Kaylani Lei (born Ashley Spalding) is an American

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Early life

Lei is of

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and

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descent.

Career

Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in

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prior to her porn career. She is a former contract performer for pornographic production studio

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''Asian Sex Gazette''. Retrieved October 2, 2007. Outside her adult film work, she was the host of a

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on KSEX, ''Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei''. Lei appeared on the

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radio show, and she has made appearances on

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. In 2007, she was the co star of the

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series ''The Erotic Traveler'', as "Allison Kraft" - an apprentice erotic photographer."HBO Schedule: The Erotic Traveler"
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Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 27, 2007. She appeared in one episode of the 2011 series ''

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'' as a Japanese businesswoman named Yokushi Shimato. In 2010, Lei appeared alongside fellow Wicked Pictures contract star Alektra Blue in the

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's "All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA". In 2011, ''

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'' 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

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halfback, from 2005 to 2006. She lived with him in New Zealand until June 2006.

Awards and nominations

References

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