Mia Khalifa moves to Miami and upon arrival is contacted to pose for nude photographs, which she accepts. He started his career in the porn industry in October 2014 after a customer of the fast food establishment he works for approached him to offer to join the industry. And it starts working for producer Score.

With over 1.5 million views in the few months she was an actress, at 22, Mia Khalifa became the most sought after porn actress on the Pornhub website. On December 28, 2014, said site positioned it at number 1 in its ranking, replacing veteran star Lisa Ann.

His rapid rise to fame was followed by both praise, such as the Timeflies duo who dedicated a rap to him that Khalifa thanked with a twerking dance, as well as criticism and death threats, any of them from the Middle East , They included manipulated photographs in which Khalifa was executed by the Islamic State and with messages that he would go to hell, as well as from his own country, in which some newspapers wrote articles regarding his professional occupation. Part of the controversy was due to some pornographic scenes in which Mia Khalifa, who acted alongside Sean Lawless and Julianna Vega, wore a hijab veil , which she justified as they were satirical and should be taken as such, since she affirmed that the movies Hollywood depicted Muslims much worse than in the pornographic genre. Among those who came to his defense were the American humorist, of Lebanese descent, Nemr Abou Nassar, or the British-Lebanese writer Nasri Atallah, who declared that “he is free to do as he pleases with his body.”

According to data from the Pornhub site, between January 3 and 6, 2015, searches for Mia Khalifa increased fivefold. About a quarter of them came from Lebanon, as well as from neighboring countries such as Syria and Jordan. Due to the controversy over the hijab, Khalifa was ranked 5th in “Top 10 most famous porn stars in the world” by British magazine Loaded. Almaza, a Lebanese beer brand, also published an advertisement for its products in which it showed a bottle of beer with glasses and a signature by Mia with the slogan “we are both classified as over 18”.

Some of his films were his debut in Mia Khalifa, Big Tit Cream Pie 31, Put It Between My Tits , Temporary Dates 2 or Tony Rubino’s Let’s Make a Sex Tape .