Lela Star is an American adult film actress and model who has a net worth of $1 million.

Lela Star first became prominent during the mid-2000s, developing a following that led to an exclusive contract with ClubJenna, one of the industry's best-known production companies at the time. She later became the July 2010 Penthouse Pet of the Month before announcing her retirement the following year.

Star returned to adult entertainment in 2014 and successfully built a second phase of her career. Her comeback eventually led to an exclusive performance agreement with Brazzers and Reality Kings in 2018. She also appeared as a contestant on the third season of the reality series "Brazzers House."

Outside of adult entertainment, Star gained mainstream attention because of her resemblance to Kim Kardashian. In 2018, she was among the models used in Kanye West's widely publicized Yeezy Season 6 campaign, in which a group of women were styled and photographed to resemble Kardashian. Star subsequently appeared in another provocative Yeezy advertising campaign. Her career has combined traditional studio work, modeling, exclusive contracts, appearances, and direct-to-fan online content.

Lela Star was born Danielle Nicole Alonso on June 13, 1985, in Cape Coral, Florida. She is of Cuban descent and grew up in the Miami area.

Star entered the adult entertainment business in 2006. She was discovered by veteran talent agent Jim South and began working for a variety of production companies. Her early credits included projects for companies such as Evil Angel, Jules Jordan Video, New Sensations, and Red Light District.

Star quickly attracted attention within the industry, earning several award nominations during the first few years of her career.

Star's career accelerated in 2007 when she signed an exclusive contract with ClubJenna, the production company founded by Jenna Jameson and Jay Grdina. At the time, ClubJenna had developed a business model centered partly on signing a relatively small roster of exclusive performers and building individual releases around them.

The agreement gave Star greater visibility and helped establish her as one of the more recognizable performers of the late 2000s. She received an AVN Award nomination for Best New Starlet in 2008 and accumulated several other nominations during this period.

Star also expanded into glamour modeling. In July 2010, she was selected as Penthouse Pet of the Month, providing another major boost to her profile.

In 2011, Star announced that she had married and was retiring from adult entertainment. Unlike many temporary breaks in the industry, her departure lasted several years.

Star returned to adult filmmaking in 2014, initially working with Brazzers. Her comeback introduced her to a new generation of viewers at a time when the economics of adult entertainment had shifted substantially toward streaming, social media, and direct online interaction.

Her second run eventually resulted in another major exclusive agreement. In March 2018, Brazzers and Reality Kings announced that Star had signed an exclusive performance contract covering both brands. The companies said she would be featured in several of their higher-profile projects.

Later that year, Star joined the cast of "Brazzers House 3," a reality competition featuring ten adult performers living together and competing in challenges.

Her ability to leave the business for several years and then re-establish herself as an exclusive performer made her career unusual for an industry in which popularity can be highly dependent on constant exposure.

Star crossed into mainstream fashion publicity in 2018 through Kanye West's Yeezy brand.

For the Yeezy Season 6 promotional campaign, West and his team recruited celebrities, models, and social media personalities to recreate paparazzi-style photographs previously taken of Kim Kardashian wearing Yeezy clothing. Star was among the women styled to resemble Kardashian, alongside figures including Paris Hilton and Jordyn Woods.

The campaign received significant attention from fashion and entertainment publications because of its unusual approach to celebrity advertising and social media. Star's physical resemblance to Kardashian made her one of the particularly noticeable participants.

She was subsequently featured in another Yeezy campaign photographed by Eli Russell Linnetz, this time modeling Yeezy footwear. The appearances gave Star a level of mainstream fashion exposure that is relatively uncommon for an adult performer.

Star's career has spanned two very different versions of the adult entertainment business. When she debuted in 2006, studio productions, DVDs, magazines, and exclusive performer contracts remained important components of the industry. By the time of her comeback, streaming services, social media, webcam platforms, and performer-controlled subscription content had become increasingly important.

Star adapted to that transition by maintaining a large online following and developing income streams outside conventional studio performances. Combined with her work for ClubJenna, Brazzers, Reality Kings, Penthouse, and Yeezy, those activities have allowed her to maintain name recognition long after her original mid-2000s breakthrough.