Melanie Rios

Career

Born Sara Vélez Galeano in Medellín, Rios entered adult film at 18 in 2009 under the name Melanie Jane before switching to Melanie Rios in January 2010. She built a nine-year, 233-title career per IAFD, was nominated for a 2011 XBIZ Award for Best New Starlet, two 2012 AVN Awards (Best Group Sex Scene for Oil Overload 4 and Best Lesbian Sex Scene for Lush), and a 2013 XBIZ Award for Best Scene, before retiring from performing in 2017.

Signature: The only performer in this group with sourced nominations across both AVN and XBIZ in consecutive years, though none are documented as wins.

Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0

Full award record4 entries

• 2011XBIZ — Best New Starlet (nominee)
• 2012AVN — Best Group Sex Scene, Oil Overload 4 (nominee)
• 2012AVN — Best Lesbian Sex Scene, Lush (nominee)
• 2013XBIZ — Best Scene (nominee)

Best known for

Official links

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Ranked alongside

• Nikki Delano
• Franceska Jaimes
• Canela Skin
• Esperanza Gómez
• Ariella Ferrera
• Gina Carrera

Sources and verification1 source

Last audited 27 August 2026 · Wikipedia (Spanish) — Melanie Rios

Not yet confirmed:

• No English-language Wikipedia article exists
• Wikidata lists her citizenship as both Colombia and United States (the latter with no cited reference); this record follows the Spanish Wikipedia biography's direct statement of Colombian nationality
• All four listed awards are sourced nominations, not confirmed wins