Ona Zee
{{short description|American pornographic actress}}
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Ona Zee is an American pornographic actress, director, and producer of pornographic films.
Career
Zee starred or appeared in over 300 adult movies since entering the industry in 1986.{{cite web |title=Porn Power, Female Style |url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/cover/cover0701_01.html |website=adultvideonews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030804201927/http://www.adultvideonews.com/cover/cover0701_01.html |archive-date=August 4, 2003}} She was about 35-years-old when she began, an age when many adult performers have already retired.
For 67 videos she served as director, writer, and producer. In 1990, she formed her own production company, Ona Zee Pictures. The company initially focused on bondage titles, but later moved on to other genres as well, such as feature and girl-girl movies.{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Ken |title=Women On Top |url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/archives/199911/cover/cov1199.html |website=adultvideonews.com |publisher=Adult Video News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030412194714/http://www.adultvideonews.com/archives/199911/cover/cov1199.html |archive-date=April 12, 2003}}
During the 1990s, she formed a pornographic performers' union, but it ultimately collapsed due to lack of political and legal support.{{cite book |editor1-last=Heberle |editor1-first=Renee J. |title=Feminist Interpretations of Theodor Adorno |year=2006 |publisher=Penn State University Press |isbn=0-2710-2880-7 |page=30 |chapter=An Interview with Drucilla Cornell}}
Awards
- 1989 AVN Award – Best Actress (film) (Portrait of an Affair){{cite web |url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |title=Past Winners |access-date=2007-09-22 |archive-date=February 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224064040/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners |url-status=dead }}
- 1992 AVN Award – Best Actress, video (Starlet)
- 1993 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actress (film) (Secret Garden 1 and 2)
- 2000 Hot d'Or – Hot d'Or d'Honneur{{cite magazine |title=Hot Stuff at Hot d'Or Awards |magazine=Adult Video News |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/10548.html |date=2000-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100120064410/http://business.avn.com/articles/10548.html |archive-date=2010-01-20}}
- AVN Hall of Fame{{cite magazine |title=Past Winners - AVN Awards: Hall of Fame |url=http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |magazine=Adult Video News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415212412/http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |archive-date=April 15, 2009}}
Personal life
Zee was born in Los Angeles, California. According to the TV series HBO Real Sex, Ona Zee was the spouse of Frank Zee, a Vietnam-era combat jet pilot. They were still married by the 1990s.{{cite web |title=The One and Ona |website=Adult Video News |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/The-One-and-Ona-35214.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602105212/http://business.avn.com/articles/The-One-and-Ona-35214.html |archive-date=2016-06-02 |date=1999-10-11}}
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