Early life

Lei was born in Singapore and spent most of her childhood in Massachusetts, United States.

Career

Lei is a former contract performer for pornographic production studio Wicked Pictures.

Outside her adult film work, she was the host of a radio show on KSEX, Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei. Lei has made an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show while he was on national broadcast radio (pre-Sirius satellite radio change over), and she has made appearances on Playboy TV. In 2007, she was the co star of the Cinemax series The Erotic Traveler, as "Allison Kraft" - an apprentice erotic photographer.

According to the Internet Adult Film Database, she has worked in over 200 films, including Beautiful, Kaylani Unleashed and Space Nuts for Wicked.

In 2010, Lei appeared alongside fellow Wicked Pictures contract star Alektra Blue in the Free Speech Coalition's "All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA" on the topic of copyright infringement of adult content.

In 2011, Complex magazine ranked her at #24 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time".

Lei has also appeared several times on the TV series Zane's Sex Chronicles and in the 2013 documentary Risky Business: A Look Inside America's Adult Film Industry.

Personal life

Lei dated Byron Kelleher, a New Zealand rugby union halfback, from 2005 to 2006. She lived with him in New Zealand until June 2006.

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Result	Category	Work
2004	AVN Award	Nominated	Best New Starlet	N/A
		Nominated	Best Actress - Video	Angel X
	XRCO Award	Nominated	Best Girl/Girl Scene
		Nominated	New Starlet	N/A
2005	AFWG Award	Won	Contract Starlet of the Year	Wicked Pictures
	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Actress - Video	Sweatshop
		Nominated	Best Tease Performance	Smokin' P.O.V.
		Nominated	Best Oral Sex Scene - Video	Eye of the Beholder
2007	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress - Video	Curse Eternal
		Nominated	Best Three-Way Sex Scene
2008	AFWG Award	Won	Porn Cumback of the Year	N/A
	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Actress, Video	Candelabra
	NightMoves Award	Won	Best Female Performer (Editor's Choice)	N/A
	XRCO Award	Won	Best Cumback	N/A
2009	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Actress	The Wicked
		Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene
	XRCO Award	Nominated	Single Performance - Actress
2010	AVN Award	Nominated	Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene	House of Wicked
		Won	Best Group Sex Scene	2040
2011	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Speed
2012	AVN Award	Nominated	Best All-Girl Group Scene	Sexy
		Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody
2013	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Actress	Snatched
		Nominated	Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene	Asian Anal Aaaassins
	XBIZ Award	Nominated	Best Actress—Couples-Themed Release	The Prize
		Nominated	Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release
		Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Countdown
2014	AVN Award	Nominated	Best Safe Sex Scene	Hotel No Tell
2015	AVN Award	Won	AVN Hall of Fame	N/A
		Nominated	Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene	The Masterpiece
		Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Aftermath
		Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Holly…Would

[ Source: Wikipedia ]