The 25 Hottest Adult Film Star Characters In Movies

The words "porn star" (or, for the classier film connoisseur, "adult film star") instantly generate interest. Let's put it this way: Your girlfriend asks you to take her to see the new Jennifer Aniston movie, some painfully generic romantic comedy in which she plays, let's say, a woman whose fiancé recently dumped her and is trying to mend a broken heart while entertaining a new dude. Under any other circumstances, that plot description would have you trying to convince wifey that you're either sick or stuck in the office.

But what if she finished her pleading with, "Oh, and Jennifer Aniston plays a porn star"? Suddenly, you're logging on to Fandango and making sure the whip has enough gas. So when we say the new independent drama Starlet (opening in limited release today) features beautiful newcomer Dree Hemingway playing an adult film performer, it's really our way of avoiding the film's A-plot, about a young woman who becomes close buds with an 85-year-old curmudgeon who loves playing Bingo.

Disclaimer: Only a few of the films included in the following list of The 25 Hottest Adult Film Star Characters in Movies are actually good, so don't get pissy when you rent, say, I Want Candy and end up wanting to break the DVD in half. It's all about the superficial eye candy here, gents.

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How does a wheelchair bound guy named Lebowski land a sexy little blonde number like Bunny (Tara Reid)? For starters, Lebowski is a millionaire, so, you know, it's a safe bet to call Bunny, who acts in porno flicks as "Bunny La Joya," a gold-digger. And for loving the golden-haired nymphomaniac, Lebowski is put through the emotional and financial ringer once she's kidnapped.

Chances are, however, that the real reason Bunny is with Mr. Lebowski has something to do with his nickname: The "Big" Lebowski. Wheelchair or not, if you're packing a lot beneath the waist, porn stars like Bunny will come a-flocking. The chair's arms give her something to hold onto during the ride.

What teenage virgin hasn't wanted to direct his own homemade porno movie? In National Lampoon's Barely Legal, that's what three sex-starved high school students do in order to finally meet beautiful women and possibly have the chance to sleep with them. For their film's female lead, the fellas disguise themselves, sneak into a strip club, and cast some of the stage dancers.

The hottest of them all is Ashley (Sarah-Jane Potts), a go-getting stripper who legitimately wants to make it as a Jesse Jane type. Her willingness to meet one of her director's parents while topless is definitely a step in the right direction.

In theory, Kim Cattrall's titular character in the 2010 independent comedy Monica Velour is a washed-up porn star who collects checks and tries to massage her damaged ego by dancing in a seedy gentleman's club. But it's pretty hard to feel sorry for Ms. Velour because, despite Cattrall's added weight and the perpetually defeated look on her face, she still looks really damn good.

Not to mention, she's ripe for the picking when 17-year-old Tobe (Dustin Ingram) comes swooping in to make her feel better about herself. Give Monica a few compliments about how her body "still looks great" and she's all yours.

Unlike most of the films here, which, aside from Boogie Nights, are either teen comedies or so-so dramas, Hardcore is a deft piece of filmmaking with a very high pedigree. Its writer-director, Paul Schader, also penned Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and Hardcore star George C. Scott previously won an Academy Award for 1970's Patton.

In Hardcore, Scott plays a father desperately looking to get his runaway daughter out of the pornography business. Along the way, he meets a porn-experienced hooker (Season Hubley), and they strike up an unlikely but affectionate connection. Hubley's sexiness makes one hope that Scott's character thanks his daughter for pursuing stag films—how else would he have shared a bed with Hubley?

No, Pornorama isn't another National Lampoon's production, though that goofy title would lead one to believe that's the case. Rather, it's a German flick about the adult film industry in the land of wienerschnitzel during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.

Its two female leads, Karoline Herfurth and Valentina Lodovini, are actually a bit dangerous, though—they're so hot that modern-day Pornorama viewers might be compelled to seek out authentic, 50-year-old German pornos. And something tells us that the actresses in those haven't aged all that well. It's just a hunch.

