Briana Banks
Career
Banks, born in Munich to a German father and American mother, entered the industry in 1999 and was named Penthouse’s Pet of the Month for June 2001, the same year she won Best New American Starlet at the Hot d’Or awards and Best New Starlet — Fan’s Choice at NightMoves. She has worked in three separate stretches, with hiatuses from 2006 to 2008 and 2011 to 2015, and XRCO recognised her 2015 return directly with its Best Cumback award in 2017. AVN inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 2009 and XRCO followed in 2016. A licensed action figure of her was released by Cyber F/X and Sota Toys in 2002.
Signature: Her career has stopped and restarted twice, and both a major awards body and its rival specifically recognised the comebacks rather than treating the gaps as a liability.
Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0
Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Briana Banks's placement inside Nude Pornstars, Ranked by Documented Photography and Print Credits — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 2 rankings below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.
Full award record7 entries
- 2001Penthouse — Pet of the Month (June)
- 2001Hot d'Or — Best New American Starlet
- 2001NightMoves — Best New Starlet — Fan's Choice
- 2003AFWG — Best All-Girl Sex Scene — Video
- 2009AVN — Hall of Fame
- 2016XRCO — Hall of Fame
- 2017XRCO — Best Cumback
Best known for
Studios
Beyond performing
- Licensed action figure line (Cyber F/X and Sota Toys, 2002)
Mainstream credits
- Vivid Valley (Playboy TV, 2005)
