Barbara Dare (born Stacey Mitnick on February 27, 1963 in Wayne, New Jersey) is an American porn star.

Dare was led to the porn industry by her swinging lifestyle in New York City. She became such a fixture at the sex club Plato's Retreat in the early eighties that she was named "Miss Plato's".

Dare entered the pornographic movie industry in 1986 and quickly became one of the leading ladies of porn throughout the late 1980s, starring in over 100 features. She was one of the first porn stars to sign an exclusive contract with a production company; in her case, it was a $100,000 deal with Essex Video.

She retired briefly from porn in the early nineties, then returned to Essex in 1993 for a short stint in public relations.

She now strips professionally across the U.S. and Canada.

During her career, Dare categorically stated her refusal to work with African American male porn actors, although, according to the Internet Adult Film Database, she is credited with performing in at least three scenes with light-skinned black actor Billy Dee. Luke Ford reports that Dare didn't really consider him "black." [1]

Dare appeared (billed as "Stacey Nix") in the 1992 R-rated B-movie Evil Toons, in which she co-starred with fellow adult actresses Madison Stone and Monique Gabrielle.