Any guy who used to sneak into his parent's room, sign onto their Internet, and watch Jenna Jameson video clips while mommy and daddy were at work can definitely relate to Daniel (Tomas Fonzi), the protagonist in the coming-of-age comedy A Night with Sabrina Love. Infatuated with a porn star named Sabrina Love (Cecilia Roth), Daniel enters a contest in which the winner gets to go on a date with Ms. Love, and, thanks to his heartfelt letter, he gets the prize.

By the time Daniel finally meets Sabrina, it's easy to see why he's been obsessed with her: She has that seasoned, older porn veteran quality that gives Marilyn Chambers movies their "I could learn a thing or two from this" quality. Hence, A Night with Sabrina Love brings new meaning to "coming-of-age."

In no way are we recommending that you watch a romantic comedy starring Freddie Prinze Jr. Released at the height of his very short tenure as a C-list leading man, Down to You is notable for making anyone foolish enough to watch it feel seriously bad for co-star Julia Stiles. Paycheck jobs are understandable, but she really deserved better.

The same goes for the always button-cute Selma Blair, though at least she had the good sense to use a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie to try her hand at playing a porn star. Blair must have figured, "Nobody's going to see this bullshit anyway, so why not have a little fun?" Amen to that.

Oh, poor Carmen Electra. It's difficult to argue that the former Playboy Playmate and Baywatch bunny is not one of the sexiest women alive, but her good fortune has rarely made it past the point of physical attractiveness. As an actress, she's routinely picked some real stinkers, and the obscure-for-a-good-reason 2007 flick I Want Candy lands at the bottom of that list.

Stricken with the ridiculously hyperbolic and embarrassing tagline, "The year's juiciest comedy," I Want Candy finds Electra playing an erotica actress who befriends a group of immature, horny film students from, get this, Leatherhead University.

She's undeniably attractive in the film, but there's no ignoring the fact that Electra basically signed on to headline a raunchy teen comedy that makes those direct-to-DVD American Pie and National Lampoon's movies look like Superbad.

When Brian De Palma tries to channel his love for Alfred Hitchcock's thrillers into his own brand of sleaziness, the results are always bawdily entertaining, especially when the films themselves aren't very good. With the solid Body Double, the controversial director nailed it, winking at Hitchcock's Rear Window with his story of an actor (Craig Wasson) who moves next door to gorgeous woman (Deborah Shelton), sees her get murdered, and becomes even more attracted to the similar-looking porn star (Melanie Griffith) who takes over her space.

How Griffith's Holly Body transforms Body Double into a fascinating blend of sexual horror and steamy mystery is best left for first-time viewers to experience. But here's a tease: Holly seduces men with a lusty dance that, in her words, "is a sure 10 on the peter meter." If Dancing with the Stars started judging females' routines that way, we might actually start watching that crap.

You probably shouldn't know ahead of time that Starlet is about a porn star. Writer-director Sean Baker keeps the information concealed throughout most of the film, spending the majority of it focusing on the unlikely but sweet friendship between an elderly woman (Basedka Johnson) and a 21-year-old free spirit named Jane (Dree Hemingway).

The big "she does porn" reveal is key, though, since it finally shows that Jane and her friend/roommate Melissa (Stella Maeve) actually do something with their lives, even if it's having sex on camera. At home, with Melissa's sleazy boyfriend (James Ransone), the girls display all the spunk and motivation of Macy's mannequins. They're either high as kites or exchanging dialogue in that typically heavy-handed introspective way so regularly seen in indie dramas.

But knowing that they're adult film actresses helps to put their drone-like demeanors into perspective: You'd be lethargic 24/7, too, if you spent working hours riding people in the sack.

Most prom memories involve no sex, lame DJs, and uncomfortable tuxedos, which is why the kids in The Girl Next Door are so enviable. In addition to escorting the lovely porn stars Ferrari and April to their school's big senior year dance, nerds Klitz (Paul Dano) and Eli (Chris Marquette) also get to make a movie with them on the school's grounds.

While Eli directs, Klitz gets to smack backs with April after one of the their jock classmates can't get it up. And, no, not a single person points out the obvious: Dude's name is Klitz. Of course he's good at sex.

The independently made, documentary-style 2003 flick This Girl’s Life took a huge creative risk by assuming that men actually care about what goes on in a porn star’s life off screen.

