Brooke Banner is an American adult film actress and model who has a net worth of $2 million. Banner became one of the more prolific adult performers of the 2000s, appearing in hundreds of scenes during a career that began in the early 2000s. She worked for many of the industry's largest production companies and earned nominations from the AVN Awards along with a fan-voted FAME Award.

Banner's first run in adult entertainment lasted nearly a decade. During that period, she also crossed into mainstream television with an appearance on the Showtime series "Californication." She stepped away from performing around 2010, subsequently earning a bachelor's degree in psychology and beginning graduate studies while raising a family.

After a six-year absence, Banner returned to adult filmmaking in 2016. Rather than signing with an agent, she represented herself and began focusing more heavily on building a personal brand and controlling her own business relationships. Her combination of longevity, a large back catalog, mainstream exposure, and a later return to independently managed work helped distinguish her from many performers whose careers were limited to only a few years.

Brooke Banner was born on September 28, 1983, in Gainesville, Florida. She spent part of her youth in California and entered the adult entertainment business shortly after reaching adulthood.

Banner later recalled that she discovered the industry after responding to a newspaper advertisement seeking a nude model in 2001. She initially shot photographs and was quickly offered additional work. After filming an early adult scene, she briefly withdrew from the business before deciding to return several months later.

She began working regularly at approximately age 18 or 19 and soon established herself as a full-time performer.

Banner's career developed during the final years in which DVDs remained one of the adult industry's most important sources of revenue. She worked frequently and appeared for production companies including Vivid, Digital Playground, Sin City, Private, Wicked Pictures, and numerous independent studios.

Her productivity was notable even by the standards of the era. By the time she returned from her later hiatus, industry publication XBIZ described Banner as having accumulated more than 400 scenes during the first phase of her career.

Banner also received recognition from industry award organizations. At the 2005 AVN Awards, she was nominated for Best All-Girl Sex Scene for "Bitch." She later received a 2010 AVN nomination for Best Oral Sex Scene for "70's Show: A XXX Parody." Banner also received the fan-voted Favorite Oral Starlet honor at the FAME Awards.

Throughout the 2000s, Banner appeared in showcase releases built around her, including "I Am Brooke Banner" and "I Love Brooke." Her longevity helped her remain recognizable through several shifts in the adult business rather than being associated with a single brief period.

Banner made a rare mainstream television appearance in 2007 on the Showtime comedy-drama "Californication," starring David Duchovny.

She appeared in the show's second episode, "Hell-A Woman," playing a character credited as "The Blonde." Although the role was small, it gave Banner exposure outside the adult industry during the height of her original performing career.

Around 2010, Banner abruptly stepped away from adult filmmaking after nearly a decade of continuous work. She later said that she simply canceled her existing bookings and separated herself from the industry without making a formal retirement announcement.

During the next several years, Banner became a mother and returned to school. She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, graduating near the top of her class, and later pursued graduate studies.

Banner also considered becoming an attorney and took the LSAT. She ultimately decided against investing in law school partly because she was concerned that her adult entertainment background could create complications during the California Bar's character and fitness review.

Banner returned to professional adult filmmaking in 2016 after approximately six years away. Her first comeback scene was filmed for Zero Tolerance.

The second phase of her career differed significantly from her original run. Banner chose to represent herself rather than work through an agent, giving her greater control over which projects she accepted and how she negotiated with producers.

She also focused on developing her own online identity and personal brand. Banner had entered the industry before social media and performer-owned subscription businesses became major sources of revenue, and she later acknowledged that she had not fully developed her own audience during her original career. Her return gave her an opportunity to apply the direct-to-consumer business model that had become increasingly important to adult performers.

Banner has remained associated with adult entertainment for more than two decades, giving her considerably greater career longevity than the average performer from her era.