White graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2010[4] with a first-class honours degree in gender studies.[2] There she researched women's experiences in the Australian pornography industry. White's honours thesis, "The Porn Performer: The Radical Potential of Pleasure in Pornography", was published in The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality in 2017.[5]
In 2014, she said that she would like to go back to university to complete her PhD and expand her studies to include a broader cross-section of performers.[6]
Pornography career
White began her career in the adult industry in 2003 via adult modelling at the age of 18.[7][8] Her first scene was shot by Score, also at the age of 18.[7] Her debut hardcore pornographic DVD was released in 2011.[8]
XBIZ has called White "Australia's most well-known adult performer",[9] and The Daily Beast has called her "The Meryl Streep of Porn."[3]
In 2013, White launched her official website, angelawhite.com.[10]
In October 2014, White signed a distribution deal with Girlfriends Films to release films.[11] In the same month, Fleshlight, makers of a masturbation tool for men, named White their newest Fleshlight Girl.[12] She is the first Australian to be named a Fleshlight Girl.[13]
In January 2018, White co-hosted the 35th annual AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, alongside comedian Aries Spears and webcam star Harli Lotts.[15]
In October 2021, White signed an exclusive contract with Brazzers. Brazzers producer Ryan Hogan said at the time White represented "the absolute peak of professionalism and stardom in our industry. Everybody knows Angela White."[16]
In July 2022, Brazzers released "Sexually Rated Programming", a short starring White "set in a dystopian world that sees Angela free a submissive society brainwashed by anti-erotic propaganda." The scene features a blowbang.[17]
^Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
White was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2018.[15] White won the AVN Female Performer of the Year award in 2018 and 2019, being only the second woman to do so in two back-to-back years.[3]
In 2020, she went on to win the award for a third year in a row (as well as the AVN Award for Best Leading Actress),[1] becoming the first person to win Female Performer of the Year in three consecutive years.[3]
Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene (with Mick Blue and Markus Dupree)
Nominated
Angela by Darkko
Best Group Sex Scene (with Mick Blue, Markus Dupree, Steve Holmes, Mr. Pete and John Strong)
Nominated
After Dark
Best Group Sex Scene (with Mick Blue, Tori Black, Vicki Chase, Abella Danger, Ryan Driller, Ricky Johnson, Alex Jones, Mia Malkova, Kira Noir and Jessa Rhodes)
Won
Angela by Darkko
Best Marketing Campaign – Individual Project
Nominated
Angela by Darkko
Best Oral Sex Scene
Won
Angela by Darkko
Best Solo/Tease Performance
Nominated
Angela by Darkko
Best Soundtrack
Nominated
I Am Angela
Best Star Showcase
Won
The Corruption of Kissa Sins
Best Three-way Sex Scene – Girl/Girl/Boy (with Kissa Sins and Markus Dupree)
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Riley Reid and Katrina Jade)
Won
Angela Loves Women 5
Best Anthology Production
Nominated
Angela White: Dark Side
Best Blowbang Scene
Won
Angela White: Dark Side
Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene (with Mick Blue)
Nominated
Angela Loves Women 5
Best Cinematography
Nominated
Angela Loves Women 5
Best Director – Gonzo/Anthology Production
Nominated
Angela White: Dark Side
Best Gangbang Scene (with Mick Blue, Markus Dupree, Robby Echo, Steve Holmes, Eddie Jaye, Eric John, Jon Jon, Mr. Pete, Rob Piper, John Strong and Prince Yahshua)
Won
Perspective
Best Group Sex Scene (with Gianna Dior, Seth Gamble, Alina Lopez, Abigail Mac, Isiah Maxwell, Derrick Pierce, Michael Vegas and Whitney Wright)
Nominated
Drive
Best Group Sex Scene (with Autumn Falls, Manuel Ferrara, Alina Lopez and Lena Paul)
Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Serena Blair and Scarlett Sage)
Nominated
Exposure
Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene (with Mick Blue and Ramon Nomar)
Nominated
Climax
Best Group Sex Scene (with Britney Amber, Ryan Driller, Seth Gamble, Avi Love, Eric Masterson, Codey Steele, India Summer, Jane Wilde and Whitney Wright)
Best Sex Scene – Erotic-Themed (with Avi Love, Britney Amber, Jane Wilde, India Summer, Whitney Wright, Seth Gamble, Ryan Driller, Cody Steele & Eric Masterson)
Nominated
Evil Curves
Best Sex Scene – Gonzo (with Chris Diamond)
Nominated
A for Anal
Best Sex Scene – Gonzo (with Markus Dupree)
Nominated
Lesbian Revenge Vol. 3
Best Sex Scene – All-Girl (with Scarlett Sage & Serena Blair)
Nominated
Keeping Promises
Best Sex Scene – Virtual Reality (with Gabbie Carter)
In 2010, White ran as a political candidate for the Australian Sex Party in the 2010 Victorian state election, winning 2.9 percent of the vote.[4] White ran to advocate for sex workers' rights,[46] specifically to oppose Australian Green Party candidate Kathleen Maltzahn, who advocated banning brothels.[4] She told BuzzFeed, "My angle wasn't necessarily to win. I wanted to make sure that [Maltzahn] didn't win".[46] During the election, White sent copies of her DVDs to state attorney general Rob Hulls in her bid to reduce regulations for X18+ films.[47]
In 2013, White and fellow Australian Sex Party candidate Zahra Stardust became the first political candidates to film a pornographic scene together.[48][better source needed]
"The Porn Performer". In Smith, Clarissa; Attwood, Feona; McNair, Brian, eds. (2017). The Routledge Companion to Media, Sex and Sexuality. pp. 394–404. doi:10.4324/9781315168302-38. ISBN978-1-3516-8555-9.