Gianna Dior
Gianna Dior is an American pornographic film actress and erotic photography model. She is the winner of multiple awards, including the 2020 AVN Award for Best New Starlet and the 2022 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year.
Early life and education
Dior grew up in small town near Auburn, Alabama. She is of Italian and Native American descent. Both of her parents were in the military. Dior attended Auburn University, where she studied psychology.Career
After noticing Dior on Tinder, a porn agent in Miami approached her to shoot adult scenes. Following that, she made her debut at the age of 21 in May 2018. Her stage name Gianna Dior was chosen by her first agent who wanted to find something that recalled her Italian origins. In September 2018 she was named as the Penthouse Pet of the Month. In 2019, Dior became the Penthouse Pet of the Year.In 2020, Dior rose to industry prominence by winning Best New Starlet Award at both the AVN and XRCO Awards. She also won the award for Best Boy/Girl sex scene with Mick Blue. This feat of winning the New Starlet Award and award for Best Boy/Girl sex scene was last achieved by Jenna Jameson in 1996. The same year, she did her first anal sex scene for Evil Angel with Markus Dupree. In 2022, at the AVN Awards she won four awards, including Female Performer of the Year, becoming the third actress ever to win the Best Performer Award after winning the Best New Starlet Award.
Personal life
In March 2021, Dior became partially paralyzed due to rejection of vitamin B12 by her body; which caused damage to her spinal cord. After one month of treatment and rehabilitation, she recuperated.In October 2021, fellow pornographic actress Emily Willis filed a $5M defamation lawsuit against Dior, as well as Adria Rae, and 10 other unnamed defendants over Twitter posts that they had made. The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice in 2025, due to no one appearing on the incapacitated Willis' behalf.
Awards
| Year | Event | Award | Film |
| 2018 | Penthouse | September Pet of the Month | rowspan=3 |
| 2019 | Penthouse | Penthouse Pet of the Year | - |
| 2020 | AVN Award | Best New Starlet | - |
| 2020 | AVN Award | Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene | Unlocked |
| 2020 | XRCO Award | Best New Starlet | |
| 2021 | AVN Award | Best Oral Sex Scene | Gianna Dior: Blowjob With Eye Contact |
| 2021 | AVN Award | Best Three-Way Sex Scene – B/B/G | Muse |
| 2022 | AVN Award | Female Performer of the Year | |
| 2022 | AVN Award | Best Anal Sex Scene | Psychosexual |
| 2022 | AVN Award | Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene | Psychosexual |
| 2022 | AVN Award | Best Tag-Team Sex Scene | Psychosexual |
| 2022 | XBIZ Award | Performer Showcase of the Year | Psychosexual |
| 2022 | XRCO Award | Female Performer of the Year | |
| 2023 | AVN Award | Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene | Heat Wave |
| 2023 | AVN Award | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene | Close Up |
| 2023 | AVN Award | Best Tag-Team Sex Scene | Gianna 4 You |
| 2024 | AVN Award | Best Foursome/Orgy Scene | Blacked Raw V70, All for Us |