Sunny Leone, born Karenjit Kaur Vohra on May 13, 1981, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, is a Indian-Canadian actress, model, and former adult film star of Indian Sikh descent. Raised in a Punjabi Sikh family, she spent her early years in Canada before relocating to Southern California with her parents and brother in 1996. She attended Catholic school and later enrolled in college to study pediatric nursing, but her career path shifted dramatically after entering the entertainment industry.

She is often cited as one of the most beautiful women to ever do adult content and often tops lists of women considered too pretty to have done porn. Her transition from adult films to Bollywood stardom after 2012—beginning with Jism 2—further broadened her appeal and made her one of the most...