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Ona Zee | |
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.jpg) Zee in 2000 | |
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| Spouse | Frank Zee (divorced) |
Ona Zee is an American pornographic actress, director, and producer of pornographic films.
Career
[edit]Zee starred or appeared in over 300 adult movies since entering the industry in 1986.[1] She was about 35 years old when she began, an age when many adult performers have already retired.[1]
For 67 videos she served as director, writer, and producer. In 1990, she formed her own production company, Ona Zee Pictures.[1] The company initially focused on bondage titles, but later moved on to other genres as well, such as feature and girl-girl movies.[1][2]
During the 1990s, she formed a pornographic performers' union, but it ultimately collapsed due to lack of political and legal support.[3]
Awards
[edit]- 1989 AVN Award – Best Actress (film) (Portrait of an Affair)[4]
- 1992 AVN Award – Best Actress, video (Starlet)[4]
- 1993 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actress (film) (Secret Garden 1 and 2)[4]
- 2000 Hot d'Or – Hot d'Or d'Honneur[5]
- AVN Hall of Fame[6]
Personal life
[edit]Zee was born in Los Angeles, California. According to the TV series HBO Real Sex, Ona Zee was the spouse of Frank Zee, a Vietnam-era combat jet pilot. They were still married by the 1990s.[7]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Porn Power, Female Style". adultvideonews.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003.
- ↑ Wood, Ken. "Women On Top". adultvideonews.com. Adult Video News. Archived from the original on April 12, 2003.
- ↑ Heberle, Renee J., ed. (2006). "An Interview with Drucilla Cornell". Feminist Interpretations of Theodor Adorno. Penn State University Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-2710-2880-7.
- 1 2 3 "Past Winners". Archived from the original on February 24, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ↑ "Hot Stuff at Hot d'Or Awards". Adult Video News. May 19, 2000. Archived from the original on January 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Past Winners - AVN Awards: Hall of Fame". Adult Video News. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009.
- ↑ "The One and Ona". Adult Video News. October 11, 1999. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016.
External links
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- Ona Zee at IMDb
- Ona Zee at the Internet Adult Film Database
- Ona Zee at the Adult Film Database
- Ona Dawes on LinkedIn
| International | |
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| National | |
- American female adult models
- American pornographic film directors
- American pornographic film actresses
- American pornographic film producers
- American businesswomen
- Women pornographic film directors
- Women pornographic film producers
- American women film producers
- Living people
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- Pornographic film actors from California
- Film directors from California
- 21st-century American women