Princess Donna
{{short description|American pornographic actress}}
{{Infobox adult biography
| name = Princess Donna
| image = Princess Donna 2011 AVN Awards.jpg
| caption = Princess Donna at the 2011 AVN Awards
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.A.
| alma_mater = New York University
| occupation = Actress, director, entrepreneur
| known_for = BDSM
}}
Princess Donna (born 23 January 1982){{cn|date=June 2024}} is the stage name of the American pornographic actress and director also known as Donna Dolore. She was director of Wired Pussy and founder of Public Disgrace and Bound Gang Bang, all Kink.com brands.{{cite web|url=https://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2011/09/20/because-princess-says-so/|title=Because Princess says so|last=Donohue|first=Caitlin|date=September 20, 2011|website=48hills|publisher=San Francisco Progressive Media Center|access-date=July 24, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Bourne|first=Justin|date=October 1, 2008|title=New Public Sex and Bondage Site, PublicDisgrace.com Launches|url=http://online.avn.com/articles/32606.html|work=AVN|publisher=AVN Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205212435/https://online.avn.com/articles/32606.html|archive-date=February 5, 2009|access-date=July 24, 2022}}
She majored in gender and sexuality studies and photography at New York University. While there, she began working as a stripper, and began doing professional BDSM shoots with PD at insex.com, following a coworker's recommendation.
Along with fellow Kink actress and director Lorelei Lee, Princess Donna was the subject of Brian Lilla's 2007 independent film Tale of Two Bondage Models, which appeared at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.{{cite news|title=The Princess and the Submissive|url=http://www.ocweekly.com/2008-04-24/columns/pucker-up-the-princess-and-the-submissive|newspaper=OC Weekly|accessdate=November 1, 2011|author=Tristan Taormino|date=April 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523100835/http://www.ocweekly.com/2008-04-24/columns/pucker-up-the-princess-and-the-submissive/|archive-date=May 23, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
Princess Donna identifies as queer, telling The Village Voice in 2008: "I'm everything but straight."{{cite web|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-05-27/columns/the-training-of-o-turns-the-tables-on-a-well-known-domme/|title=The Training of O Turns the Tables on a Well Known Domme|last=Taormino|first=Tristan|date=May 27, 2008|website=The Village Voice|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104035233/http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-05-27/columns/the-training-of-o-turns-the-tables-on-a-well-known-domme/|archive-date=January 4, 2015|access-date=July 24, 2022}}
She has received AVN Award nominations as both a director and actress.
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