Fresh Faces: Ryan Riesling

Hometown: North Carolina | Age: 24 | Height: 5-foot-9 | Measurements: 32-27-36 | Eye color: Green Adult industry newcomer Ryan Riesling remembers being intrigued by nude modeling ever since she saw her first Playboy. “I was just mesmerized by the beautiful women and I was like, ‘I want to be like that one day,’” Riesling recalls.  While in college in her native North Carolina she started dancing at local strip clubs and then moved into web-camming. Determined to learn more about the porn business, Riesling researched the agency landscape, scouting many potential destinations before signing with OC Modeling.  “I looked at several different agencies but I loved [Sandra’s] talent roster. There were so many different girls that I looked up to on it. I just liked her when she called me,” Riesling added. “I thought we had the same kind of vision for a career.” Now the leggy 24-year-old is only a few months into her porn career—she debuted in December—and she’s ready to go big.  “I want to do everything. I want to see what it’s like just to explore my sexuality on film, get to know so many different people, try different things, push my boundaries,” Riesling said. “I really want to grow as a person and I really want to explore this part of my life on film in pornography.” The 5-foot-9 performer was classically trained in ballet for 15 years, becoming the principal dancer of her ballet company. Even though she thought ballet would be her future, she yearned for “the college experience” after graduating from high school early at 17. She earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Statistics and recently took a break from graduate courses in Health Science as she gets acclimated to the adult biz. Riesling told AVN she predicted she’d do porn someday. “I’m a crazy only child and have always been doing weird stuff, so it really wasn’t a shock to my friends or family,” she said. “I was always very vocal about it, too. I was like I’m going to do porn one day. I’m going to wait until I’m a little bit smarter and know what I’m getting into first. And then I finally did it and everyone was like it finally happened she can shut up about it now.” She did her first boy/girl scene for Reality Kings’ CumFiesta site with Sonny Nash on the East Coast.  “I was so excited and so nervous because nothing can prepare you for it once you’re there,” Riesling said. “Everyone was super understanding and nice to me, giving me direction. I had never done it before, obviously, and it was a lot of fun. I felt like I was really in my element.” Because of her experience on cam and in the strip club, going hardcore in front of a group of people on the set was no issue, she added. “Oh no, the cameras were fine,” Riesling said. “I just wanted to make sure my performance was good. I’ve been a performer my whole life, so I always put my best into it.” She’s still less than 10 scenes into her porn journey and preparing for another trip to Los Angeles May 18-25 for her next round of shoots. Riesling said one of her friends helped her choose “Ryan” as her first name to go with her last name that was inspired by the famous wine. She’s a self-styled “wine connoisseur” that still cams regularly on MyFreeCams.com. “Whenever I’m at home and I have my little setup I cam almost three or four times a week, but when I’m traveling it’s more difficult,” she said, adding she is planning to relocate to L.A.  Riesling said camming is a natural for her. “I love it,” she said. “I was always in ballet and cheerleading and stripping and what not. So I get to entertain people but I also get to connect with the audience, too. I think that’s something that is unique to web-camming, because I can talk to 500, 800 people at the same time and they’re interacting with me and telling me what they want to see and we’re just like chitchatting, having fun. So it’s a unique experience. I really love it a lot.” Riesling has also worked for BangBros, Dare Dorm, Mike Adriano for Evil Angel and Dogfart, which shot her in a five-guy gangbang that was also her first interracial scene. “I always try to give it my all but my favorite scene was actually just a blowjob scene for Mike Adriano,” she said before the Dogfart encounter. “But I loved that scene. It was my first scene I ever shot in Los Angeles and it was completely different than anything I had shot on the East Coast. And it really kind of pushed my limits. It was kind of rougher. It was intense. It was the biggest cock I’ve ever seen in porn so far.” In terms of career aspirations, Riesling said she’s in it to win it. “I take everything I do really seriously. I didn’t want to just jump in not knowing anything. I spent many years researching porn, reading everything I could. Read it, researched it and talked to a million people before I ever considered entering it. I wanted to make sure I knew. I didn’t want any surprises,” she said. When she’s not on cam or doing a scene, Riesling likes running, reading and playing video games. “I’m a Nintendo fan girl, so I’m playing ‘Pokemon Blue’ right now,” she said. “They just came out with a new ‘Fire Emblem’ game, I’m playing that, too. I’m still a bit of a nerd from my college and high school days.” And she likes reading non-fiction. “Right now I’ve been reading a bunch of field guides on the local birds in California. I like to do birding. I like to sit outside and watch and there’s so many different ones here,” Riesling said. “So I’ve been reading a bunch of field guides on the different trees and plants in California right now. Nerdy stuff, so dorky.”