Nina Hartley was born Marie Louise Hartman on March 11, 1959, in Berkeley, California. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 1977, Nina attended San Francisco State University's undergraduate school of nursing and graduated in 1985. Her career in the adult-entertainment industry began while she was in her sophomore year of nursing school, when she started work as a stripper at the Mitchell Brothers O'Farrell Theater in San Francisco, Her adult-film debut came in Educating Nina (1984), which was produced and directed by veteran porn star Juliet Anderson, better known as "Aunt Peg". In 1997 Nina appeared in Ночи в стиле буги (1997) playing William H. Macy's serially unfaithful wife. In 2006, she published her first book, Nina Hartley's Guide to Total Sex (ivbro). She later co-authored the book series How to be Kinkier beginning in 2012. In 2010, she quipped, "Now I work with women who are younger than my breast implants." Hartley played the part of Hillary Clinton in the film Who's Nailin' Paylin? This was a pornographic parody of then Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, with Lisa Ann in the role of Palin. Hartley was also featured in the 2012 documentary After Porn Ends, which is about life after being a porn actor. As of 2019, Hartley remained active in the industry. Appearing primarily in "mature"-theme...