Fresh Faces: Kenzi Ryans

Photo by Keith Ryan. This interview ran in the June issue of AVN magazine. Click here for a link to the digital edition.

Kenzi Ryans came to performing from the strip club stage: "I started to dance—well, strip—and I really, really loved how freeing it was. I'm a super exhibitionist, so I loved that. I worked in Philly and they would do sex shows, and I loved them, so I was already performing in front of people. On-camera performing would be a natural progression."

She doesn't think her first scene went all that well because "I hadn't been with a lot of guys, so it was like losing my virginity all over again. I was comfortable, but still uncomfortable."

Ryans says she finds working in the industry "empowering. You can be who you are. You're already naked, so there's nothing to hide. Once you're out there, you have to be strong mentally so it's really empowering. It's a job, but it's something I love to do as well." She’s also not afraid to shoot her own content, as she has announced on Twitter.

Of the nine scenes during her first few months of shooting, she likes her scene in School Girls in XXX Training 4 with Stoney Curtis because "we did something different. He was tutoring me while he was fucking me, which was really cool. It was more than just 'My teacher is fucking me.' I thought it was really cool to play into the role-playing even more. I loved that." She also likes her scene in He's My Stepdad 2 with veteran Tommy Gunn. "That was fun. I really love working with Tommy. He's very hot. There was chemistry there too."

She says she'd like to be part of an orgy, "real life or on camera. I really, really love group sex, because you don’t really know who's touching you, and that's really erotic." She'd also like to work with Kissa Sins. "She reminds me of happiness, the color yellow. She has a very light personality.”

She spends her idle time doting on her cats. ("I love them more than anything. If I could save all the cats I definitely would.") Future plans include dancing on stage in Southern California clubs: "I'm going to audition soon. I also travel for dancing. I'm really, really flexible and I'm really great at pole dancing. I really, really want to feature dance."

Twitter: @kenziryans

Instagram: thekenziryans