So it’s a credit to Ukrainian actress Juliette Marquis’ abilities that the low-budget drama, co-starring James Woods and Rosario Dawson, is pretty entertaining. Marquis is quite good as porn superstar Moon, a confident sexpot who takes money from insecure housewives to test their respective husbands’ faithfulness. Imagine that: Your girlfriend hires Tera Patrick to see if you’re trustworthy or not. Good luck saving that relationship.

Nearly everyone in Paul Thomas Anderson’s excellent Boogie Nights gets some loving, including Don Cheadle’s electronics-obsessed porn actor Buck Swope (what a name). Swope marries the petite yet sultry Jessie St. Vincent, played by P.T. Anderson favorite Melora Walters (she also co-starred in the filmmaker’s 1999 drama Magnolia).

Coiffed in a short blonde wig, Walters isn’t given a whole lot to do in Boogie Nights, other than stand by her man after he survives a messy donut store hold-up. We love a loyal woman, though, so she’s a keeper to us.

Back when Charlie Sheen was a respected actor (yes, we mean Mr. Adonis DNA), the man who’d one day become a completely derailed egomaniac starred alongside his brother Emilio Estevez in the Showtime original movie Rated X.

The siblings played Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who lived in San Diego during the 1970s and ’80s and helped to pioneer the local porno industry. Showing up in the film is real-life porn icon Marilyn Chambers, played by the equally hot Tracy Hutson. Stepping into a pretty important role, Hutson rises to the occasion, flaunting her bare privates without shame and simulating many a sexual encounter. She clearly did her homework on Chambers; Hutson nails the porn queen’s moves like a true method actor.

Hey, remember that comedy about the porno movie business that starred Jamie Kennedy? You know, the one called Finding Bliss? If your answer is, “Oh, the one I always saw in the video store and sneered at before heading toward the video game section,” pat yourself on the back.

If for some reason one is ever compelled to watch Finding Bliss, however, it’s worth knowing that the straight-to-DVD clunker does feature Denise Richards recapturing some of that Wild Things sex appeal as a dim-witted porn star. Don’t forget that she’s one of Charlie Sheen’s original “goddesses”; to be real, she’s our favorite of his past conquests. Finding Bliss isn’t her career’s finest moment, but she definitely looks sexy as hell while taking a professional L.

Superficial spoiler alert: Julianne Moore’s curves aren’t as voluptuous as those of her varied competition on this list. In self-defense, she could hit us with, “How many other chicks on this have been nominated for four Academy Awards?” To which we’d have nothing else to say but, “Touché."

Besides, it’s not all about physical features. What good are watermelon twos and a donkey ass if a woman doesn’t know how to use them? In Boogie Nights, Moore plays the seasoned porno pro Amber Waves, an experienced star who schools Mark Wahlberg in more ways than one. Like Dirk Diggler, we’re hot for teacher.

Those who regularly watch HBO's Boardwalk Empire (as you all should) know just how fiercely sexy actress Gretchen Mol is—as the scheming, Oedipal bad girl Gillian, she often uses seduction tactics and her hot body to get her way. And back when she played pin-up queen Bettie Page in the 2005 biopic The Notorious Bettie Page, Mol perfected that kind of physical manipulation.

Mostly clad in lingerie, Mol's interpretation of Bettie Page is a nicely controlled balancing act between provocative exhibitionism (whether it's with whips or mouth-gags) and small-town girl innocence (before her porno hustles, Page was just your average Tennessee girl).

So what if Sebastian Gutierrez’s Women in Trouble is type lousy—it features more flesh-bearing eye candy than any other “credible” film in recent memory. It’s a great thing that Gutierrez managed to snag Carla Gugino in real life; without his pulling of the “But you’re my girlfriend” card, we’re not so sure Gugino would’ve signed on for this B-grade comedy.

Seeing the perpetually slept-on beauty donning a blonde wig and assorted lingerie as veteran porn actress Elektra Luxx is a fantasy nearly 20 years in the making for dudes who’ll admit to having seen Pauly Shore’s 1993 flick Son in Law (go ahead, own up to it). Plus, Women in Trouble co-stars an actual thespian (Josh Brolin), and not Shore.

