horizon}}
align=center|Allie Haze
{{small|Lost and Found}}
align=center|Helly Mae Hellfire
{{small|This Ain't Lady Gaga XXX}}
align=center|Kagney Linn Karter
{{small|Official The Silence of the Lambs Parody}}
align=center|Kayden Kross
{{small|Love & Marriage}}
align=center|Lily LaBeau
{{small|The Incredible Hulk XXX: A Porn Parody}}
align=center|Natasha Nice
{{small|Dear Abby}}
align=center|Savanna Samson
{{small|Savanna Samson Is the Masseuse}}
align=center|Andy San Dimas
{{small|Rezervoir Doggs: An Exquisite Films Parody}}
align=center|Hillary Scott
{{small|The Flintstones: A XXX Parody}}
align=center|Bobbi Starr
{{small|A Little Part of Me}}
align=center|Misty Stone
{{small|Hustler's Untrue Hollywood Stories: Oprah}}
rowspan=14|2013{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/The-2013-AVN-Award-Winners-503520.html |title=The 2013 AVN Award Winners!|work=AVN|date=January 23, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328092725/http://avnawards.avn.com/2013_nominations.pdf |title=2013 Nominations|work=AVN|archive-date=March 28, 2013|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/2013_nominations.pdf |access-date=April 22, 2015}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Lily Carter
{{small|Wasteland}}

|align=center|Nyomi Banxxx
{{small|Training Day: A Pleasure Dynasty Parody}}

align=center|Alektra Blue
{{small|Next Friday Night}}
align=center|Gracie Glam
{{small|Happy Endings}}
align=center|Presley Hart
{{small|Diary of Love}}
align=center|Allie Haze
{{small|Star Wars XXX: A Porn Parody}}
align=center|Lily LaBeau
{{small|Wasteland}}
align=center|Remy LaCroix
{{small|Torn}}
align=center|Brooklyn Lee
{{small|Voracious: The First Season}}
align=center|Kaylani Lei
{{small|Snatched}}
align=center|Natasha Nice
{{small|Love is a Dangerous Game}}
align=center|Chanel Preston
{{small|Romeo & Juliet: A DreamZone Parody}}
align=center|Andy San Dimas
{{small|Café Amore}}
align=center|Bobbi Starr
{{small|The Truth About O}}
align=center|India Summer
{{small|The Graduate XXX: A Paul Thomas Parody}}
rowspan=14|2014{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2014-AVN-Awards-544448.html |title=AVN Announces the Winners of the 2014 AVN Awards|work=AVN|date=January 21, 2014|access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126094717/http://avnawards.avn.com/page/3 |title=AVN Awards|work=AVN|archive-date=January 26, 2014|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/page/3 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Remy LaCroix
{{small|The Temptation of Eve}}

|align=center|Anikka Albrite
{{small|OMG… It’s the Leaving Las Vegas XXX Parody}}

align=center|Lexi Belle
{{small|Meant to Be}}
align=center|Alektra Blue
{{small|Getting Schooled}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Sexpionage: The Drake Chronicles}}
align=center|Tara Lynn Foxx
{{small|This Ain't Homeland XXX}}
align=center|Allie Haze
{{small|Clerks XXX: A Porn Parody}}
align=center|Jesse Jane
{{small|Code of Honor}}
align=center|Sunny Lane
{{small|The Stripper 2}}
align=center|Brooklyn Lee
{{small|The New Behind the Green Door}}
align=center|Adrianna Luna
{{small|The Lone Ranger XXX: An Extreme Comixxx Parody}}
align=center|Maddy O'Reilly
{{small|Not The Wizard of Oz XXX}}
align=center|Penny Pax
{{small|The Submission of Emma Marx}}
align=center|Raven Rockette
{{small|Gia: Lesbian Supermodel}}
align=center|Jennifer White
{{small|The Stripper}}

