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My Take
Joanna Angel interests me less as a performer and more as a builder. A Rutgers graduate from Brooklyn, she launched BurningAngel.com in 2002 and effectively grew the alt-porn genre by marrying punk and tattoo culture to adult entertainment. She didn't just appear on camera; she directed, wrote, and ran her own enterprise, earning AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame honors along the way. Regardless of how one feels about the industry, I respect anyone who carves out a distinct aesthetic and keeps control of it in a market that rarely hands women the reins. Building something on your own terms deserves recognition across any field.
Overview
Joanna Mostov (born 1980), known professionally as Joanna Angel, is an American pornographic film actress, director, and writer of adult films. She founded the website BurningAngel.com in April 2002 with her roommate Mitch Fontaine, and has been credited with helping the growth of the alt porn genre.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joanna Angel
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョアンナ・エンジェル
- Reading
- じょあんな・えんじぇる
- Born
- December 25, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 150 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- pornographic actor / film director / writer / model / erotic photography model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- River Dell Regional High School
- University
- Rutgers University
Awards & achievements
- 2016 AVN Hall of Fame
- 2016 XRCO Hall of Fame
- 2019 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 2017 AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 2017 AVN Award for Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene
- 2022 Cherry of the Month
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Re-Penetrator | — | |
| Notable work | The XXXorcist | — | |
| Notable work | Evil Head | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.