(San Francisco, CA) The AVN Nominations Party returned to the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood with a well-attended, industry-only, red-carpet gala. Hosts Abigaiil Morris and ItsLo, trophy girls Ava Amira and Meagan Moore, AVN CEO Tony Rios, and AVN Hall of Famer Amber Lynn hosted the party, and a handful of top categories were announced. Kinky Mommy Dom, Strap-on Boss, and multi-award-winning MILF Penny Barber snagged two of the biggest and most coveted nominations—MILF Performer of the Year and Best Supporting Actress.

Penny Barber is up for MILF Performer of the Year again, which she won in 2024. Additionally, she’s snagged a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her pivotal role as Margaret in Adult Time’s feature “The Secrets We Share.” And Penny also picked up a Best Foursome/Orgy Scene for the iconic “The Bottom Floor: Second Coming” also from Adult Time with Sophia Locke, Casey Calvert, Alison Rey, Aiden Starr, Arson Leigh, Mickey Mod, Lilly Bell, Codi Vore, Coco Lovelock, Vanessa Vega, Ravyn Alexa, Leana Lovings, Zariah Aura, Little Puck, Ember Fiera, Monique Miles, Tegan Trex, Connie Perignon, Sherman Maus, Christian Wilde, and Nicky Zeal.

“Thank you so much, AVN—I’m definitely feeling the love, and I would love to take home the trophy for any or all of these. It’s been a great year, and these nominations are the icing on the cake,” says Penny Barber.

For a complete list of nominees, visit avn.com/awards/2026_nominees. Fan categories will be announced soon.

The AVN Awards are set to take place at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

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Entrepreneur Penny Barber is a woman who wears many hats, from producer/director to performer to storyteller/filmmaker to author and beyond. She’s known for playing the busty, glasses-wearing Taboo MILF who likes to sling verbal humiliation and Kinky Mommy Dom.

In her 10+ years in the industry, Penny has made countless clips, authored two books on age play, and shot with various independent clip producers. She’s also worked with Deeper, Brazzers, Blacked, Slayed, MILFY, Blacked Raw, Girlsway, Pure Taboo, Team Skeet, Elegant Angel, Digital Playground, Sweetheart Video, Family Sinners, Transsensual, Transfixed, Kink.com, Reality Kings, Nubiles, Deep Lush, AllHerLuv, Missa X, and many more. In January of 2022, she was crowned MYLF of the Month (aka MOM) by MYLF.com. She’s entering film festivals and making professional cinematic pieces when not shooting for top-shelf studios.

Penny scored the Hustler cover, 10-page feature, an exclusive interview in the April 2024 issue, a 12-page piece in XBIZ’s X3 magazine, and the cover and multi-page layout in the January 2023 issue of Kink Queens. She’s also been interviewed by mainstream media outlets like Vice and The Daily Beast. She’s already won multiple impressive awards, which include MILF Performer of the Year from the AVN Awards, Best MILF Performer from the NightMoves Awards, MILF Performer of the Year from the XRCOs, MILF Performer of the Year and Best Sex Scene – All-Girl from the XMAs (twice), MILF Performer of the Year from the Urban X Awards, Best MILF Clip Artist from the XMA Creator Awards, Fan Favorite Fandom Video from the Bazowie! Awards, and Best Scene in the Fleshbot Awards. Penny has also scored multiple nominations from the XMA, XMA Creator, AVN, Pornhub, Bazowie! GayVNs, Urban X, Cammy, Fleshbot, XCritic, TEAs, and Inked Awards.

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