8 Highly Educated Porn Stars

Joanna Angel

Joanna Angel has a degree in English Literature with a minor in Film Studies from Rutgers University, and is the creator of the porn site Burning Angel, where she showcases her film studies chops in movies that she produces, directs, and writes as well as acts in. Angel also wrote an advice column for Spin Magazine, and because of her tattooed style, is considered a pioneer of "Alt porn."  

The self-described "Punk Rock Porn Princess" refers to herself as a "porntrepreneur" and hosts a weekly radio show on Sirius XM called "Lewd, Screwed, and Tattooed." Her other enterprises include marketing her own branded sex toy, the Joanna Angel Fleshlight, and hosting live webcam chats on a regular basis. Angel also regularly sweeps the AVN Awards, with eight prizes to her name, for her acting and for her website.