While she was still a child, her
family moved to the United States, living in states such as Massachusetts,
Virginia, and Ohio before settling in Las Vegas, Nevada. At 18, she began
her exotic dancing career. While working in a Las Vegas dance club, she
became intrigued by adult films. After moving to Los Angeles, California,
she immediately began her career in hardcore pornographic films in
September 2002. Although she was pursued by other adult film companies,
including Vivid Entertainment, Lei became a "Wicked Girl" contract
performer for Wicked Pictures in 2003. One of Wicked's performers did not
show up for a film shoot and Lei took that actress' role; this performance
impressed the company's executives into offering her a contract. As a
Wicked Girl, she is said to have worked under the tutelage of Wicked
Pictures contract director Michael Raven. Outside of her adult film work,
she used to host a radio show on KSEX, Me So Horny With Keylani Lei, has
made an appearance on the Howard Stern radio show, and makes appearances
on Playboy TV. On the business front, Lei previously had an official
website, kaylanilei.com, which is now offline. She also inked a deal with
California Exotic Novelties for her own line of sex toys. After meeting in
December 2005, Lei began dating Byron Kelleher, a New Zealand rugby union
halfback. However in June 2006, The Sunday News reported that the two had
split up. |