Jenna Haze (born February 22, 1982) is an American director, model, and former
pornographic actress
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dis ...
.
Haze has won numerous pornographic industry awards, including the 2003
AVN Award
The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and m ...
for Best New Starlet and the 2009 AVN Award for
Female Performer of the Year, making her the second performer in history to ever win both awards in the course of her career, after Missy. In 2012, she was inducted into both the
AVN and
XRCO
The X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) is a group of writers and editors from the American adult entertainment industry who each year present awards in recognition of achievement within the industry. After the controversy and criticism of the ...
Halls of Fame.
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Career
Haze entered the adult film industry
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on July 18, 2001. Between 2002 and 2005, she was a contract girl for the film company Jill Kelly Productions
Jill Kelly (born February 1, 1971) is an American pornographic actress, director and producer. Kelly is an AVN Hall of Fame inductee.
Career
Kelly's stage name was derived from the names of the ''Charlie's Angels'' characters portrayed by Farr ...
. During most of her time at the company, she performed exclusively with women, out of loyalty to her then boyfriend, an industry cameraman. She returned to working with men in the 2006 multi-award-winning release ''Jenna Haze Darkside'', produced by Jules Jordan
Jules Jordan (born May 25, 1972) is an American adult film actor, director, and producer known for his work in gonzo pornography.
Jordan entered the adult film industry as a clerk for a video store. While working in sales, he recruited mode ...
.
Her first scene was for ''The Oral Adventures of Craven Moorehead 8'' with her agent Slim Shady (Dez) and his best friend, Moorehead. It was intended to only be an oral sex scene, but in the heat of the moment she had intercourse with both. The next day she shot a scene with Miles Long in Joey Silvera
Joey Silvera (born December 20, 1951) is an American pornographic film director and former actor.
He has been involved in the pornographic industry since the early 1970s. A native of upstate New York, he first started performing in San Francis ...
's ''Service Animals 4''.
In February 2002, Haze appeared in a scene for Jill Kelly Productions
Jill Kelly (born February 1, 1971) is an American pornographic actress, director and producer. Kelly is an AVN Hall of Fame inductee.
Career
Kelly's stage name was derived from the names of the ''Charlie's Angels'' characters portrayed by Farr ...
(JKP), directed by Jill Kelly herself. Kelly was impressed by her performance and JKP offered Haze an exclusive performing contract. This was soon followed by offers from other companies, but in April 2002 Haze decided to sign with JKP, as they offered the extra flexibility she needed to make money and build her career. Soon after signing with JKP, she formed a serious relationship with an industry cameraman and began a three-year period of performing exclusively with women. At the 2003 AVN Award
The AVN Awards are List of movie awards, film awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine ''AVN (magazine), AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') to recognize achievement in various aspects of the creation and m ...
s ceremony, Haze was named Best New Starlet and her masturbation scene in ''Big Bottom Sadie'' was awarded Best Solo Sex Scene.[ In 2004, she appeared on the ]HBO
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show Pornucopia
''Pornucopia'' is an American documentary series by HBO spin off from ''Real Sex'' that focuses on the Californian porn industry. It featured interviews with Jenna Jameson, Jenna Haze, Katie Morgan, Dave Cummings, Evan Stone, Jeff Stryker, Sto ...
, a six-part documentary on the pornography industry in California.
Haze became a free agent in April 2005, after deciding not to renew her contract with JKP, partly because Jill Kelly had recently left the company. After leaving JKP and splitting with her boyfriend, Haze returned to working with male performers. The April 2006 release ''Jenna Haze Darkside'' featured her first boy-girl scenes in over three years. The film was produced and directed by her new boyfriend Jules Jordan
Jules Jordan (born May 25, 1972) is an American adult film actor, director, and producer known for his work in gonzo pornography.
Jordan entered the adult film industry as a clerk for a video store. While working in sales, he recruited mode ...
. Later in the year, she began writing a sex advice column for the pornographic magazine, ''Fox''.
In 2006 she also started performing in striptease
A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner. The person who performs a striptease is commonly known as a "stripper" or an "ex ...
shows, represented by the agency Lee Network. The first achievement in her feature dancing career was a nomination for Best Feature Entertainer at the 2007 Night Moves Awards. Her film work was also rewarded in 2007, with AVN Awards for Best Oral Sex Scene (Video) and Best Group Sex Scene (Video), as well as a nomination for Female Performer of the Year.[
In April 2007, ''Jenna Haze Oil Orgy'' became the first adult movie to be released on three high definition formats, ]Blu-ray
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, HD DVD
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and DVD-WMV. Meanwhile, in the same month, her official website was launched by Premium Multimedia.
