40th AVN Awards

The 40th AVN Awards was a pornography awards ceremony recognizing the best actresses, actors, directors and films in the adult industry in 2022. The 40th edition of the ceremony, which began in 1984, encompassed 120 categories involving content creation, production, retail and web/tech forums in the adult industry. The ceremony was held at the Resort World Las Vegas Theatre on January 7, 2023, and streamed on Adult Video News' AVN.com.

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DateJanuary 7, 2023

SiteResorts World Las Vegas

Hosted byAbella Danger, Reya Sunshine & Matt Rife

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40th AVN Awards
Presented by	MyFreeCams.com
Date	January 7, 2023 (2023-01-07)
Site	Resorts World Las Vegas
Hosted by	Abella Danger, Reya Sunshine & Matt Rife
Highlights
Best Film	Grinders
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Show overview

Venue

In March 2022, AVN announced that the AVN Expo and related events would be returning to an in-person format at the Resorts World Las Vegas, after using a virtual format the previous two years. Prior to this event, the conference and award show had been most recently held in-person at the Hard Rock Hotel in January 2020.^[1]

Hosts

On September 20, 2022, adult performers Abella Danger and Reya Sunshine were announced as co-hosts for the show.^[2] On January 6, 2023, it was announced they would be joined by comedian Matt Rife.^[3]

Musical performances

Recording artists Kehlani and Shenseea performed during the awards show.^[4]^[5]

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 40th AVN Awards were announced on November 4, 2022.^[6]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 7, 2023.^[7]

Major awards

Winners of these categories are highlighted in boldface.

Female Performer of the Year

Kira Noir
- Aiden Ashley
- Vanna Bardot
- Lilly Bell
- Blake Blossom
- Savannah Bond
- Anna Claire Clouds
- Gianna Dior
- Ana Foxxx
- Kenna James
- Maddy May
- April Olsen
- Alexis Tae
- Angela White
- Jane Wilde

Male Performer of the Year

Seth Gamble
- Mick Blue
- Nathan Bronson
- Dante Colle
- Dredd
- Manuel Ferrara
- Oliver Flynn
- Anton Harden
- Ricky Johnson
- Isiah Maxwell
- Ramón Nomar
- Tommy Pistol
- Codey Steele
- Michael Stefano
- Zac Wild

Best Actress

Maitland Ward – Drift, Deeper
- Aiden Ashley – Hysteria, Wicked/Pulse
- Kenna James – Dark Is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse
- Freya Parker – Duplicity, Wicked Noir/Pulse
- September Reign – Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures
- Vanessa Sky – My Best Friend's Girl, Sweet Sinner/Mile High
- Charlotte Stokely – Another Night in the Valley, AllHerLuv
- Kenzie Taylor – Deranged (Vols. 1 & 2), Wicked/Pulse
- Jane Wilde – Stars, Adult Time
- Emily Willis – One Night in Los Angeles, Dorcel/Pulse

Best Actor

Seth Gamble – Going Up, Lust Cinema
- Mike Chapman – Introspection, Rocco Siffredi Films/Evil Angel
- Dante Colle – One Night in Los Angeles, Dorcel/Pulse
- Charles Dera – Duplicity, Wicked Noir/Pulse
- Lucky Fate – Grinders, Adult Time
- Quinton James – Obsessed 2, Sweet Sinner/Mile High
- Isiah Maxwell – I Love You, You're Fired, Lust Cinema
- Ryan Mclane – The Hitman: Love is Deadly, Sweet Sinner/Mile High
- Tommy Pistol – The Voyeur 5, Sweet Sinner/Mile High
- Nicky Rebel – Shoot Your Shot, Team Skeet

Best Actress - Featurette

Blake Blossom – An Honest Man, MissaX
- Aiden Ashley – Off the Record, Forbidden Seductions/Adult Time
- Alex Coal – What's So Special About Her?, MissaX
- Ana Foxxx – Unfinished Business, Pure Taboo
- Jada Kai – Jada, ForPlay Films
- Jia Lissa – Third Date, Parasited
- Cadence Lux – The Creepening, That Fetish Girl
- Victoria Voxxx – Apricity, XConfessions
- Jane Wilde – One Last Kiss, MissaX
- Maya Woulfe – California Dreaming, Lust Cinema

Best Actor - Featurette

Tommy Pistol – The Bargain, Greenwood/Adult Time
- Chad Alva – Lust Triangles: You'd Get Along Great, Modern-Day Sins
- Adam Christopher – Jeffrassic Porn: A Nerds of Porn Theme Park, Nerds of Porn/Creation of Adam
- Danny D. – Crooked Throne, Digital Playground
- Robby Echo – Heat Wave II, MissaX
- Seth Gamble – The Nanny Incident, Pure Taboo
- Alex Mack – Unfinished Business, Pure Taboo
- Ricky Spanish – Use Your Words, MissaX
- Codey Steele – Husband, Unleashed, Pure Taboo
- Christian Wilde – Apricity, XConfessions

