Sunny Leone, the former adult film star turned Bollywood actress, who wears many hats – supporting Peta and honoured in the BBC’s 100 Women series

Before she appeared in the Will Ferrell co-produced Hollywood film The Virginity Hit and launched her own cosmetics line Starstruck by Sunny Leone, she was winning AVN and Penthouse awards
But although she might be best known for her transition from the adult entertainment industry to mainstream celebrity, there’s much more to her career than that.
Before she became “Sunny” …
Leone was born in Canada in 1981 to Punjabi Sikh parents. As the family later moved to the United States when Leone was in her teens, the actress holds dual Canadian and American citizenship. Before her entertainment career, she was studying to become a nurse.
She’s an activist
She has a loving family life
In husband Daniel Weber – who also worked as an actor in the adult entertainment industry – Leone has a supportive and devoted life partner. Today the couple have three kids: Nisha, the eldest daughter who they adopted from India, as well as twin boys Asher and Noah.