Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A young woman, newly turned 18, decides to weaponize her love of sex and her beautiful body. She moves to Los Angeles (or Vegas or Florida) and starts her journey in porn. She plays the babysitter, the stepsister, the schoolgirl… and before the industry can tire of her, she takes her money and moves on to some other ambition in life. Or try this one… a young woman is fresh “off the bus,” and is recruited by an agent into adult film, and is out of the industry before she hits 21. Or maybe it’s the 20-something who started out camming and moved on to the big leagues of studio films. Or the young stripper who began modeling and then performing for the camera.
These are the stories that stock that vast majority of the adult industry. These are the patterns and formulas that entering the business follow, but they’re not always the case; there are new pathways that are forming. Not everyone jumps in at 18 and jumps out before the dreaded 3-0. There have been women that entered later than 18 in the past, but the doors began to really open thanks largely to four things. First it was the beloved HBO hit series Sex And The City, which featured women in their 30s and beyond, exposing (and celebrating) their sexiness and their sexuality. Then it was the ABC dramedy Desperate Housewives, which did much of the same thing that SATC did, but without the coastal elitism that it wallowed in. It also cast women who were formerly sex symbols in other television shows, but would have at the time of Housewives been seen in Hollywood as “over the hill” (like Teri Hatcher and Marcia Cross).
Then we were treated to the emergence of Sarah Palin into the public eye. The then-Governor of Alaska was thrust into everyone’s home as the consistently lampooned running-mate of the late John McCain for the Republican ticket. A large swath of the world wanted to make fun of her, but also viewed her as a sex symbol: an oasis in a sea of mostly crusty, mostly old, mostly white men. It also just happened to be around the same time that parodies were in their latest boom in porn. And what better way to get eyeballs on a parody porn than to parody a very vibrant political race that also happened to feature our potentially first sexy VP (in Palin) and potentially first sexy president since Kennedy (in Barack Obama)? Hustler wisely connected those dots. They then selected the perfect Palin porn doppleganger in the immortal Lisa Ann.
It is there that new neural connections were made, universally and simultaneously. We collectively said to ourselves, “Holy shit! Lisa Ann is hot, and she’s not in her 20s anymore! We can totally spank it to older women!” And the next porn boom was born. MILFs became BIG money in adult. And rather than mature women being a niche genre for porn lovers, it became widely acceptable to enjoy women who’ve seen more than just two decades. Ironically, Lisa Ann herself had been in the industry beginning at age 22.
Now there are other major factors that play into the sustained success of MILF porn: the global economic recession giving professional women a moment to reassess their careers, longer lifespans, ED meds, the beginning of the normalization of adult entertainment in society, and so on and so forth… but I’ve been lecturing enough for one article. Suffice it to say that the giant surge in taboo films has given rise to probably the biggest injection of life for MILFs: the stepmom character. So with all this sustainable work for women who would have previously been pushed to the fringes or entirely out of the adult industry, it makes more sense than ever for women over 30 to still consider performing a viable career option.
Several of our hottest MILF-aged stars started in the industry already in that age group! I scoured our files for you, the viewer, and found some amazing MILFs who started later in life.
Cherie DeVille
Cherie DeVille is one of the most popular adult stars working today. A consummate professional with a killer bod, deadly acting chops, and a radiantly sunny disposition, it is tough to picture the porn landscape without her presence. So it should come as no small surprise that Cherie is not some lifer in the biz. She actually got her start in porn at age 34!
Prior to working in adult, Cherie earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. It is only through a happy series of accidents, beginning with helping a friend make a television commercial, that she found her way to the adult industry. Cherie credits her work experience prior to entering the business with maintaining perspective, keeping a level head, and staying organized and professional in adult. Whenever she decides to hang up her heels, Cherie intends to move back into physical therapy full-time… and whenever that is, we will be sorry to see her go.
Jodi West
Jodi West, like Cherie, had a more conventional career before becoming an adult performer. Unlike Cherie, Jodi had worked in her business for over 20 years (!) before deciding to bare it all for the camera! After getting her Marketing degree, Jodi built a reputation in the real estate sector. Her swinger lifestyle with her husband, Jay West, opened her eyes to the fact that having sex for the enjoyment of others was something that truly appealed to her. And there was no looking back!
Jodi started shooting porn in 2010, at the age of 36. She started by filming for other studios, like Lethal Hardcore and Girlfriends, but decided to explore her entrepreneurial and creative sides by launching her own studio: Forbidden Fruits Films. It immediately struck a chord with viewers, and has since become one of the premier taboo studios in the business. Jodi continues to star in her Forbidden Fruits titles in all her MILFy glory… scratching all the naughty fantasy itches we have!
Reagan Foxx
Reagan Foxx is like something out of a wet dream. Tall and busty with beautiful blue eyes and raven hair, she cuts a striking image to say the least! In another life Reagan was a corporate headhunter who transitioned into real estate appraisal. After the financial collapse, even appraisals became bad business as that industry became oversaturated. So Reagan began camming in 2011 at age 35.
And it wasn’t until she struck up a friendship with Jodi West of all people, that she decided to begin performing in porn. Reagan began her career at age 41, and hasn’t looked back since. With over 150 credits under her (sexy) belt on HotMovies alone, she has become a go-to for mature content. A terrific actress as well as performer, Reagan can be found in some of the highest profile features around, including the modern classic The Possession Of Mrs. Hyde.