It doesn’t take Roger Ebert to realize that Boogie Nights is by far the best movie cited on this list. Though, to be fair, the competition is barely second-rate, except for the unexpectedly substantial The Girl Next Door. But that’s not why we’ve chosen Heather Graham’s Boogie Nights contribution. The proof is in those rollerskates—as the skate-loving porn star Rollergirl, Graham upgraded a mostly dialogue-free and minor role into a sex icon for cinema buffs and niche viewers.

Every time we revisit Boogie Nights, it’s impossible not to wish Rollergirl took the female lead instead of Julianne Moore’s Amber Waves. With four wheels under each foot, Graham’s bosom-thick shirts and scant miniskirts glide across the screen and into our dirtiest thoughts like clockwork. The best part: She comes faster each time. Um, yeah.

Watching About Cherry requires some lenience: Quickly into the flick, you realize that there's absolutely no point to any of it, and what you're viewing is an amateurish character study without any narrative tension or fleshed-out drama.

But its star, Ashley Hinshaw, sure is beautiful. Playing an 18-year-old runaway who heads to San Francisco to pursue a career as, you guessed it, a porn star, the Chronicle actress gives about as good a performance as an actress could give in such a perfunctory movie. The fact that she's willing to accentuate her sexiness is a definite bonus—even when About Cherry meanders past the point of no screenwriting return, Hinshaw's alluring looks and all-in attitude are welcome distractions.

A movie about the dawn of Internet porn shouldn’t be a tough sell. Not only is the subject matter relevant to any guy who owns a laptop, it’s also a fascinating topic both historically and from a business standpoint. So, when watching last year’s minor flop Middle Men, just pretend that the ever-dull Luke Wilson isn’t the star.

One effective way to perform such a feat is to focus on his character’s love interest, young porn star Audrey Dawn, played by one of Hollywood’s hottest sleepers, Laura Ramsey. One of the reasons why we’re hoping to see Ramsey hit it big is her willingness to remove bras in movies (see 2008’s The Ruins and the 2011 crime drama Kill the Irishman). If Luke Wilson knows what’s good for him, he’ll sign on to more of her projects in the future.

French horror filmmaker Alexandra Aja was clearly the perfect man for the job when it came to remaking Joe Dante's campy 1978 film Piranha. Using 3D technology, Aja and his longtime collaborator Gregory Levasseur delivered on every promise: The gore was plentiful, the female spring break attendees were all buxom and scantily clad, and there was an extended, underwater naked ballet sequence performed by two porn star characters.

OK, so that last element wasn't exactly expected, but it was certainly appreciated. Played by the incredibly busty English model Kelly Brook and real-life porno actress Riley Steele, Piranha 3D's duo of Danni and Crystal are two aspiring thespians who think a bootleg, wannabe Girls Gone Wild video will be their big break. So, down for whatever their sleazy director (Jerry O'Connell) wants them to do, they remove their tops and let the twins feel the salt water as they perform an aquatic ballet routine that'd make Mikhail Baryshnikov's tights rip.

Juvenile at times and altogether uneven, the R-rated teen comedy The Girl Next Door should’ve evaporated from our minds quicker than Eurotrip. But it’s tough not to admire a film that stars Elisha Cuthbert as a porn star who's accessible, at least to its male lead, a socially awkward high school student played by Emile Hirsch.

She’s trying to begin a normal young adult’s life, hiding her X-rated acting past until Hirsch’s friends recognize her from their spank bank DVD collection. Fortunately for his friends, Cuthbert’s character gets two of her porn gal-pals to accompany Hirsch’s friends to the prom. Simply for honoring Nate Dogg’s age-old adage, “It ain’t not fun if the homies can’t have none,” Cuthbert’s porno alter-ego is our kind of girl.

OK, so, technically, the only porn star here is Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki's Holly Rocket; Bambi, played by the fine-as-hell Emmanuelle Chriqui, is actually a stripper. But whatever—it's not like anyone will complain about seeing Chriqui's picture here.

Especially when one considers that, in writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez's second film featuring the two characters, Elektra Luxx, Holly uses a Mexican vacation with her BFF to finally tell Bambi that she's in love with her. Allow the visuals of the joyous culmination of such news to cloud your brain. You're welcome.