Leena
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| Birthdate | January 5, 1969 |
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| Birth location | Colorado, U.S. |
| Hair colour | Brown/Red |
| Ethnicity | Italian American |
| Alias(es) | Leena, Leena La Bianca |
| No. of films | 100 (per IAFD) |
| Leena at IMDb | |
| Leena at IAFD | |
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Leena, or Leena La Bianca (born January 5, 1969) was the stage name of a pornographic actress.
She grew up in Denver, Colorado, and worked as an exotic dancer, and filmed amateur pornography videos while studying electrical engineering in college.[1] In 1992 she moved to California, and became a full time pornographic actress, with her "professional pornographic debut" in a movie also titled Leena (1992).[2]
She won multiple awards, but stopped hardcore pornography appearances in 1995, to go into more mainstream work.[1] This included the Showtime cable series Sherman Oaks (1995), and softcore B-movies such as Other Men's Wives (1996) and Femalien (1996).[3] More recently she has been a theatrical actress in the risque Los Angeles plays Sweet Hostage,[4] and Steeltown (1998).[5]
[edit] Awards
- 1993 XRCO Awards, Best Actress, Blinded by Love[6]
- 1994 AVN Awards, Best Actress – Video, for Blinded by Love[7]
- 1994 XRCO Awards, Best Performer[6]
- 1995 AVN Awards, Best Group Sex Scene - Video, for Pussyman 5[7]
- 1995 FOXE Female Fan Favorite[1]
- 2009 XRCO Hall of Fame [8]
[edit] References
- Leena at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b c "Leena", article and filmography at ExcaliburFilms.com. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ^ "Leena" self-titled professional debut film, reviewed by Thomas McMahon, Adult Video News, December 1992. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ^ "Biography for Leena", IMDB. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ^ "Leena", Luke Ford, LukeIsBack.com. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ^ "Steeltown" play review by Julio Martinez, June 17, 1998, Variety. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
- ^ a b "XRCO past winners". http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ a b "Past AVN Award Winners". http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=pastwinners. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ "2009 XRCO Winners". http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/2009show/index.htm. Retrieved on 2009-05-18.
