The 40th AVN Awards was a pornography awards ceremony recognizing the best actresses, actors, directors and films in the adult industry in 2022. The 40th edition of the ceremony, which began in 1984, encompassed 120 categories involving content creation, production, retail and web/tech forums in the adult industry. The ceremony was held at the Resort World Las Vegas Theatre on January 7, 2023, and streamed on Adult Video News' AVN.com.
Show overview
Venue
In March 2022, AVN announced that the AVN Expo and related events would be returning to an in-person format at the Resorts World Las Vegas, after using a virtual format the previous two years. Prior to this event, the conference and award show had been most recently held in-person at the Hard Rock Hotel in January 2020.
Hosts On September 20, 2022, adult performers Abella Danger and Reya Sunshine were announced as co-hosts for the show. On January 6, 2023, it was announced they would be joined by comedian Matt Rife.
Musical performances
Recording artists Kehlani and Shenseea performed during the awards show.
Winners and nominees The nominees for the 40th AVN Awards were announced on November 4, 2022.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 7, 2023.
Major awards Winners of these categories are highlighted in boldface.
{| class="wikitable" role="presentation" | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Kira Noir Aiden Ashley Vanna Bardot Lilly Bell Blake Blossom Savannah Bond Anna Claire Clouds Gianna Dior Ana Foxxx Kenna James Maddy May April Olsen Alexis Tae Angela White Jane Wilde | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Seth Gamble Mick Blue Nathan Bronson Dante Colle Dredd Manuel Ferrara Oliver Flynn Anton Harden Ricky Johnson Isiah Maxwell Ramón Nomar Tommy Pistol Codey Steele Michael Stefano Zac Wild |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Maitland Ward – Drift, Deeper Aiden Ashley – Hysteria, Wicked/Pulse Kenna James – Dark Is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse Freya Parker – Duplicity, Wicked Noir/Pulse September Reign – Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures Vanessa Sky – My Best Friend's Girl, Sweet Sinner/Mile High Charlotte Stokely – Another Night in the Valley, AllHerLuv Kenzie Taylor – Deranged (Vols. 1 & 2), Wicked/Pulse Jane Wilde – Stars, Adult Time Emily Willis – One Night in Los Angeles, Dorcel/Pulse | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Seth Gamble – Going Up, Lust Cinema Mike Chapman – Introspection, Rocco Siffredi Films/Evil Angel Dante Colle – One Night in Los Angeles, Dorcel/Pulse Charles Dera – Duplicity, Wicked Noir/Pulse Lucky Fate – Grinders, Adult Time Quinton James – Obsessed 2, Sweet Sinner/Mile High Isiah Maxwell – I Love You, You're Fired, Lust Cinema Ryan Mclane – The Hitman: Love is Deadly, Sweet Sinner/Mile High Tommy Pistol – The Voyeur 5, Sweet Sinner/Mile High Nicky Rebel – Shoot Your Shot, Team Skeet |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Blake Blossom – An Honest Man, MissaX Aiden Ashley – Off the Record, Forbidden Seductions/Adult Time Alex Coal – What's So Special About Her?, MissaX Ana Foxxx – Unfinished Business, Pure Taboo Jada Kai – Jada, ForPlay Films Jia Lissa – Third Date, Parasited Cadence Lux – The Creepening, That Fetish Girl Victoria Voxxx – Apricity, XConfessions Jane Wilde – One Last Kiss, MissaX Maya Woulfe – California Dreaming, Lust Cinema | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Tommy Pistol – The Bargain, Greenwood/Adult Time Chad Alva – Lust Triangles: You'd Get Along Great, Modern-Day Sins Adam Christopher – Jeffrassic Porn: A Nerds of Porn Theme Park, Nerds of Porn/Creation of Adam Danny D. – Crooked Throne, Digital Playground Robby Echo – Heat Wave II, MissaX Seth Gamble – The Nanny Incident, Pure Taboo Alex Mack – Unfinished Business, Pure Taboo Ricky Spanish – Use Your Words, MissaX Codey Steele – Husband, Unleashed, Pure Taboo Christian Wilde – Apricity, XConfessions |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Grinders, Adult