(Hollywood, CA) The AVN Nominations Party returned to the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood with a well-attended, industry-only, red-carpet gala. Hosts Abigaiil Morris and ItsLo, trophy girls Ava Amira and Meagan Moore, AVN CEO Tony Rios, and AVN Hall of Famer Amber Lynn hosted the party, and a handful of top categories were announced. Last year, smoking hot, glamorous, versatile, and multi-award-winning trans performer Ariel Demure won Best Trans Acting Performance—now she’s up for it again, Trans Performer of the Year, and several other nominations for her scene work.
Ariel Demure had an incredible 2025, but one of her roles was the role of a lifetime…Transpirella, based on the underground comic character Vampirella. She has now scored an AVN Awards nomination for Best Trans Acting Performance for her role in Gender X Films’ feature directed by Jim Powers, as well as Most Outrageous Sex Scene for her scene “Satanic Orgy and Hellish Takedown” (or “Lucifer’s Sploogenami”) with Avery Lust, Andylynne Payne, and Jack Hammer.
Three more of Ariel’s scenes also received nominations. Grooby’s TGirls.Porn’s “A + A = Demure Lust” with Avery Lust is up for Best Trans One-on-One Sex Scene, GroobyVR’s “Waking Up with Ariel!” with Giovanni is nommed for Best VR Trans Sex Scene, and Gender X’s “Trans Orgy” with Jade Venus, Brittney Kade, Kasey Kei, Tori Easton, Khloe Kay, Lola Morena, Cherry Kiss, Michael DelRay, Steve Rickz, Cliff Jensen, and Wolf Hudson has received a Best Trans Group Sex Scene nomination.
“Winning Best Trans Acting Performance at the AVN Awards for my own production last year was a dream come true. I’d love to win it again for ‘Transpirella’ or Trans Performer of the Year. I’ve had an incredible year and am so thankful for all the nominations, all the directors and studios who worked with me this year, and the team behind me,” says Ariel Demure.
For a complete list of nominees, visit avn.com/awards/2026_nominees. Fan categories will be announced soon.
The AVN Awards are set to take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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ABOUT ARIEL DEMURE
Ariel Demure is a chameleon who could be dark-haired, a redhead, or blonde on any given day. Her smoking hot looks harken back to the glamourous Vivid and Digital Playground contract stars who heated up the screen. And although she’s glamorous, she’s also down to earth and has a sparking personality and wit. Award-winning, sought-after directors like Ricky Greenwood and Jim Powers sing her praises for being the total package of beauty, professionalism, acting, and on-screen performances. At a young age, it was evident that she was destined for greatness when she snagged the crown for prom queen in high school. Ariel got her start in the industry in strip clubs, was a makeup artist who did drag performances under the name Liv Demure for five years at local show bars in Fort Lauderdale and worked retail before making the leap into adulthood.
With just a few years in the industry, Ariel is in demand and has worked for all the top studios and has appeared in over 150 scenes for Transfixed, Grooby, Evil Angel, TransAngels, Gender X Films, Devil’s Film, and Transsensual, and has scored tons of DVD covers and directs for Adult Time. She’s among the few stars to have a perfect 5-star rating from fans on Adult Empire. And like Tera Patrick, she was featured in two of the biggest adult publications in the same month, AVN and XBIZ World magazines, in August of 2024.
Ariel has also received countless trophies for her work, including winning Trans Performer of the Year and her scene work from the XMAs, Best Trans Acting Performance (twice) and her scenes from the AVN Awards, Trans Premium Social Media Star of the Year from the XBIZ Creator Awards, Best Hardcore Performer, Transfixed Best Acting Award, GenderX Model of the Year, Fan’s Choice Award, and Best Boy/Girl Scene from the TEAs, Trans Performer of the Year from the XRCOs, Fandom Video Winner from the Bazowie! Awards, and Best Top, Best Three-Way Scene, and Movie of the Year from the Fleshbot Awards. Additionally, she has received numerous nominations from the AVN, XMA, XMA Creator, TEAs, NightMoves, AltStar, Fannys, Bazowie!, AltStar, Pornhub, Fleshbot, Urban X, and XRCO Awards. Ariel’s been profiled multiple times by AVN Magazine, which hailed her as one of the top newcomers when she scored four AVN Awards nominations in 2022, more than any newcomer in history.
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