Tall (5'8"), slender, and fetching blonde Ela Darling was born on July 23, 1986 in California. Her first job was working as a waitress for the Waffle House restaurant chain. Ela began modeling at age 19 while a sophomore in college. (She also was a part of the sideshow for the Circus della Morte in Dallas, Texas around this same time.) Darling has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology - Criminology from the University of Texas in Dallas and a Master's Degree of Library Science - Youth Literature and Services from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (she earned this latter degree when she was only 21 years old). Ela worked as an assistant director of a library as well as the head of reference services prior to starting out in the adult entertainment industry with non-nude soft-core bondage fetish videos at age 22. Among the notable companies Darling has appeared in explicit X-rated features for are Filly Films, Homemade Media, and Girlfriends Films. Ela reads a lot in her spare time.