Hyapatia Lee (born November 11, 1960) is the stage name of a former American exotic dancer and pornographic actress. As a one-quarter Cherokee, she was the only Native American in the adult business during her tenure; this contributed to her becoming one of the most prolific pornographic actresses of the Golden Age of Porn. Lee is an AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame inductee. She is an online columnist for High Times.

Biography

She views Hyapatia as a particular personality that allowed her to perform. She met and married Bud Lee, with whom she bought land in rural southern Indiana, where she has lived since. The couple had two children, whom she homeschooled at their Indiana home. In 1993 she retired from the industry and separated from Bud the same year. She has since remarried and had another child.

In 2013 she attempted to fund a documentary on Kickstarter in which she intended to discuss her dissociative identity disorder and her coming to terms with it. She claimed to have six personalities. In an interview, she was asked if she is still affected by alternative personalities, she answered "Yes, I do still deal with the alter egos, but not quite as much anymore. However when I am under stress, they do tend to rescue me. They have helped me to deal with life and I think that is why the mind splits, to help cope with situations that otherwise would be too overwhelming." In the same interview, she also contended that her divorce from Bud Lee had been acrimonious and that he had been abusive towards her. She also accused Lee of owing her $20,000 in back child support.