Time Dark Is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse Deranged (Vols. 1 & 2), Wicked/Pulse Drift, Deeper Going Up, Lust Cinema The Hitman: Love Is Deadly, Sweet Sinner/Mile High Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures Maid to Kill, Sparks Entertainment SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix Stars, Adult Time | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| The Bargain, Greenwood/Adult Time Apricity, XConfessions California Dreaming, Lust Cinema Crooked Throne, Digital Playground Living Well, Pure Taboo One Last Kiss, MissaX Pulp Friction, Impulse 2, Deeper/Pulse S.I., Delphine Films/Model Media US Third Date, Parasited Up Uranus, Emorex/Tara-TS |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Kira Noir – Sorrow Bay, Lust Cinema Vanna Bardot – Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures Lilly Bell – Going Up, Lust Cinema Skye Blue – A Taste of Kunst, Lust Cinema Anna Claire Clouds – Hysteria, Wicked/Pulse Ana Foxxx – Torn, Dorcel/Pulse Brooklyn Gray – Sorrow Bay, Lust Cinema Charlotte Sins – Grinders, Adult Time Jennifer White – Deranged (Vols. 1 & 2), Wicked/Pulse Maya Woulfe – Going Up, Lust Cinema | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Tommy Pistol – Grinders, Adult Time Mick Blue, Drift – Deeper Nathan Bronson – One Night in Los Angeles, Dorcel/Pulse Dante Colle – Torn, Dorcel/Pulse Tyler Cruise – SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix Robby Echo – Grinders, Adult Time Peter Green – Shoot Your Shot, Team Skeet Quinton James – I Love You, You're Fired, Lust Cinema Ryan Mclane – The Voyeur 5, Sweet Sinner/Mile High Tyler Nixon – Mommy's Boys, MissaX |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Little Caprice Alexis Crystal Anna de Ville Shalina Devine Eva Elfie Clea Gaultier Romy Indy Eden Ivy Cherry Kiss Veronica Leal Rae Lil Black Jia Lissa Clara Mia Liya Silver Sybil | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Danny D. Alberto Blanco Marcello Bravo Kristof Cale Christian Clay Charlie Dean Darrell Deeps Chris Diamond Erik Everhard Maximo Garcia Vince Karter Joss Lescaf Ricky Mancini David Perry Aaron Rock |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Charly Summer Kenzie Anne Braylin Bailey Armani Black Nicole Doshi Tommy King Nicole Kitt Rory Knox Kay Lovely Leana Lovings Bunny Madison Xxlayna Marie Madison Summers Aria Valencia Slimthick Vic | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Emma Rose Janie Blade Erica Cherry Korra Del Rio Ariel Demure Jessy Dubai Khloe Kay Kasey Kei Pixi Lust Cherry Mavrik Eva Maxim Lola Morena Chrystal Thayer Jade Venus Izzy Wilde |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Kayden Kross James Avalon Axel Braun Casey Calvert Seth Gamble Rickey Greenwood Bree Mills Mike Quasar Will Ryder Jane Wilde Whitney Wright | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Grinders, Adult Time – Michael Hues Alien Invaders, Horror Porn – Petr Stovik The Arcade Machine, Hentaied – Romero & Andrea Rospi Crooked Throne, Digital Playground – Papa Bitch, Liz Licious & Corey Cobra Drift, Deeper – Duboko Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse – Hans Foley Maid to Kill, Sparks Entertainment – Harry Sparks SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix – Axel Braun & Claudia Ross Stars, Adult Time – Angelo Poirier Up Uranus, Emorex/Tara-TS – Tara Emory & L the Robot |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse – Set Walker Dark is the Night, Wicked Noir/Pulse – James Avalon Grinders, Adult Time – Matt Holder The Lake House, Blush Erotica – The Sinematographer Muses, Transfixed – J. Wolf Revenge, Dorcel/Pulse – Herve Bodilis Sorrow Bay, Lust Cinema – Bryn Pryor & Shaun Rivera SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix – Axel Braun, James Avalon & Ralph Parfait Stars, Adult Time – Michael Vegas Within Her (La Femme de ses Reves), Parasite Twins/Canal+ – Cosmo Liveti | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Grinders'', Adult Time Drift, Deeper Duplicity, Wicked Noir/Pulse Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse Going Up, Lust Cinema I Wanna Fuck Your Mom, Brazzers Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures Pussy Party, Imani Seduction Productions SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix Within Her (La Femme de ses Reves, Parasite Twins/Canal+