Movie of the Year

Grinders, Adult Time
- Dark Is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse
- Deranged (Vols. 1 & 2), Wicked/Pulse
- Drift, Deeper
- Going Up, Lust Cinema
- The Hitman: Love Is Deadly, Sweet Sinner/Mile High
- Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures
- Maid to Kill, Sparks Entertainment
- SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Stars, Adult Time

Best Featurette

The Bargain, Greenwood/Adult Time
- Apricity, XConfessions
- California Dreaming, Lust Cinema
- Crooked Throne, Digital Playground
- Living Well, Pure Taboo
- One Last Kiss, MissaX
- Pulp Friction, Impulse 2, Deeper/Pulse
- S.I., Delphine Films/Model Media US
- Third Date, Parasited
- Up Uranus, Emorex/Tara-TS

Best Supporting Actress

Kira Noir – Sorrow Bay, Lust Cinema
- Vanna Bardot – Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures
- Lilly Bell – Going Up, Lust Cinema
- Skye Blue – A Taste of Kunst, Lust Cinema
- Anna Claire Clouds – Hysteria, Wicked/Pulse
- Ana Foxxx – Torn, Dorcel/Pulse
- Brooklyn Gray – Sorrow Bay, Lust Cinema
- Charlotte Sins – Grinders, Adult Time
- Jennifer White – Deranged (Vols. 1 & 2), Wicked/Pulse
- Maya Woulfe – Going Up, Lust Cinema

Best Supporting Actor

Tommy Pistol – Grinders, Adult Time
- Mick Blue, Drift – Deeper
- Nathan Bronson – One Night in Los Angeles, Dorcel/Pulse
- Dante Colle – Torn, Dorcel/Pulse
- Tyler Cruise – SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Robby Echo – Grinders, Adult Time
- Peter Green – Shoot Your Shot, Team Skeet
- Quinton James – I Love You, You're Fired, Lust Cinema
- Ryan Mclane – The Voyeur 5, Sweet Sinner/Mile High
- Tyler Nixon – Mommy's Boys, MissaX

Female Foreign Performer of the Year

Little Caprice
- Alexis Crystal
- Anna de Ville
- Shalina Devine
- Eva Elfie
- Clea Gaultier
- Romy Indy
- Eden Ivy
- Cherry Kiss
- Veronica Leal
- Rae Lil Black
- Jia Lissa
- Clara Mia
- Liya Silver
- Sybil

Male Foreign Performer of the Year

Danny D.
- Alberto Blanco
- Marcello Bravo
- Kristof Cale
- Christian Clay
- Charlie Dean
- Darrell Deeps
- Chris Diamond
- Erik Everhard
- Maximo Garcia
- Vince Karter
- Joss Lescaf
- Ricky Mancini
- David Perry
- Aaron Rock

Best New Starlet

Charly Summer
- Kenzie Anne
- Braylin Bailey
- Armani Black
- Nicole Doshi
- Tommy King
- Nicole Kitt
- Rory Knox
- Kay Lovely
- Leana Lovings
- Bunny Madison
- Xxlayna Marie
- Madison Summers
- Aria Valencia
- Slimthick Vic

Transgender Performer of the Year

Emma Rose
- Janie Blade
- Erica Cherry
- Korra Del Rio
- Ariel Demure
- Jessy Dubai
- Khloe Kay
- Kasey Kei
- Pixi Lust
- Cherry Mavrik
- Eva Maxim
- Lola Morena
- Chrystal Thayer
- Jade Venus
- Izzy Wilde

Director of the Year

Kayden Kross
- James Avalon
- Axel Braun
- Casey Calvert
- Seth Gamble
- Rickey Greenwood
- Bree Mills
- Mike Quasar
- Will Ryder
- Jane Wilde
- Whitney Wright

Best Editing

Grinders, Adult Time – Michael Hues
- Alien Invaders, Horror Porn – Petr Stovik
- The Arcade Machine, Hentaied – Romero & Andrea Rospi
- Crooked Throne, Digital Playground – Papa Bitch, Liz Licious & Corey Cobra
- Drift, Deeper – Duboko
- Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse – Hans Foley
- Maid to Kill, Sparks Entertainment – Harry Sparks
- SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix – Axel Braun & Claudia Ross
- Stars, Adult Time – Angelo Poirier
- Up Uranus, Emorex/Tara-TS – Tara Emory & L the Robot

