Anna Bell Peaks: Happy Birthday!

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Anna Bell Peaks was born on July 26, 1981, in Chatsworth, California, United States. She started doing porn in 2015, and, lucky for us; you can still subscribe to her pages to keep up with her new work.

In an interview with Fleshbot, Anna Bell talked about her life in high school. “I was a total nerd in high school — didn't have a lot of friends and generally wasn't part of a crowd. I had a steady boyfriend all four years in high school!" She elaborated in an interview for Adult DVD Talk and said she was an “ugly duckling” in high school. Anna Bell feels like she turned a corner around 10^th or 11^th grade.

The story about losing her virginity when she was 16 is equally surprising and sweet.

“I had a high school sweetheart who I started going out with in 8^th grade. Although, to be honest, you don’t go out with anybody in 8^th grade, you just hold hands and what not. And I married him and we have been together for 16 years.”

Source: Brazzers.com

So, how did the tattooed beauty end up doing porn?

“I went to college, got my master’s degree, all that stuff. I’m in accounting with my CPA (Certified Public Accountant) license, I’m doing well. I made pretty good money as a CPA. I was paying off my student loans. I got tired of paying and paying and paying on them so I started webcamming, at night at home. It was pretty easy to do, part-time, at home, and I like sex. So I started doing that and I made a lot of money doing that. What happened was, that I got some pictures taken at a glamour studio because I wanted good pictures for my webcam site. A guy there said, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re beautiful! You need to be a model!’ I just thought he wanted to get my phone number so I gave it to him. (laughs) And 2 days later, I had my phone ringing off the hook with different agencies. When it happened, I wasn’t even looking for it. I was thinking of possibly webcamming full time but I wasn’t looking for anything in the porn industry. It took a full month to think things through. Is it a positive thing? Is it a negative thing? It’s going to be with us for the rest of our lives, all that stuff before I decided, ‘Yeah, let’s do this.”

I’ve never talked to Anna Bell Peaks personally (even though I’d love to) but just watching her speak in her interviews and reading her quotes, I can tell she’s brilliant, meticulous, and sharp. She started doing porn when she was 33; it was part of a bigger plan. She is very aware of her brand and approaches every business opportunity like it’s an opportunity for her to elevate her brand.

In an interview with Rock Confidential, she said: “When I started in the business I definitely… I was a businesswoman before I ever got into porn. When I made the decision to enter the industry it wasn’t just, “Oh, let’s have sex!” I decided to run it like a business. I knew to market my name, otherwise no one was going to know I existed. I was going to need to own my content so I could sell it – for the rest of my life, maybe, and have passive income. I put together a really good brand and business plan. That’s the nerd coming out, I’m sorry!”

I’m fascinated by Anna Bell Peak’s business plan and goal-setting habits. She frequently talks about how she planned her porn career around the idea of creating multiple revenue streams that would facilitate her paying off her student loans and planning her retirement.

Source: Brazzers.com

“It used to be that the only place you could get porn was on video and the only time you could see a girl was when she featured around the country. The revenue stream was totally those two things. You were a contract girl for Wicked or Brazzers, and that’s where you made all your income. Now, with the internet and porn everywhere, it’s super important to own the content you have out there. You get paid once to shoot a Brazzers scene, and they pay well. They’re a great company, and I love shooting for them. If I shoot a scene and own the content, I can sell it forever. It will take a while to sell as much of that content to make what you’d get paid on a Brazzers scene, but you’re getting paid on it forever. If you do a really good job of monetizing the content that you own and managing it well and putting it up where it needs to be, it will make you a lot more than what you would make on one scene on any professional porn site.”

On her website, Anna Bell created a program called “Roadmap For Performers And Producers” to help girls establish an exit plan and put money away for retirement. I would encourage any adult actor and actress to subscribe to receive videos with information on how to open income streams, withhold taxes, and basic financial management strategies. She’s sharp like a tack and seems excited about using her CPA abilities, life knowledge, and business savvy to empower people in the industry.

In her exit interview with Adult DVD Talk, Anna Bell talked about how her experience in the industry differed from most. She knows most people have to start at the bottom and work their way up but maybe because she had already begun establishing her brand as a webcam girl, she was able to start right at the top shooting for Brazzers, Bang Bros., and Reality Kings.

It’s uncommon to see people in any industry and line of work who are as committed as Anna Bell is to her bottom-line and long-term plan. I sincerely hope she is out there kicking ass in a three-piece suit and mentoring girls and boys coming into the industry so they can also create something; to create a brand that provides income and stability for the rest of their lives.

Happy Birthday, Anna Bell Peaks!