=2015–2019=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

rowspan=14 align=center|2015{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2015-AVN-Awards-585973.html |title=AVN Announces the Winners of the 2015 AVN Awards|work=AVN|date=January 24, 2015|access-date=April 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4|title=AVN - 2015 AVN Awards Show|work=AVN|publisher=AVN Media Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230202705/http://avnawards.avn.com/pages/4|archive-date=December 30, 2014|access-date=November 22, 2015}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Carter Cruise
{{small|Second Chances}}

|align=center|Asa Akira
{{small|Holly...Would}}

align=center|Anikka Albrite
{{small|Untamed Heart}}
align=center|Alex Chance
{{small|This Ain't Girls XXX}}
align=center|Brooklyn Chase
{{small|Odd Jobs}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Aftermath}}
align=center|Ash Hollywood
{{small|No Way Out}}
align=center|Kimberly Kane
{{small|The Pornographer}}
align=center|Maddy O'Reilly
{{small|The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee}}
align=center|Penny Pax
{{small|Wetwork}}
align=center|Romi Rain
{{small|The Laws of Love}}
align=center|Bonnie Rotten
{{small|Cape Fear XXX}}
align=center|Samantha Saint
{{small|Cinderella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}
align=center|Stevie Shae
{{small|Apocalypse X}}
align=center|Jodi West
{{small|Call Me Mother}}
rowspan=14 align=center|2016{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees |title=AVN - 2016 AVN Awards Show |work=AVN |publisher=AVN Media Network |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201123400/http://avnawards.avn.com/nominees |archive-date=February 1, 2016 }}{{Cite web |last=Street |first=Sharan |date=January 24, 2016 |title=AVN Announces the Winners of the 2016 AVN Awards |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/avn-announces-the-winners-of-the-2016-avn-awards-620416.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=AVN}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Penny Pax
{{small|The Submission of Emma Marx: Boundaries}}

|align=center|Asa Akira
{{small|Starmaker}}

align=center|Adriana Chechik
{{small|The Turning}}
align=center|Carter Cruise
{{small|Waiting on Love}}
align=center|Dani Daniels
{{small|Sisterhood}}
align=center|Stormy Daniels
{{small|Wanted}}
align=center|Dana DeArmond
{{small|Mother's Little Helper}}
align=center|Daisy Haze
{{small|Bad Romance}}
align=center|Kimberly Kane
{{small|Family Secrets}}
align=center|Remy LaCroix
{{small|Stockholm Syndrome}}
align=center|Keira Nicole
{{small|Peter Pan XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}
align=center|Bonnie Rotten
{{small|Sisters of Anarchy}}
align=center|Riley Steele
{{small|Barbarella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}
align=center|India Summer
{{small|Marriage 2.0}}
align=center|Sarah Vandella
{{small|Love, Sex & TV News}}
rowspan=14 align=center|2017{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2017-avn-award-winners-announced-712151.html |title=2017 AVN Award Winners Announced |author= |date=January 21, 2017 |website=Adult Video News |publisher=AVN Media Network |access-date=January 22, 2017}}

|rowspan=14 align=center|180px

|rowspan=14 align=center|Kleio Valentien
{{small|Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}

|align=center|Asa Akira
{{small|The J.O.B.}}

align=center|Aria Alexander
{{small|Sex Machina: A XXX Parody}}
align=center|Samantha Bentley
{{small|Hard in Love}}
align=center|Carter Cruise
{{small|Suicide Squad XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}
align=center|Cherie DeVille
{{small|Project Pandora: A Psychosexual Lesbian Thriller}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|DNA}}
align=center|Karlee Grey
{{small|Student Bodies 5}}
align=center|Veruca James
{{small|Deception: A XXX Thriller}}
align=center|Cassidy Klein
{{small|Little Red: A Lesbian Fairy Tale}}
align=center|Sara Luvv
{{small|Babysitting the Baumgartners}}
align=center|Abigail Mac
{{small|True Detective: A XXX Parody}}
align=center|Penny Pax
{{small|The Submission of Emma Marx: Exposed}}
align=center|Dana Vespoli
{{small|Lefty}}
align=center|Kasey Warner
{{small|Color Blind}}
rowspan=15 align=center|2018{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/awards/nominees |title=AVN Awards 2018 Nominees|author=|date=November 18, 2017|magazine=Adult Video News|access-date=February 4, 2018}}