Best Cinematography

Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse – Set Walker
- Dark is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse – James Avalon
- Grinders, Adult Time – Matt Holder
- The Lake House, Blush Erotica – The Sinematographer
- Muses, Transfixed – J. Wolf
- Revenge, Dorcel/Pulse – Herve Bodilis
- Sorrow Bay, Lust Cinema – Bryn Pryor & Shaun Rivera
- SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix – Axel Braun, James Avalon & Ralph Parfait
- Stars, Adult Time – Michael Vegas
- Within Her (La Femme de ses Reves), Parasite Twins/Canal+ – Cosmo Liveti

Best Soundtrack

Grinders, Adult Time‡
- Drift, Deeper
- Duplicity, Wicked Noir/Pulse
- Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse
- Going Up, Lust Cinema
- I Wanna Fuck Your Mom, Brazzers
- Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures
- Pussy Party, Imani Seduction Productions
- SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
- Within Her (La Femme de ses Reves, Parasite Twins/Canal+

Additional award winners

VIDEO & WEB

Best Anal Movie or Limited Series: Anal Savages 8, Jules Jordan Video
Best Anal Series or Channel: Tushy Raw, Tushy Raw/Pulse
Best Anal Sex Scene: Angela White & Manuel Ferrara – Florentine Part 1 | If It Feels Good 3, Deeper/Pulse
Best Anthology Movie or Limited Series: Blonde Label 2, Deeper/Pulse
Best Anthology Series or Channel: Vibes, Vixen/Pulse
Best Art Direction: SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
Best BDSM Movie or Limited Series: Tainted Love, Kink
Best Blowbang Scene: Angela White – Sexually Rated Programming: Blowbang, Brazzers
Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Blake Blossom & Jax Slayher – Dream Slut, Blonde, Stacked, Blake Blossom Worships Jax Slayher's Giant Cock, Jules Jordan Video
Best Curve Appeal Movie or Limited Series: Breast Worship 7, Jules Jordan Video
Best Directing – Specialty: Aiden Starr
Best Directing – International Production: Rocco Siffredi
Best Directing – Narrative Production: Kayden Kross
Best Directing – Non-Narrative Production: Jules Jordan
Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene: Gia Scene 1: Double Penetration, Evil Angel – Gia Derza, John Strong & Mick Blue
Best Foursome/Orgy Sex Scene: Violet Myers, Vicki Chase, Vanna Bardot, Nicole Doshi, Savannah Bond, Anton Harden, Richard Mann, Isiah Maxwell, Jonathan Jordan, Brickzilla, Garland, Jamie Knoxx, Jay Hefner, John Legendary, Tyrone Love, Stretch & Zaddy – High Gear | Blacked Raw V56, Blacked Raw/Pulse
Best Gangbang Scene: Take Control, Brazzers – Angela White, Mick Blue, John Strong, Isiah Maxwell, Zac Wild & Oliver Flynn
Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: Heat Wave, Slayed – Vanna Bardot & Gianna Dior
Best Gonzo/Cinemascore Movie or Limited Series: Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse
Best Gonzo/Cinemascore Series or Channel: Blacked Raw, Blacked Raw/Pulse
Best Ingenue Movie or Limited Series: Ripe 11, Jules Jordan Video
Best Ingenue Series or Channel: Dirty Little Schoolgirl Stories, New Sensations
Best International Anal Sex Scene: Vina Sky: French Tour De Anal | Exotics 2, Jules Jordan Video – Vina Sky & Vince Carter
Best International Boy/Girl Sex Scene: The Spanish Stallion: Angie Lynx vs. Liya Silver, Scene 2, Rocco Siffredi Films/Evil Angel – Liya Silver & Joss Lescaf
Best International Group Sex Scene: Rocco's Double Trouble 5, Scene 2, Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel – Sara Bell, Martina Smeraldi, Yves Morgan, Oscar Batty & Mike Chapman
Best International All-Girl Sex Scene: Wonder Women, Caprice Divas/Little Caprice Dreams – Little Caprice & Agatha Vega
Best International Production: Revenge, Dorcel/Pulse
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Close Up, Slayed – Gianna Dior, Jill Kassidy & Natalia Nix
Best All-Girl Movie or Limited Series: Play 2, Slayed/Pulse
Best All-Girl Series or Channel: Cravings, Slayed/Pulse
Best Hair & Makeup: One Last Kiss, MissaX; Alexxx Moon
Best Male Newcomer: Lucky Fate
Best MILF/Mixed-Age Fantasy Series or Channel: Filthy Moms, Brazzers/Pulse
Best MILF Movie or Limited Series: Mommy's Boys, MissaX
Best Female Mixed-Age Fantasy Movie or Limited Series: Cougariffic 2, Girlsway Productions
Best New International Starlet: Little Dragon
Best New Production Banner: Ricky's Room
Best Niche Movie or Limited Series: Cum Inside 3, Nubile Films/Pulse
Best Niche Series or Channel: Hentai Sex School, Adult Time/Adult Sourcet
Best Non-Sex Performance: Misty Stone – Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures
Best Oral Series or Channel: Swallowed.com, Lit Up/Evil Angel
Best Oral Sex Scene: Laney Grey Deepthroats All Day, Throated/Blowpass – Laney Grey & Mick Blue
Best POV Sex Scene: Manuel's Fucking POV 14 - Scene 3, Jules Jordan Video – Anna Claire Clouds & Manuel Ferrara

