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VIXEN EXTENDS
MAITLAND WARD’S EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT THROUGH 2025
Vixen Media Group in May announced it has extended an exclusive two-year contract with AVN Award-winning performer, Maitland Ward.
The actress, model and accomplished author will continue to be at the forefront of Vixen Media Group’s acclaimed, story-driven studio brand, Deeper. Additionally, fans will get to see Ward featured in some of the company’s major upcoming projects across VMG’s other leading brands.
Over the years Maitland has headlined several award-winning projects such as Drive, Muse 1 and 2, Drift and Mistress Maitland.
Among Ward’s achievements since signing with Vixen Media Group in 2019, she won Best Actress and Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene at the AVN Awards in the first year of her career. Today she remains the reigning AVN Best Actress as well as the only performer to have won for a trifecta of acting, sexual performance and mainstream crossover work.
“I’m so excited to continue as the longest running contract star for Vixen Media Group and as the face of Deeper,” Ward said. “I’m beyond thrilled I get to star in more monumental, groundbreaking projects working alongside Kayden Kross across all the innovative studios. Kayden and I make a team like no other. Vixen Media Group has been my home since day one. Everyone from ownership, marketing and all the amazing crews at VMG have treated me with class and honor since I first stepped on to their set. I look forward to continuing our tremendously successful relationship not only acting in large scale, creative projects but also directing and writing more provocative and innovative pieces as well. The next two years will be our best yet!”
Maitland’s achievements go beyond the camera. Her first book in 2022—Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood—is a sex-positive, tell-all memoir that became a bestseller across Barnes & Noble, Simon & Schuster, and Amazon in addition to receiving positive reviews from both fans and critics.
“Maitland has become synonymous with Deeper,” said VMG director Kayden Kross. “She’s both the face of the brand and the inspiration for its direction, and the story of how we came to work together only a few months after Deeper launched is serendipitous. It’s like a made-for-TV movie. I’ve never had a creative partner before, but it’s true that when Maitland and I sit down and start working our respective ends of a project there is some magical thing that comes out of it. The sum is always greater than its parts.
“From the day Maitland came to Deeper, I told her that we will be with her for as long as she’s in this industry, and that remains the case. What we have is more than an agreement between a contract star and a studio, and I am so thankful for the friendship, inspiration, drive, and challenge she presents me with every day. I look forward to where this partnership pushes us next.”
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