Mia Khalifa Biography: Early Life, Career & Net Worth
Mia Khalifa (b. 1993) is a Lebanese-American media personality and former pornographic film actress. She rose to stardom in late 2014, becoming one of the most searched performers on Pornhub after a controversial scene using a hijab drew global notice, resulting in tremendous popularity and outrage.
Despite her modest three-month career in adult films, Khalifa was chosen as Pornhub’s “Number One Porn Star” in 2015. In January 2017, xHamster revealed that she was the most-searched-for adult actress in 2016. In 2018, she was the most searched-for actress on Pornhub.
Khalifa has worked as a webcam model, creator of OnlyFans, and sports pundit since leaving the adult industry. In 2023, she debuted her own jewellery collection. Commentators and previous employers have reacted negatively to Khalifa’s support of sex workers’ rights and criticism of U.S. military assistance to Israel in the context of Israeli apartheid.
Mia Khalifa Biography
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Khalifa grew up Catholic in a “very conservative” household, according to her. She learnt to speak English while attending a private school in Beirut that taught French. Following the war in South Lebanon, Khalifa’s family fled their homeland and immigrated to the US in 2001.
Her family settled in Montgomery County, Maryland, where she attended high school and played lacrosse. She claims she was ridiculed at school for being “the darkest and weirdest girl there,” which worsened following the September 11 attacks.
She attended Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia before earning a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Texas at El Paso. She supported herself there by working as a barman, model, and ‘briefcase lady’ on a local Spanish-language game program similar to Deal or No Deal.
Career
In January 2017, xHamster announced that Khalifa was the most searched-for adult actress in 2016. In 2018, three years after leaving the industry, she remained the second-highest-ranked individual on Pornhub.
In August 2019, Khalifa stated that she earned $12,000 working in porn by earning an estimated $1,000 per scene – standard contractor compensation from production studios in the industry, according to Alec Helmy, president and publisher of adult entertainment industry news site XBIZ – and that she received no residuals from BangBros, Pornhub, or other free sites where BangBros uploaded the videos.
After three months as an adult film actor, Khalifa worked in Miami as a paralegal and bookkeeper. She later became a social media personality and webcam model, talking about fashion, food, and politics on platforms including Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.
She sells sexually explicit material directly to OnlyFans subscribers. Khalifa has a YouTube account, livestreams on Twitch, sells photoshoots, products, and access to exclusive material on the membership website Patreon, and sells sexual images and videos on the social networking platform Findrow.
In 2016, columnist Dan Steinberg of The Washington Post remarked that, despite Khalifa’s job transition, her social media feed was “still a bit more risqué than that of, say, Ben Bernanke”.
She has used her social media presence to support professional sports teams from the Washington, D.C., area. She and Gilbert Arenas hosted Out of Bounds, a daily sports show on Complex News’s YouTube channel, from October 2017 to February 2018.
Khalifa then co-hosted Sportsball with Tyler Coe on Rooster Teeth. Its final episode was released on October 30, 2018.
In May 2020, she had a guest appearance as herself on the Hulu sitcom Ramy. In May 2021, she appeared in Bella Poarch’s music video for “Build a Bitch” alongside other internet celebrities such as Valkyrae, Bretman Rock, Larray, and ZHC. She plays a factory-created woman who joins Poarch’s resistance.
Khalifa and Sara Burn, a former Virgil Abloh collaborator, debuted a jewellery brand called “Sheytan” (an anglicised variant of the Arabic word for “devil”) in June 2023. Khalifa appeared in the London-based fashion label Aries’ Fall/Winter 2023 campaign, as well as a photo book called Mia by Aries, which was launched the same year.
Personal Life
Khalifa married her high-school lover in February 2011. They split in 2014 and divorced in 2016. She married Swedish professional chef Robert Sandberg in 2019, the couple separated in 2020. From 2021 to 2022, she had a relationship with Puerto Rican rapper and musician Jhayco.
Mia Khalifa Net Worth
Mia Khalifa’s net worth is expected to be about $5 million. This wealth stems from her successful transition from the adult film industry to becoming a well-known social media influencer and sports commentator, including profits from platforms such as OnlyFans and corporate deals.
Social Media
Instagram: @miakhalifa
