Biography
From alternative adult work to Digital Playground
Stoya is an American adult-film actress and author who also uses the professional name Jessica Stoya. She began working in alternative adult productions during the 2000s and signed with Digital Playground in October 2007. The exclusive contract marked an important stage in her work within American video productions. She received AVN’s Best New Starlet award in 2009. These early films and studio collaborations preceded her independent projects, non-pornographic roles and regular publishing work.[1][2][3][4][5]
Independent production and directing
She left Digital Playground in 2014 and turned more attention to directing. In March 2015, trade reporting announced TrenchcoatX, a joint project with Kayden Kross. Its initial catalogue included Graphic Depictions, introduced as Stoya’s directing debut. This independent work combined creation and distribution alongside performing. Her collaboration with Kross therefore involved a shared production project rather than only an occasional on-screen appearance.[1][2][3][4][5]
Cinema, theatre and published writing
Outside adult cinema she appeared in the fantasy series Dagger Kiss in 2016 and played the android Nimani in A.I. Rising. She also performed in Dean Haspiel’s stage plays Harakiri Kane in 2017 and The Last Bar at the End of the World in 2018. Her writing includes contributions to Slate and other publications. Not a Cult published her first book, Philosophy, Pussycats, and Porn, in 2018. It collects personal and critical essays, including writing that had appeared during the preceding years.[1][2][3][4][5]
Studios and documented professional credits
The catalogue for Stoya includes studio labels such as Digital Playground, Evil Angel, Vivid Alt. These names come from the title references and provide a route through the production or distribution networks associated with this career. The directory records 89 acting credits, keeping each professional function separate. The same title can therefore account for more than one credit. These figures describe the entries currently documented here; they are neither a count of new shoots nor a measure of career length. Original productions, reissues and compilations need to be distinguished using the individual references. A studio label alone does not establish an exclusive contract or an employer relationship.[2][6]
- Born
- Sources disagree
- Nationality
- American
- Credit
- American porn actress
Documented aliases (2)
Nina Blue, Stoya Doll
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Filmography
Browse the filmography of Stoya, arranged by year. The table brings together source-documented titles and credits in acting, directing or production, where available.
89 documented titles in the filmography of Stoya89 separate professional credits
Non-exhaustive list.
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| Year | Title | Credit | Studio | Director | Type | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | A.I. Rising | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2018 | Best of Jenna Haze 2 | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2018 | My Dirty Point of View | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2018 | Talk Derby To Me | Actress | Sweetheart Video | Ricky Greenwood | film | [6] |
| 2017 | Dirtiest Teens In America | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2017 | Stoya vs Kayden Kross | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2016 | Best of Sexual Freak | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2016 | Rocco The Impaler | Actress | Evil Angel | John Stagliano | compilation | [6] |
| 2016 | Stoya Loves Anal | Actress | Digital Playground | — | — | [6] |
| 2015 | Bad Girls Greatest Hits | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Best of Deeper | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Best of Jenna Haze | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Best of Sasha Grey | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Fluid 3 | Actress | Evil Angel | Dana Vespoli | — | [6] |
| 2015 | Hall of Famers 2 | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Katsuni's Yearbook | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Riley's Yearbook | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Screwing Wall Street | Actress | Evil Angel | Manuel Ferrara | film | [6] |
| 2015 | Stoya's Friends | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | compilation | [6] |
| 2015 | Stoya's Yearbook | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2014 | Girls Girls Girls | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2014 | Interracial | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2014 | Lesbian Desires 2 | Actress | Babes | — | — | [6] |
| 2014 | POV All Stars | Actress | Digital Playground | — | compilation | [6] |
| 2014 | Voracious - Season 2 | Actress | Evil Angel | John Stagliano | film | [6] |
| 2014 | Voracious 2 | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2014 | Voracious Season 2 3 | Actress | Evil Angel | John Stagliano | film | [6] |
| 2014 | Voracious Season 2 4 | Actress | Evil Angel | John Stagliano | film | [6] |
| 2013 | Bridesmaids | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2013 | Code of Honor | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2013 | Erotico | Actress | Digital Playground | — | film | [6] |
