Justine Joli
Encyclopedia
Justine Joli is the stage name
of an American
adult model
and pornographic actress.
, splitting her summers between a farm in Hannibal, Missouri
and Crested Butte, Colorado
. She did ballet from age 3 to age 15. In her late teens, she moved to the Los Angeles
area with her mother.
when she was noticed by porn director Kris Kramski
and asked if she was interested in doing some modeling. Joli claims that Kramski's ulterior motive was to get her into a threesome
with him and his girlfriend, but that she was only interested in the girlfriend and not him. Joli did not end up working with Kramski, but Kramski did pass her audition photos along to adult industry talent scout Roy Garcia, who promptly found work for her in adult modeling and films. Her first shoot was with Stephen Hicks. Joli notes that her mother drove her to her audition and all of her jobs for the first six months of her career because, "I was terrified to drive there".
At the beginning of her career, she worked extensively in men's magazines, appearing in numerous issues of Penthouse
and Hustler
, shooting six days a week for six months. She appeared on the cover of the March 2002 issue of Hustler
and was the September 2007 Penthouse Pet of the Month. She was also a popular web model
, appearing on sites such as ALS Scan, Matt's Models, and Danni's Hard Drive.
Her first film shoot was for Andrew Blake. During her first several years in adult films, she appeared mainly under the name 'Swan' and 'Hope', though in her appearances in Andrew Blake's films, she appeared simply as Justine. Eventually, she adopted the name Justine Joli. "Joli" was a pet name she had for one of her old lovers and means "pretty" in French
, while "Justine" comes from her obsession with the Marquis de Sade
character, Justine
.
In her early work, under the name Swan, she typically had light blonde hair, a schoolgirlish appearance, wore relatively little makeup, and often wore glasses. In later work, under the name Justine or Justine Joli, she has red hair, a glamour or fashion model look, and is more heavily made up and fashionably dressed.
Joli describes herself as bisexual (being "60/40" in her preference toward men and women, respectively) in real life and is particularly noted as a girl-girl actress in adult films. As of 2007, she has not done any boy-girl scenes in an adult film, stating "I'm not comfortable doing boy/girl". However, early in her career, she did do explicit heterosexual photoset with porn photographer Peter Romero for the website POV Porn, though these photos were later removed from the site at her request. Joli also appears alone in many movies and photosets, either as a glamour or fetish model
or in solo masturbation
scenes. She's also done some BDSM
porn and in her personal life she has described herself as "hardcore sub".
Although as of 2007, she has never won an AVN Award, she has been nominated on several occasions – four nominations for "Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video" (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), three nominations for "Best Tease Performance" (2003, 2004, 2006), and one nomination for "Best Solo Sex Scene" (2007).
Joli has appeared twice on The Howard Stern Show and three times on The Opie and Anthony Show.
She's also captured in Edouard Salier's short movie, "Flesh" which describes the life and death of Manhattan
during a fictional 9/11. She also appeared (along with porn stars Charlotte Stokely
, Charmane Star
, Erika Vution, and Stacey Adams) in the blaxploitation
spoof Black Dynamite
. She stars on the 2010 Nerdcore Horror Calendar.
Joli has been cast in the role of Caligula
's wife, Caesonia, in the Off Broadway theatre production Caligula Maximus, scheduled to run at New York's Ellen Stewart Theatre in March–April 2010. She gained the role after working as a burlesque dancer at a New York performance venue run by Randy Weiner
, the play's co-producer and co-writer.
with a love of anime
, science fiction
, Macs
and cartoon
s. She is also into nude sports, such as naked bungee jumping
and naked whitewater rafting. She was romantically involved with porn director D. Cypher for several years.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
adult model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
and pornographic actress.
Early life
Joli grew up in St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
, splitting her summers between a farm in Hannibal, Missouri
Hannibal, Missouri
Hannibal is a city in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Hannibal is located at the intersection of Interstate 72 and U.S. Routes 24, 36 and 61, approximately northwest of St. Louis. According to the 2010 U.S. Census the population was 17,606...
and Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte is a Home Rule Municipality in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. A former coal mining town now called "the last great Colorado ski town," Crested Butte is a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and a variety of other outdoor activities...
. She did ballet from age 3 to age 15. In her late teens, she moved to the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area with her mother.
Career
In 2000, Joli was working in the Glendale GalleriaGlendale Galleria
The Glendale Galleria is a large three-story regional shopping mall located in downtown Glendale, California and is the second largest mall in Los Angeles County.- History :...
when she was noticed by porn director Kris Kramski
Kris Kramski
Kris Kramski is a pornographic film director.In 2004, he directed the video for the song Cherry Blossom Girl for the band Air.-Awards:*1997 Hot d'Or winner - Best New Director*1998 Hot d'Or winner - Best American Director...
and asked if she was interested in doing some modeling. Joli claims that Kramski's ulterior motive was to get her into a threesome
Threesome
A threesome is a group of three engaged in the same activity. In relation to a sexual activity a threesome refer to the activity involving three people of any gender or sexual orientation...
with him and his girlfriend, but that she was only interested in the girlfriend and not him. Joli did not end up working with Kramski, but Kramski did pass her audition photos along to adult industry talent scout Roy Garcia, who promptly found work for her in adult modeling and films. Her first shoot was with Stephen Hicks. Joli notes that her mother drove her to her audition and all of her jobs for the first six months of her career because, "I was terrified to drive there".
