In brief: Marica Hase: Hase won Porn Star Next Door at the 2026 Urban X Awards, according to a press release AVN published on Sept. 18.
Most Hall of Famers spend their later years collecting lifetime-achievement plaques. Marica Hase is still out here winning the fan vote.
Hase won Porn Star Next Door at the 2026 Urban X Awards, according to a press release AVN published on Sept. 18. The win stacks on top of her 2021 induction into the Urban X Hall of Fame, and she’d already told everyone this particular category was the one she wanted. The release says she previously described it as “especially close to her heart.”
Her thank-you was short, sweet and aimed squarely at the people who voted:
“I am so happy to win Porn Star Next Door at the Urban X Awards. This category feels very close to my heart because fans have always supported every side of my career. Thank you so much to Urban X and to everyone who voted for me. Being recognized again means a lot to me.”
“Every side of my career” is doing honest work there, because Hase keeps adding sides. Days after the win news, she was in the trades again for something new. XBIZ reported on Sept. 22 that she had released her first trans collaboration on OnlyFans, a clip with performer Olivia Would. Hase admitted she went in unsure:
“I haven’t had many opportunities to work with transgender performers, and this was my first time doing it on OnlyFans. At first, I wasn’t sure how the shoot would go, but we quickly found our chemistry, and I think that’s the main highlight of the scene.”
She also gave her co-star a nickname, “The Mountain,” which is the kind of compliment you only hand out after a shoot goes well.
Why it matters, in our read: a category called Porn Star Next Door is basically a referendum on whether fans feel like they know you. Winning it years after entering the Hall of Fame says the connection hasn’t faded with time. Hase’s run works because she keeps trying new things in public, and fans reward performers who let them watch the career evolve instead of coasting on the old highlight reel.
Hall of Famer, fan favorite, first-time collaborator: that’s a busy September. The girl next door has apparently been busy renovating.