Good Vibes: Alex Coal on How Adult Changed Her Life

A version of this feature appears in the December issue of AVN magazine. Click here for the digital edition. Word eventually began to spread. But for a while performers didn’t realize there was an unwritten rule—a “prerequisite”—that applies to anyone who shoots with Alex Coal. You must be able to dance. “Or least be willing to look silly trying,” Coal, the raven-haired Las Vegas native, says with a laugh. It works like this: as soon a scene ends, with cameras still rolling, Coal clasps hands with her partner and hops up and down. “We did it!” they’ll chant. “We did it! Yeeeaaahhh, we did it!” Often the impromptu boogie sessions end up on Twitter or Instagram, much to Coal’s delight. “I try to get performers who usually only show their serious side to also show their fun side, their happy side,” Coal says. “I like getting a laugh out of people. I like making people smile.” And that, more than anything, has become Coal’s trademark after three-plus years in the adult industry. On camera, Coal and has created memorable content in virtually every genre, flaunting her picturesque posterior in more than 300 scenes since 2017. Away from the set, though, the 10-time AVN award nominee makes an even bigger impact.