In January 2008, her scene with Manuel Ferrara
Manuel Jeannin (; born 1 November 1975), known professionally as Manuel Ferrara, is a French pornographic actor and director.
One of the leading actors in the porn industry, Ferrara has won over 64 adult industry awards including six AVN Award ...
in ''Evil Anal 2'' won the AVN Award for Best Couples Sex Scene (Video).[ In August 2008, Haze achieved the first feature dancing award of her career winning Adult Movie Entertainer of the Year in the 11th annual Adult Nightclub and Exotic Dancer Awards.] On January 10, 2009, Haze and Belladonna hosted the 2009 AVN Awards, and Haze won Female Performer of the Year.[
In 2010, '']Complex
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* Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe
** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
'' ranked Haze sixteenth on their list of "The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time" and fifth on their list of "The 10 Hottest Orange County Women." ''Complex'' also ranked her twentieth on their list of "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now)" in 2011. She was also placed on CNBC
CNBC (formerly Consumer News and Business Channel) is an American basic cable business news channel. It provides business news programming on weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time, while broadcasting talk sho ...
's yearly list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars" in 2011 and 2012.
On February 7, 2012, Haze announced her retirement from performing via a homemade YouTube
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video, followed by a press release. She revealed that she had not shot a scene since April 2011, but she would possibly continue to direct and produce.
Jennaration X Studios
In 2009, Haze launched her own production company, Jennaration X Studios, headed by Haze and distributed through Jules Jordan Video
Jules Jordan (born May 25, 1972) is an American adult film actor, director, and producer known for his work in gonzo pornography.
Jordan entered the adult film industry as a clerk for a video store. While working in sales, he recruited mo ...
. Haze is directing and performing in her production films.
Jennaration X's debut film, ''Cum-Spoiled Sluts'', (featuring scenes with Haze, Johnny Sins, Nikki Rhodes and James Deen
Bryan Matthew Sevilla (born February 7, 1986), known professionally by the stage name James Deen, is an American pornographic actor and director.
He entered the porn industry in 2004 at the age of 18. He gained attention due to his relative ...
) was released March 23, 2009, followed by ''Anal Academics'' which was released July 6, 2009.
Appearances
In the 2007 mainstream comedy film, '' Superbad'', Haze made a short appearance in the role of Vagtastic Voyage Girl #2. Haze made a short appearance in the 2009 action/thriller film '' Crank: High Voltage'' as a porn star
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts in video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of dis ...
on strike.
Published in 2007, Haze was among the adult stars featured in the erotic photography book '' Naked Ambition: An R-Rated Look at an X-Rated Industry''. The special edition of the book included a fine art photograph of Haze signed by the photographer Michael Grecco
Michael Grecco (born May 20, 1958) is an American photographer, film director and author.
Early life and education
Grecco was born in the Bronx and grew up near New York City. He received his first camera (a Mamiya/Sekor 35mm single-lens reflex ...
.
Shortly after announcing her retirement in 2012, Haze appeared in the March edition of the men's magazine FHM
''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
in a layout with former ''Gossip Girl
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'' star Taylor Momsen
Taylor Michel Momsen (born July 26, 1993) is an American musician, singer, model, and former actress. Prior to her retirement from acting, she portrayed the character of Cindy Lou Who in the film '' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' (2000) and Je ...
, and shortly thereafter had a cameo in Momsen's band The Pretty Reckless
The Pretty Reckless is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2009. The band consists of Taylor Momsen (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Ben Phillips (lead guitar, backing vocals), Mark Damon (bass), and Jamie Perkins (drums).
The ban ...
' music video for the song "My Medicine". She then appeared onstage with the band at their March 13 Los Angeles House Of Blues
House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and Dan Aykroyd, co-star of the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers''. The first location opened at ...
performance and gave Momsen an impromptu lap dance.
Awards
Personal life
According to her social media pages, Haze returned to school and majored in psychology
Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...
.
In 2012 and 2013, Haze was romantically involved with heavy metal singer Greg Puciato
Gregory John Puciato (born March 27, 1980) is an American musician best known as the former lead vocalist and lyricist of the metalcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan. He is also the lead singer of the Black Queen and Killer Be Killed, in which ...
.
Angel Haze
Raykeea Raeen-Roes Wilson (born July 10, 1991) known professionally as ROES (fka Angel Haze), is an American rapper and singer. In 2012, Wilson released the mixtape ''Reservation'' and later signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records be ...
named her rap persona by combining her middle name with Haze's last name.
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