Briana Banks

Briana Banks, real name Briana Bany, was born on March 21, 1978 in Munich, Germany to a German father and an American mother.  Her mother had moved to Germany to work as a live-in nanny.  They moved to Britain when she was four years old, and then to the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley when she was seven. 

In high school, Briana was very shy, self-conscious, and prudish.  She had only three boyfriends during high school.  She was dumped by one because she was too prudish for him.  She dated her second boyfriend John for four years, but he cheated on her and freeloaded, living with her for free and not helping out with the bills at all.

When Briana was 16, she ran away from home with her 14 year old sister.  When she was 18, she got legal custody of her sister.  She modeled as a teenager, highlighted by being on the cover of Teen magazine.  Before entering porn, her jobs included making pizzas, a clerk at an arts and crafts store, and as a file clerk.  Then Briana worked as a secretary for a cosmetics company for about six months.

When Briana's longtime boyfriend John broke up, Briana got depressed and was fired from her job because she was calling in sick too often.  She decided she wanted to try nude modeling and quickly ended up in adult film.