Julia Ann was born Julia Tavella on October 8, 1969 in Glendale, California. She is an American pornstar, feature dancer and former Penthouse Pet; a member of the XRCO and AVN Halls of Fame. Julia Ann is known for her performances in the MILF niche of porn movies. Her grandfather’s family hailed from Torino, so she is quarter Italian. Julia Ann grew up around animals and had a love for horses; she also played piano and learned to swim.

When Julia was 12-year-old she moved to Idyllwild in California. There she attended a college-prep school before she moved to Los Angeles to live with her grandmother at age 17. In 18 Julia Ann worked as a model and then became a professional mud wrestler in Hollywood before becoming one half of the prestigious touring strip club feature act Blondage together with Janine Lindemulder in the beginning of the 90s. Their success led them to join the porn business.

Julia Ann made her first appearance in porn films in 1992 in Andrew Blake’s “Hidden Obsessions,” where she played in a lesbian scene with Lindemulder. She became a contract pornstar throughout most of her adult career. Her first exclusive contract was signed with Vivid Entertainment. During that time she worked solo and made a series of Blondage movies with Janine Lindemulder.

Later Julia Ann signed contracts with Digital Playground (1999) and Wicked Pictures (2002). The last contract she resigned again in 2006, but in May 2007 she posted on the members section of her own website that she didn’t renew her contract with Wicked Pictures. Since 2007, this MILF pornstar has also begun to work as a make-up artist. In February 2014, Julia Ann was ranked as the #27 most popular porn actresses on the website Freeones.com down from an all-time high of #8.

Julia Ann has referred to fellow pornstar named Christy Canyon as one of her “idols” in the industry. This MILF has also appeared as herself on TV shows, series and documentaries, for example, “Night Calls,” “The Man Show,” “Rated A for Adult,” “Give Me Your Soul,” “VS.,” “How They Make Adult Movies,” “Dreamwagon: Inside the Adult Industry.” Together with Inari Vachs and other porn actresses, Julia Ann was a host of the Playboy TV show called “Naughty Amateur Home Videos.”

In 2013, she made an appearance in a nation-wide commercial for CougarLife.com dating website, where older women get a pair among younger guys. This MILF pornstar married porn movie director named Michael Raven on June 21, 2003, but divorced him in 2007. Along with boob augmentation, Julia Ann also had labiaplasty and a nose job to get rid of the effects of a broken nose when a horse kicked her in the face. She claims she has never watched any of her porn videos, contending that she “is her personal harshest critic.”