Lisa Marie Abato

Lisa Marie Abato (born ), known by the stage name Holly Ryder, is an American anti-pornography activist and former pornographic film actress.

Career Abato worked in the adult film industry for over two years, performing in 200 films. During the early 1990s period of the AIDS endemic, Abato moved away from traditional pornography and into specialized films, which did not require intercourse, including BDSM films. In December 1992, she retired from the adult film industry. She created a political action committee, the Holly Ryder Commission with the goal of ending the pornography industry in California.

She began collecting signatures for a ballot measure banning the sale of pornography in California and changing the definition of pornographic films to forms of prostitution, which she wanted to appear on the ballot for the November 1994 elections. Her efforts have been opposed by pro-free speech advocates. She funded her efforts with an inheritance from her grandmother.

Personal life As of 1993, Abato was studying to be a stockbroker.