| 2013 | Erotico 2 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2013 | Jack Attack 4 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2013 | Sexual Healing | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2013 | Skip Trace 3 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2013 | Special Delivery | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2013 | Watch Over Me | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2012 | Code of Honor | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2012 | Flatscreen | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2012 | Hacked | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2012 | My Haunted House | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2012 | unSEXpected | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2012 | Watch Over Me | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2011 | Babysitters 2 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2011 | Fighters | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2011 | Power Fuck | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2011 | Top Guns | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2011 | Web Whore - Stoya | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2010 | Bad Girls 5 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2010 | Love and Other Mishaps | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2009 | Bad Girls | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2009 | Bad Girls 6 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2009 | Bad Girls 7 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2009 | Love and Other Mishaps | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2009 | Stoya: Perfect Picture | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2009 | Stoya: Workaholic | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [2] [6] |
| 2009 | Taste of Stoya | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2009 | Teachers | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2008 | Bad Girls | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Cheerleaders | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2008 | Deeper 11 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Jack's Leg Show 4 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Jack's POV 13 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Jack's Teen America 23 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Nurses | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [2] [6] |
| 2008 | Pirates 2 - Stagnetti's Revenge | Actress | Digital Playground | Joone | film | [6] |
| 2008 | Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2008 | Scream - Riley Steele | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Stoya Perfect Picture | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Stoya Scream | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Stoya Sexy Hot | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2008 | Stoya: Atomic Tease | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [2] [6] |
| 2008 | Stoya: Heat | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [2] [6] |
| 2007 | Cheerleaders | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | film | [6] |
| 2007 | Debbie Loves Dallas | Actress | Vivid Alt | Eon McKai | film | [6] |
| 2007 | Jack’s POV 9 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [2] [6] |
| 2007 | Jesse Jane - Kiss Kiss | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2007 | Jesse Jane: Lust | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [2] [6] |
| 2007 | Katsuni: Video Nasty | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2007 | My First Porn 10 | Actress | Digital Playground | Robby D | — | [6] |
| 2007 | Razordolls | Actress | Pulse | Jack the Zipper | — | [6] |
| 2007 | Sex Offenders | Actress | Teravision | Aunt Gertrude | — | [6] |
| 2007 | Sexual Freak 7 - Stoya | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2007 | Sister Midnite | Actress | Razordolls | Vonn Fink | — | [2] [6] |
| 2007 | Stoya: Video Nasty | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
| 2007 | Video Nasty 3 - Stoya | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2007 | Video Nasty 4 - Katsuni | Actress | Digital Playground | Celeste | — | [6] |
| 2006 | Man's Ruin | Actress | Vivid Alt | Winkytiki | film | [6] |
| 2006 | Razördolls | Actress | — | — | — | [2] |
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Career and professional background
Authorship beyond film production
Stoya’s written work extends beyond publicity for her films. Her Slate contributions use the byline Jessica Stoya; she has also published in other media and the academic journal Porn Studies. Philosophy, Pussycats, and Porn brings some of this activity into book form through personal and critical essays. These publications are separate editorial references from her film titles and document another part of her professional work.[1][2][3][4][5]
Collaborations on screen and stage
A.I. Rising placed her at the centre of a science-fiction film alongside Sebastian Cavazza. Nimani is a fictional role rather than a description of her professional identity. Dagger Kiss is a series, while the Dean Haspiel plays add stage performance to her screen credits. Together with independent directing and TrenchcoatX, these projects show several creative activities coexisting rather than a single, permanent departure from adult entertainment.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Frequently asked questions about Stoya
What is Stoya’s filmography?
This profile documents 89 titles and 89 professional credits. Filter the table by year, credited role, studio or production type. The list is non-exhaustive.
Who does Stoya play in A.I. Rising?
She plays the android Nimani alongside Sebastian Cavazza in the science-fiction film.[1][2][3][4][5]