Content (ctd.)

Best Screenplay - Movie or Limited Series: Dark Is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse – James Avalon
Best Screenplay – Featurette: One Last Kiss, MissaX – Ricky Greenwood
Best Solo/Tease Performance: Take Control, Brazzers – Angela White
Best Star Showcase: Ultimate Fuck Toy: Charly Summer, Jules Jordan Video
Best Taboo Relations Movie or Limited Series: Daddy's Favorite 3, Digital Sin
Best Tag-Team Sex Scene: Gianna 4 You, Dorcel – Gianna Dior, Mick Blue & Steve Holmes
Best Thespian – Trans/X: Ariel Demure – Under Her Wing, Transfixed
Best Three-Way Sex Scene: Let's All Be Friends, Blacked Raw – Jazmin Luv, Anna Claire Clouds & Anton Harden
Best Trans Group Sex Scene: The Cum Sauna, Oopsie!/Adult Time - Emma Rose, Khloe Kay & Kenzie Anne
Best Trans Movie or Limited Series: Tantalizing Threesomes, TransAngels/Pulse
Best Trans Newcomer: Brittney Kade
Best Trans One-on-One Sex Scene: Jade + Ariel: Sealed With a Cum Kiss | PansexualX Porn Crush 4, Aiden Starr/Evil Angel – Jade Venus & Ariel Demure
Best Trans Series or Channel: Transfixed, Adult Time
Best Virtual Reality Sex Scene: Dream Team, SLR Originals/SexLikeReal – Apryl Rein, Coco Lovelock, Delilah Day, Haley Spades, Penelope Kay, Charly Summer, Kyler Quinn, Leana Lovings, Blake Blossom, Aubree Valentine, Laney Grey, Madi Laine, Avery Black, Alexia Anders, Izzy Lush & John Strong
Clever Title of the Year: I Can't Believe It's Nut Butter, WankzVR
Girl/Girl Specialty Performer of the Year: Aidra Fox
Mainstream Venture of the Year: Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood – Maitland Ward
MILF Performer of the Year: Cherie DeVille
Mark Stone Award for Outstanding Comedy: SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix
Most Outrageous Sex Scene: The Bargain, Greenwood/Adult Time - Ashley Lane & Tommy Pistol
Niche Specialty Performer of the Year: Daisy Ducati

PLEASURE PRODUCTS

Best Enhancement Manufacturer: Wicked Sensual Care
Best Fetish Manufacturer: XR Brands
Best Lingerie or Apparel Line: Envy Menswear
Best Lubricant Brand: o
Best Pleasure Products Manufacturer – Large: Doc Johnson
Best Pleasure Products Manufacturer – Medium: Thank Me Now
Best Pleasure Products Manufacturer – Small: OEJ Novelty

RETAIL

Best Boutique: Pepper
Best Retail Chain – Large: Lion's Den
Best Retail Chain – Medium: Excitement
Best Retail Chain – Small: Circus of Books
Best Web Retail Store: PinkCherry.com

FAN-VOTED AVN AWARD WINNERS

Favorite Female Porn Star: Angela White
Most Spectacular Boobs: Angela White
Most Amazing Ass: Abella Danger
Hottest MILF: Kendra Lust
Favorite Creator Site Star: Amouranth
Favorite Podcast: Plug Talk
Hottest Newcomer: Scarlett Jones
Favorite Camming Cosplayer: Purple Bitch
Favorite Camming Couple: Casey Kisses & Kylie Le Beau
Favorite Domme: Brittany Andrews
Favorite Trans Porn Star: Daisy Taylor
Favorite Male Porn Star: Johnny Sins
Favorite Cam Girl: Aphia DeMieux
Favorite BBW Star: Alex Blair
Favorite Trans Cam Star: Casey Kisses
Favorite Cam Guy: Logan Chase