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AVN.COM | 5.23 | EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE
Kira Noir tells me that not much has changed since her historic win in January—and she likes it that way.
The 2023 AVN Female Performer of the Year says that aside from landing her first lead role in the upcoming Digital Playground feature Machine Gunner, it has been business as usual. “I really can’t express how happy I am to have won and how much it means to me but I
also know that I don’t want to get a big head,” Noir says.
But anyone who has been around the former stripper who grew up in Nashville knows
that’s just not in her nature.
What is, however, is her desire to make the adult industry a better, more inclusive place. “I think that there’s space for all of us,” Kira says. “I really don’t like the argument that a
girl who does OnlyFans can’t call herself an actual porn star.
“... I don’t think that we need to focus on trying to keep anybody out. In my opinion, if you
do sexy stuff for money you’re a sex worker—and that means you’re a part of the family.” The three-time and reigning Best Supporting Actress—the only woman to ever three-peat
in that category—reveals she would like to step behind the camera in the future.
“I definitely want to dip my hand in directing at some point,” she says. “It’s probably going
to be far away, I’m really scared of it.
“I wrote a script and I showed it to my friends and we’re going to see if I can actually do
anything with it. My problem is I really like horror porn.”
She adds, “I also want to try—not mentoring exactly—but putting more information out
there to newer performers, especially people who are joining and don’t know where to go for testing or what things to ask when they’re going to do a professional scene.
“I want to make sure everyone’s as well educated as possible.”
DAN MILLER
Editor-in-Chief