Ona Zee, born Ona Zimmerman on March 3, 1951, in Los Angeles, California, is an American former adult film actress, director, producer, and model of Jewish descent. Raised with a sister and half-sister, she began modeling and acting at age 12, graduating from University High School in West Los Angeles and briefly attending California State University Northridge and Parsons School of Design in New York, per IMDb. A professional model for Wilhelmina Agency in the 1970s, she appeared in Cosmopolitan and commercials for J.C. Penney, Levi’s, and Ultra Brite Toothpaste. Zee describes her entry into adult films as simply looking to capture the enjoyment she had with modeling. Entering the adult industry at 35, and age when most stars are long retired, in 1986, she starred in over 300 films, including Portrait of an Affair (1988, AVN Best Actress 1989), Starlet (1992, AVN Best Actress), and Secret Garden 1 and 2 (1993, AVN Best Supporting Actress), often playing MILF or cougar roles, per Wikipedia. She founded Ona Zee Pictures in 1990, directing and producing 67 films, including Strippers Inc. and Ona’s Doll House series, per IMDb. Zee advocated for performers’ rights, forming a porn actors’ union in the 1990s, which collapsed due to lack of support, per Wikipedia. After retiring in 2003, she became a real estate agent for Coldwell Banker in Los Angeles under the name Ona Dawes and launched a jewelry line. Late in her career, she identified as pansexual and expressed a fetish for performing with transsexuals, which she did in at least one film and even let midget porn star, Napoleon, fuck her just to see what it would be like.