Additional award winners
VIDEO & WEB Best Anal Movie or Limited Series: Anal Savages 8, Jules Jordan Video Best Anal Series or Channel: Tushy Raw, Tushy Raw/Pulse Best Anal Sex Scene: Angela White & Manuel Ferrara – Florentine Part 1 | If It Feels Good 3, Deeper/Pulse Best Anthology Movie or Limited Series: Blonde Label 2, Deeper/Pulse Best Anthology Series or Channel: Vibes, Vixen/Pulse Best Art Direction: SpideyPool XXX: An Axel Braun Parody, Wicked Comix Best BDSM Movie or Limited Series: Tainted Love, Kink Best Blowbang Scene: Angela White – Sexually Rated Programming: Blowbang, Brazzers Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene: Blake Blossom & Jax Slayher – Dream Slut, Blonde, Stacked, Blake Blossom Worships Jax Slayher's Giant Cock, Jules Jordan Video Best Curve Appeal Movie or Limited Series: Breast Worship 7, Jules Jordan Video Best Directing – Specialty: Aiden Starr Best Directing – International Production: Rocco Siffredi Best Directing – Narrative Production: Kayden Kross Best Directing – Non-Narrative Production: Jules Jordan Best Double-Penetration Sex Scene: Gia Scene 1: Double Penetration, Evil Angel – Gia Derza, John Strong & Mick Blue Best Foursome/Orgy Sex Scene: Violet Myers, Vicki Chase, Vanna Bardot, Nicole Doshi, Savannah Bond, Anton Harden, Richard Mann, Isiah Maxwell, Jonathan Jordan, Brickzilla, Garland, Jamie Knoxx, Jay Hefner, John Legendary, Tyrone Love, Stretch & Zaddy – High Gear | Blacked Raw V56, Blacked Raw/Pulse Best Gangbang Scene: Take Control, Brazzers – Angela White, Mick Blue, John Strong, Isiah Maxwell, Zac Wild & Oliver Flynn Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene: Heat Wave, Slayed – Vanna Bardot & Gianna Dior Best Gonzo/Cinemascore Movie or Limited Series: Goddess and the Seed, Deeper/Pulse Best Gonzo/Cinemascore Series or Channel: Blacked Raw, Blacked Raw/Pulse Best Ingenue Movie or Limited Series: Ripe 11, Jules Jordan Video Best Ingenue Series or Channel: Dirty Little Schoolgirl Stories, New Sensations Best International Anal Sex Scene: Vina Sky: French Tour De Anal | Exotics 2, Jules Jordan Video – Vina Sky & Vince Carter Best International Boy/Girl Sex Scene: The Spanish Stallion: Angie Lynx vs. Liya Silver, Scene 2, Rocco Siffredi Films/Evil Angel – Liya Silver & Joss Lescaf Best International Group Sex Scene: Rocco's Double Trouble 5, Scene 2, Rocco Siffredi/Evil Angel – Sara Bell, Martina Smeraldi, Yves Morgan, Oscar Batty & Mike Chapman Best International All-Girl Sex Scene: Wonder Women, Caprice Divas/Little Caprice Dreams – Little Caprice & Agatha Vega Best International Production: Revenge, Dorcel/Pulse Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene: Close Up, Slayed – Gianna Dior, Jill Kassidy & Natalia Nix Best All-Girl Movie or Limited Series: Play 2, Slayed/Pulse Best All-Girl Series or Channel: Cravings, Slayed/Pulse Best Hair & Makeup: One Last Kiss, MissaX; Alexxx Moon Best Male Newcomer: Lucky Fate Best MILF/Mixed-Age Fantasy Series or Channel: Filthy Moms, Brazzers/Pulse Best MILF Movie or Limited Series: Mommy's Boys, MissaX Best Female Mixed-Age Fantasy Movie or Limited Series: Cougariffic 2, Girlsway Productions Best New International Starlet: Little Dragon Best New Production Banner: Ricky's Room Best Niche Movie or Limited Series: Cum Inside 3, Nubile Films/Pulse Best Niche Series or Channel: Hentai Sex School, Adult Time/Adult Sourcet Best Non-Sex Performance: Misty Stone – Love, Sex & Music, Adam & Eve Pictures Best Oral Series or Channel: Swallowed.com, Lit Up/Evil Angel Best Oral Sex Scene: Laney Grey Deepthroats All Day, Throated/Blowpass – Laney Grey & Mick Blue