Marie Louise Hartman, mainly famous as Nina Hartley, is an American porn actress and a sex educator. She is primarily renowned for her adult films. She has worked in over one thousand porn videos.
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Nina Hartley was born in Berkeley, California, U.S.A., on March 11, 1959. She is a Pisces. Nina is 65 years old as of 2024. She was born to Louis and Blanche Hartman; her parents have 4 children, including her.
Nina’s parents were active members of the Communist Party U.S.A. and converted to Buddhism when she was young. She is American by nationality.
Nina went to Berkeley High School, and she graduated in 1977. She graduated from San Francisco State University’s Department of Nursing program, magna Cumlaude, in 1985. Nina was a registered nurse until her license expired in 1986.
Professional Life
Nina started her career as a stripper at the Sutter cinema during college. She also worked as a stripper in the Mitchell Brothers O’Farrell Theatre, inspired by a film she saw, “The Autobiography of a Flea.” To your surprise, it was the first adult film directed by a woman, Sharon McNight.
Later, she decided to focus on acting in the adult industry. During her junior year in college, she posed for magazines like “High Society” and “Hustler.” Nina made her official debut performance in a porn film, “Educating Nina,” in which she was acting as a protege of another adult actress, Juliet Anderson.
She went for the stage name Nina Hartely instead of her real name because it was easy to pronounce in Japanese at the time. She was working in San Francisco.
During the ’80s and early ’90s, Hartley performed in several of the “Debbie Does Dallas” film series, 1986’s “Debbie Duz Dishes” and 1991’s “Debbie Does Wall Street.” In 1992, Nina directed her first movie, “Nina Hartley’s Book of Love,” For many years, Nina toured the U.S.A. and Canada as a stripper.
Awards & Achievements
Nina Hartely has won numerous awards for her various performances in the adult industry. Some of them are given the following.
Best Actress for Debbie Duz Dishes
1987’s Best Couples Sex
Best Supporting Actress for The Last X-Rated Movie
Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award
FOXE Female Fan Favorite ( 1990, 1991, and 1992)
Fanny Lifetime Achievement Award
XBIZ Award for Best Non-Sex Acting
seven XRCO Awards
Relationship Status
If we talk about her personal life, she is bisexual. She was in a relationship with a man and a woman from 1981 to 200. Nina got married in 1986 to her male partner, but they divorced in 2003. In 2004 she decided to marry a porn director, Ira Levine, in an open, polyamorous relationship.
Net Worth
Nina Hartley’s net worth is $4 million, as of 2024. As a result of her back-to-back performances in porn movies, she was able to earn this amount. Following the success of her film “Educating Nina,” she was able to pursue new opportunities, and this fueled her net worth.
