Mia Khalifa

Mia Khalifa (born Sarah Joe Chamoun on February 10, 1993) is a Lebanese-American media personality and former pornographic film actress.

She was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised Catholic in what she has called a "very conservative" household, attending a private French-language school in Beirut. In 2001 her family left Lebanon in the wake of the South Lebanon conflict and moved to the United States, settling in Montgomery County, Maryland. She later graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's degree in history.

She entered the adult film industry in October 2014, taking her stage name from her dog, Mia, and the rapper Wiz Khalifa. A scene in which she wore a hijab drew worldwide attention that year, making her instantly popular but also bringing criticism from writers and religious figures; her parents publicly disowned her, and she received death threats online. Her adult film career lasted only about three months: in January 2015 she signed a long-term contract with the production company's parent firm but changed her mind and quit two weeks later. Even so, she was voted the top porn star on Pornhub in 2015, xHamster reported that she was the most-searched-for pornographic actress of 2016, and in 2018 she became the most-searched-for actress on Pornhub.

Since leaving the industry she has worked as a webcam model, an OnlyFans creator, and a sports commentator, and she has advocated for sex workers' rights. She launched her own jewelry line in 2023.