# Kaylani Lei

Kaylani Lei (born Ashley Spalding) is an American pornographic actress.

## Early life

Lei is of Singaporean and Filipino descent.

## Career

Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career. She is a former contract performer for pornographic production studio Wicked Pictures.
Outside her adult film work, she was the host of a radio show on KSEX, Me So Horny with Kaylani Lei. Lei appeared on the Howard Stern radio show, and she has made appearances on Playboy TV. In 2007, she was the co star of the Cinemax series The Erotic Traveler, as "Allison Kraft" - an apprentice erotic photographer. She appeared in one episode of the 2011 series Chemistry as a Japanese businesswoman named Yokushi Shimato.
In 2010, Lei appeared alongside fellow Wicked Pictures contract star Alektra Blue in the Free Speech Coalition's "All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA".
In 2011, Complex 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 New Zealand rugby union halfback, from 2005 to 2006. She lived with him in New Zealand until June 2006.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Result | Category | Work |
| 2004 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best New Starlet | — |
| 2004 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress – Video | Angel X |
| 2004 | XRCO Award | Nominated | Best Girl/Girl Scene (with Asia Carrera) | Angel X |
| 2004 | XRCO Award | Nominated | New Starlet | — |
| 2005 | AFWG Award | Won | Contract Starlet of the Year | Wicked Pictures |
| 2005 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress – Video | Sweatshop |
| 2005 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Tease Performance | Smokin' P.O.V. |
| 2005 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Oral Sex Scene – Video (with Charmane Star & Brad Armstrong) | Eye of the Beholder |
| 2007 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Supporting Actress – Video | Curse Eternal |
| 2007 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Three-Way Sex Scene (with Jessica Drake & Eric Masterson) | Curse Eternal |
| 2008 | AFWG Award | Won | Porn Cumback of the Year | — |
| 2008 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress, Video | Candelabra |
| 2008 | NightMoves Award | Won | Best Female Performer (Editor's Choice) | — |
| 2008 | XRCO Award | Won | Best Cumback | — |
| 2009 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress | The Wicked |
| 2009 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Mikayla Mendez, Evan Stone, Sophia Santi & Barry Scott) | The Wicked |
| 2009 | XRCO Award | Nominated | Single Performance – Actress | The Wicked |
| 2010 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Alektra Blue, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price & Mikayla Mendez) | House of Wicked |
| 2010 | AVN Award | Won | Best Group Sex Scene (with Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, Mikayla Mendez, Tory Lane, Jayden Jaymes, Kayla Carrera, Randy Spears, Brad Armstrong, Rocco Reed, Marcus London, Mick Blue & T.J. Cummings) | 2040 |
| 2011 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Misty Stone, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, Chanel Preston, Kayme Kai, Tory Lane, Briana Blair, Mick Blue, Dale DaBone, Barrett Blade, Eric Masterson, Marcus London, Sascha & Bill Bailey) | Speed |
| 2012 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Scene (with Jessica Drake, Alektra Blue & Brandy Aniston) | Sexy |
| 2012 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Alektra Blue, Jessica Drake, Kirsten Price, Brandy Aniston, Nikki Daniels, Lucky Starr, Puma Swede, Randy Spears, Tommy Gunn, Marcus London, Ron Jeremy, Jack Vegas, Dick Chibbles, Rocco Reed & Mac Turner) | The Rocki Whore Picture Show: A Hardcore Parody |
| 2013 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Actress | Snatched |
| 2013 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Katsuni, Mia Lelani & Miko Lee) | Asian Anal Assassins |
| 2013 | XBIZ Award | Nominated | Best Actress—Couples-Themed Release | The Prize |
| 2013 | XBIZ Award | Nominated | Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release (with Xander Corvus) | The Prize |
| 2013 | XBIZ Award | Nominated | Best Supporting Actress | Countdown |
| 2014 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Safe Sex Scene (with James Deen) | Hotel No Tell |
| 2015 | AVN Award | Won | AVN Hall of Fame | — |
| 2015 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene (with Abigail Mac) | The Masterpiece |
| 2015 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Aubrey Addams, Jessica Drake, Sarah Jessie, Vicki Chase, Brad Armstrong, Eric Masterson, Erik Everhard, Mr. Pete, Ryan McLane & Tyler Nixon) | Aftermath |
| 2015 | AVN Award | Nominated | Best Group Sex Scene (with Asa Akira, Samantha Saint, Summer Brielle, Sophia Fiore, Remy LaCroix, James Deen, Mr. Pete, Eric Masterson, Bill Bailey & Brad Armstrong) | Holly…Would |