At the beginning of her career, she worked extensively in men's magazines, appearing in numerous issues of Penthouse
Penthouse (magazine)
Penthouse, a men's magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combines urban lifestyle articles and softcore pornographic pictorials that, in the 1990s, evolved into hardcore. Penthouse is owned by FriendFinder Network. formerly known as General Media, Inc. whose parent company was Penthouse International...
and Hustler
Hustler
Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to...
, shooting six days a week for six months. She appeared on the cover of the March 2002 issue of Hustler
Hustler
Hustler is a monthly pornographic magazine aimed at men and published in the United States. It was first published in 1974 by Larry Flynt. It was a step forward from the Hustler Newsletter which was cheap advertising for his strip club businesses at the time. The magazine grew from a shaky start to...
and was the September 2007 Penthouse Pet of the Month. She was also a popular web model
Internet pornography
Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed by means of various sectors of the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups...
, appearing on sites such as ALS Scan, Matt's Models, and Danni's Hard Drive.
Her first film shoot was for Andrew Blake. During her first several years in adult films, she appeared mainly under the name 'Swan' and 'Hope', though in her appearances in Andrew Blake's films, she appeared simply as Justine. Eventually, she adopted the name Justine Joli. "Joli" was a pet name she had for one of her old lovers and means "pretty" in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, while "Justine" comes from her obsession with the Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
character, Justine
The Misfortunes of Virtue
Justine is a classic novel by Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade. There is no standard edition of this text in hardcover, having passed into the public domain...
.
In her early work, under the name Swan, she typically had light blonde hair, a schoolgirlish appearance, wore relatively little makeup, and often wore glasses. In later work, under the name Justine or Justine Joli, she has red hair, a glamour or fashion model look, and is more heavily made up and fashionably dressed.
Joli describes herself as bisexual (being "60/40" in her preference toward men and women, respectively) in real life and is particularly noted as a girl-girl actress in adult films. As of 2007, she has not done any boy-girl scenes in an adult film, stating "I'm not comfortable doing boy/girl". However, early in her career, she did do explicit heterosexual photoset with porn photographer Peter Romero for the website POV Porn, though these photos were later removed from the site at her request. Joli also appears alone in many movies and photosets, either as a glamour or fetish model
Fetish model
A fetish model is a model who models fetish clothing or devices that augment his or her body in a fetish manner or in fetishistic situations, though he or she may not work exclusively in that form of modeling....
or in solo masturbation
Masturbation
Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...
scenes. She's also done some BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
porn and in her personal life she has described herself as "hardcore sub".
Although as of 2007, she has never won an AVN Award, she has been nominated on several occasions – four nominations for "Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video" (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), three nominations for "Best Tease Performance" (2003, 2004, 2006), and one nomination for "Best Solo Sex Scene" (2007).
Joli has appeared twice on The Howard Stern Show and three times on The Opie and Anthony Show.
She's also captured in Edouard Salier's short movie, "Flesh" which describes the life and death of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
during a fictional 9/11. She also appeared (along with porn stars Charlotte Stokely
Charlotte Stokely
Charlotte Stokely is an American pornographic actress.She started performing in adult oriented content after her roommate was cast in a porn film; Stokely was then asked to appear on camera...
, Charmane Star
Charmane Star
Charmane Star is a Filipino pornographic actress who has appeared in over 279 films since 1998. She has also performed as a feature dancer....
, Erika Vution, and Stacey Adams) in the blaxploitation
Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...
spoof Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite is a 2009 American film starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman and Tommy Davidson. It is a spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films...
. She stars on the 2010 Nerdcore Horror Calendar.
Joli has been cast in the role of Caligula
Caligula
Caligula , also known as Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 AD to 41 AD. Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Rome's most...
's wife, Caesonia, in the Off Broadway theatre production Caligula Maximus, scheduled to run at New York's Ellen Stewart Theatre in March–April 2010. She gained the role after working as a burlesque dancer at a New York performance venue run by Randy Weiner
Randy Weiner
Randy Weiner is an American playwright, producer and theater/nightclub owner. Weiner co-wrote the Off-Broadway musical The Donkey Show and, as one-third of EMURSIVE, produced the Drama Desk Award winning New York premiere of Punchdrunk's Sleep No More...
, the play's co-producer and co-writer.
Personal life
Joli is a self described geekGeek
The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to...
with a love of anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
, science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, Macs
Macs
Macs may refer to:*Mac or Macintosh*"macs" , a short story by Terry Bisson*Mac's Convenience Stores, a chain of stores in Canada*Magnetic-activated cell sorting*Metropolitan Area Commuter System, a bus system in Fairbanks, Alaska...
and cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
s. She is also into nude sports, such as naked bungee jumping
Bungee jumping
Bungee jumping is an activity that involves jumping from a tall structure while connected to a large elastic cord. The tall structure is usually a fixed object, such as a building, bridge or crane; but it is also possible to jump from a movable object, such as a hot-air-balloon or helicopter, that...
and naked whitewater rafting. She was romantically involved with porn director D. Cypher for several years.
External links
- Interview at Adult Industry Press
- "Justine Joli" by Bob Schultz, GlamourconGlamourconGlamourcon is a portmanteau of the phrase Glamour Convention, and is the brainchild of entrepreneur Robert Schulz. This event takes place twice a year, once in Chicago and once in Los Angeles, and is where Playboy Playmates, Penthouse Pets, Hustler Honeys, Perfect 10 Models, Pornographic Actresses...
.com, August 2005. - "Glamourcon Girl of the Year 2006: Justine Joli" by Bob Schultz, Glamourcon.com, August 2006.
- "Interview with adult star and fetish model: Justine Joli" by Steve C, FoundryMusic.Com
- "Interview from Inside the Porn Stars Studio" at XRentDVD.com, October 2009.