Veronica Avluv
Veronica Avluv was a stripper and model in Southern California at 18. That’s more or less a recipe for getting into porn. Instead, Veronica’s story took her to being a homemaker and a makeup artist. It wasn’t until doing makeup for a porn shoot at the age of 38 that Veronica decided to perform herself.
Needless to say between her beauty, her big breasts, and her ability to squirt, she was a massive hit! Now nine years into her performing career, Veronica is still going strong and gifting us with amazing scene after amazing scene. Veronica is a collective dream realized: hot, charming, and as dirty as they come. And what’s more, she is an awesome actor as well… even taking home an AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress in Cinderella for playing the wicked stepmother.
Syren De Mer
Syren De Mer is a high-demand MILF born in the Summer Of Love. The beautiful performer won an XBIZ Award for her work in Road Queen Part 35. Finishing up her 13th year in the industry, it is almost incredible to think that she did not enter the industry until she was 37 years old. Like several of the women on this list, she was already a part of the swinging lifestyle when she decided to start filming in adult.
After a photoshoot that didn’t work out, she created her own website, where Seymore Butts discovered her. In the years she’s been in the business, Syren has done it all (and continues to do it all, too!). A fan of gangbangs in her personal life, she has more than a few onscreen for us to enjoy. She is also a squirter who loves anal. She has worked very closely recently with the House Of Fyre.
Amber Michaels
It’s not often that someone enters later in life to be an “it” girl almost right away for a big-name studio like Vivid, but Amber Michaels isn’t just someone. She’s Amber Freakin’ Michaels! Michaels, born in Germany, served in the Air Force and worked as a registered nurse before entering porn just shy of her 30th birthday. And so it was that Amber Michaels, military woman and nurse, started back in 1998 with this banger from Zane Entertainment, Texas Sex Tour.
Amber has been active in adult now for 21 years. That’s longer than many adult performers have even been alive! Lucky for us Amber lovers out there, the super MILF shows no signs of slowing down. It’s pretty safe to say you won’t be running out of Amber content anytime soon, considering her credits span across three decades! She now works primarily with her own production company, Amber Michaels Productions.
Andi James
Most people have an age in their head that they tell themselves is the line of demarcation where they won’t find someone else attractive. That they “wouldn’t do” someone above that age. Andi James probably holds the record for obliterating that number in peoples’ heads. Entering the industry in 2017, Andi was already over 50 years old! From her gorgeous body and her sultry voice, you’d never know it, though.
Andi has been pretty judicious about her roles in adult, and so she hasn’t performed in nearly as many titles as we’d all like her to. But every scene she puts out is a can’t-miss affair. Not much is known about Andi’s life before adult. But what we do know is that she has a daughter that entered the industry the year after Andi did: Britt James. How awesome is that?!
Kit Mercer
Kit Mercer is the “new kid on the block.” Starting her career in 2019, she is quickly gaining a very well-deserved following of fans, having just recently at the time of writing this article passed the 70k mark for followers on Twitter. She began shooting at 33 years old, and has the look of that younger MILF that you can’t stop staring at in the line for the bank.
We don’t know a whole lot about Kit yet, and hopefully that will change. We know that she has fantastic music tastes, having picked Nick Drake’s classic “Pink Moon” as her recommendation in the under-the-radar music Performer Roundup. She listens to everything, from electronic to reggae. Hopefully we will learn more about her as she continues to blaze a trail through the business. She is currently nominated for Best New Starlet for the XBIZ Awards, and clearly has her best in front of her.
Alexis Fawx
Alexis began filming porn after answering an ad to be an extra in a shoot. At the time, she was 35 years old. She had already done a stint in the Air Force and was working as a senior paralegal at the time she embarked on her new career. That was nine years ago now, and we are thankful for every day since she decided to bare it all for the camera. Alexis, true to her name, is a real deal fox!
The AVN award-winning MILF has racked up over 300 credits on HotMovies, so there’s plenty of Alexis to go around. She can be seen in all kinds of films: from top-flight features like our recent exclusive Terror Camp, to twisted vignettes like My Stepson Is Evil, to hard gonzo such as Gangbang Me 5. We will take Alexis Fawx any way we can get her, as much as we can get her!
Brandi Love
Brandi Love is virtually synonymous with the term MILF. Her work in porn was prompted by a need for a radical shift in careers, after stress-induced medical emergencies alerted her and her husband to their need for more balance. Brandi was already involved in the swinger lifestyle, so she was comfortable having sex in front of other people. But she didn’t get started having sex for everyone to see until age 34. Now in the business 12 years, she is one of the biggest names in porn, and she has an award shelf to prove it! The busty blonde works hard with organizations meant to support people working in the adult industry, such as her own outfit: parentsinadult.com.
On the filming side, Brandi is probably best known as the stepmom hell-bent on enjoying herself and teaching younger lovers for Reality Kings. She excels in acting, and has made several excellent features and plot-heavy vignettes. But really, you can get some Love (Brandi Love) any way you want it, with over 225 clips of her on HotMovies!
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