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Arabella Raphael: Porn star who takes charge of her business

Arabella Raphael: Porn star who takes charge of her business

Arabella Raphael is a well-known American adult film actress and model. She is also famous on many social media platforms. Today, the porn star runs a successful adult film production company and takes charge of her business.

Arabella Raphael biography

Arabella Raphael
Photo credit: Graham Holoch / KQED

Arabella Raphael was born on February 27, 1989, in Paris, France. At the age of five, her family relocated to  Oakland, in the U.S. state of California, from Versailles, France.

Not much is known about her educational background but unverified reports suggest that she was studying psychology at an unknown university to become a sex therapist, but later dropped out.

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Arabella Raphael career

Arabella Raphael looking hot

Raphael started a career as a porn actress in 2010. Her first jobs were working as a dancer and an escort in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 2013, Raphael debuted her first adult film on Kink.com. Raphael is also heavily tattooed. She has since featured in many adult films like the following:

  • Doppelganger [Vouyer Media] (2010)
  • Fixed Gears Fast Girls [Girlfriends Films] (2011)
  • Lesbian Sex Education: Strap-on [Girlfriends Films] (2012)
  • Fuckstyles of the Queer and Famous [Trouble Films] (2012)
  • Top Heavy Tarts 23 [Rodnievision] (2013)
  • Spoiled [Diabolic Video] (2013)
  • Real L Word XXX: San Francisco [Filly Films] (2013)
  • Walking Dead Orgy [burningangel.com] (2013)
  • Belladonna’s Strapped Dykes 2 [Evil Angel] (2013)
  • All Girl Toys and Strapons [Exquisite] (2014)
  • Lesbian Strap-On Fantasies: Roommates with Benefits [Filly Films] (2014)
  • Pussy Whipped [Evil Angel] (2014)
  • High on Haze [Juicy Entertainment] (2015)
  • Ultimate Surrender 16 [Kink.com] (2016)
  • Luck Of The Draw [Adam & Eve] (2016)
  • Electrosluts 40129 [Kink.com] (2016)
  • MHBHJ – Arabelle Raphael [clips4sale] (2017)
  • BJ with Beautiful Arabelle Raphael [manyvids.com] (2017)
  • MHBHJ – Chillin with Arabelle [clips4sale] (2017)

In 2022, she appeared in Manuel Ferrara’s Raw 44, part of his Raw series. Raphael has appeared in at least 140 films for websites like Brazzers, Reality Kings, Jules Jordan, Naughty America, Tushy and Evil Angel.

In addition, Raphael now owns her own adult film production company, Arabelle, which produces her videos and controls the conditions on set. In her project, The Evaluation of Worth, shown in We’re Still Working, she photographed herself reenacting hateful comments collected over her years of being a female sex worker online.

“I started doing this at 21, and getting those comments that were always super racist and super violent was upsetting. I remember it would just ruin my entire day,” KQED quoted her as saying.

“I think I hit a point where that part of me died. You start to grow a thicker skin.”

Raphael also writes poetry, personal essays and opinion pieces.

Arabella Raphael OnlyFans

Arabella Raphael wearing silvery outfit

By 2020, Raphael began making her films for her OnlyFans account and her income multiplied sixfold when the website became more popular, according to New York Times.

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Arabella Raphael’s net worth

Arabella Raphael applying makeup
Photo credit: Graham Holoch / KQED

As of 2018, Raphael made roughly $150,000 a year. “I can’t complain,” she said. “I make very good money, especially for someone my age and background within this business.”

Raphael earns her income from self-produced videos, session work, phone sex and social media subscriptions.

She continued: “I call myself a ‘cult’ porn performer. I’m not mainstream, but I’ve had a following for a long time that’s pretty dedicated — which is awesome,” she says. “And so as a weirdo, I’ve built everything myself.”

Raphael’s net worth in 2023 has been reportedly estimated between $1 million to $5 million.

Arabella Raphael family

Raphael’s mother is French and Tunisian, while her father is an Iranian Jew. The adult film star described her parents as “financially insecure” when she was growing up.

Also, Raphael is married and she lives with her husband and two cats in East Bay, San Francisco. According to KQED, her husband helps run the online stores by uploading and editing videos. Sometimes he performs with her.

Arabella Raphael age

Raphael is 34 years old as of the time of writing this piece.

Arabella Raphael Instagram

Rapheal owns an active Instagram account where she posts explicit content. Her account has over 200,000 followers. She also has a “backup” Instagram account which has about 97,000 followers.

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