Nina Hartley
Marie Louise Hartman (born March 11, 1959), known professionally as Nina Hartley, is an American pornographic film actress and sex educator. She has been described by Las Vegas Weekly as an "outspoken feminist" and "advocate for sexual freedom", and by CNBC as "a legend in the adult world". Her pornographic film debut was in Educating Nina (1984), where she was cast and directed by fellow performer Juliet Anderson. Since then she has gone on to become one of the most enduring and recognizable performers in the industry, winning numerous awards throughout her career from various critic and fan organizations. By 2017 she had appeared in more than one thousand adult films.
Hartley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, after graduating from Berkeley High School in 1977, she attended San Francisco State University's undergraduate nursing school and graduated magna cum laude in 1985, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was a registered nurse until her license expired in 1986. Hartley sought a career in pornography as a way to make a living by having sex, later telling Las Vegas Weekly, "Porn gave me easy access to women without having to date them or have a relationship." She writes that part of her reason for choosing sex work was to be able to indulge her exhibitionistic and voyeuristic streak. She has said she chose her life's work when she saw the 1976 erotic film The Autobiography of a Flea alone at a theater in San Francisco. In 1982, during her sophomore year of nursing school, she started working as a stripper at the Sutter Cinema and then the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theatre.
Acting
Movie
Boogie Nights
as Little Bill's Wife
1997
Movie
After Porn Ends
as Self
2012
Movie
X-Rated: The Greatest Adult Movies of All Time
as Self
2015
Movie
X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All-Time
as Self
2016
Movie
Thinking XXX
as Self
2004
Movie
Dude Bro Party Massacre III
as Dean Pepperstone
2015
Movie
9to5: Days in Porn
as Self
2008
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movie
Addicted to Sexting
as Self
2015
TV
AVN Awards
as Self - Segment co-host
TV
AVN Awards
as Self
Movie
The Secret Lives of Adult Stars
as Herself
2004
Movie
X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story
as Self
2003
Movie
Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story
as Herself
2014
Movie
Fluffy Cumsalot: Porn Star
2003
Movie
Not Bewitched XXX
as Endora
2008
Movie
It's Not a Date
as Aunt Cindy
2014
Movie
The New Barbarians
as Doris
1990
Movie
Traceroute
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Movie
The Grafenberg Spot
as Sex Show Performer #2
1985
Movie
Desperately Seeking Seka
as Self
2002
Movie
Not the Wizard of Oz XXX
as Auntie Em
2013
Movie
Bubbles Galore
as Bubbles Galore
1996
Movie
Taboo VI: The Obsession
as Doreen
1988
Crew
Movie
No Man's Land 10: Nina's Party
Assistant Director
1994
Movie
The Perfect Secretary: Training Day
Producer
2010
Movie
Breakin' All The Rules
Producer
1988
Movie
Book of Love
Director
1992
Movie
Nina Hartley's Guide to Better Fellatio
Director
1994
Movie
Nina Hartley's Guide to Multiple Orgasms
Director
2004
Movie
Nina Hartley's Guide to Double Penetration
Director
2004
Movie
Nina Hartley's Guide to Threesomes: Two Girls & a Guy
Director
2005
Movie
The Secret Life of Nina Hartley
Director
1994
Movie
Nina Hartley's Guide to Alternative Sex
Director
2002
Movie
Nina Hartley's Guide to Sex Toys
Director
1998
Movie
Guide to Swinging
Director
1995