Brooklyn Lee was born Nina Ramos on June 1, 1989 in Ohio. She's of mixed Swedish, Puerto Rican, and Native American descent. Brooklyn first started watching porn movies at age ten. Lee briefly attended college and worked as an administrative assistant in Boston, Massachusetts prior to moving to New York City, where she worked as a cocktail waitress at the Penthouse Club before eventually becoming a stripper. Brooklyn moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in the adult film industry and signed with the top agency L.A. Direct Models as a newcomer in 2010. Lee subsequently signed an exclusive contract with the company SpieglerGirls in November, 2011. (She has also worked for such notable companies as Vivid, Hustler, Private, and Evil Angel.) Brooklyn won the AVN Award for Best New Starlet in 2012.