|rowspan=15 align=center|

|rowspan=15 align=center|Sara Luvv
{{small|The Faces of Alice}}

align=center|Asa Akira
{{small| The Blonde Dahlia}}
align=center|Chloe Amour
{{small| Love for Sale 2}}
align=center|Abella Danger
{{small| The Obsession}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small| An Inconvenient Mistress}}
align=center|Alexis Fawx
{{small| Fantasy Factory}}
align=center|Alexa Grace
{{small| Crash}}
align=center|Janice Griffith
{{small| Ingenue}}
align=center|Jill Kassidy
{{small| Half His Age: A Teenage Tragedy}}
align=center|Cassidy Klein
{{small| Conflicted}}
align=center|Melissa Moore
{{small| The Voyeur}}
align=center|Katie Morgan
{{small| Bad Babes Inc.}}
align=center|Ella Nova
{{small| Snapshot}}
align=center|Romi Rain
{{small| Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}
align=center|Angela White
{{small| The Altar of Aphrodite}}
rowspan=15 align=center|2019{{cite magazine |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2019-avn-813648.html |title=2019 AVN Award Winners Announced|author=|date=January 27, 2019|magazine=Adult Video News|access-date=September 15, 2020}}

|rowspan=15 align=center|

|rowspan=15 align=center|Eliza Jane
{{small|Anne: A Taboo Parody}}

align=center|Britney Amber
{{small|Naked}}
align=center|Mercedes Carrera
{{small|Second First Date}}
align=center|Adriana Chechik
{{small|Star Wars: The Last Temptation - A Digital Playground XXX Parody}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Fallen II: Angels & Demons}}
align=center|Kimmy Granger
{{small|Poon Raider: A DP XXX Parody}}
align=center|Aaliyah Love
{{small|Too Little Too Late}}
align=center|Avi Love
{{small|The Possession of Mrs. Hyde}}
align=center|Abigail Mac
{{small|Fantasy Factory: Wastelands}}
align=center|Gia Paige
{{small|Love in the Digital Age}}
align=center|Kenzie Reeves
{{small|A Trailer Park Taboo}}
align=center|Kristen Scott
{{small|Camgirl}}
align=center|India Summer
{{small|Flawless}}
align=center|Mona Wales
{{small|Insomnia}}
align=center|Whitney Wright
{{small|Cursed}}

=2020–=

class=wikitable
align=center|Year

|align=center|Photo

|align=center|Winner
{{small|Film}}

|align=center|Nominees
{{small|Films}}

rowspan=9|2020{{Cite web|url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/2020-avn-award-winners-announced-863917.html|title=2020 AVN Award Winners Announced|author= |publisher=AVN Media Network|access-date=September 15, 2020}}

|rowspan=9 align=center|180px

|rowspan=9 align=center|Angela White
{{small|Perspective}}

|align=center|Aiden Ashley
{{small|Insomniac}}

align=center|Christiana Cinn
{{small|Arcane}}
align=center|Jessica Drake
{{small|Lost Love}}
align=center|Lacy Lennon
{{small|The Gentleman}}
align=center|Kristen Scott
{{small|Teenage Lesbian}}
align=center|Magdalene St. Michaels
{{small|Confessions of A Sinful Nun 2: The Rise of Sister Mona}}
align=center|Kenzie Taylor
{{small|Captain Marvel XXX: An Axel Braun Parody}}
align=center|Whitney Wright
{{small|What We Do for Money}}
align=center|Ariel X
{{small|Girls of Wrestling}}
2021

|180px

|align=center|Maitland Ward
{{small|Muse}}

|

2022

|180px

|align=center|Kenna James
{{small|Under the Veil}}

|

2023

|180px

|align=center|Maitland Ward
{{small|Drift}}

|

2024

|180px

|align=center|Kira Noir
{{small|Machine Gunner}}

|

2025

|

|align=center|Casey Calvert
{{small|Birth}}

|

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