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and model best known by her stage name Jesse Jane. She is the recipient of numerous

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over her career in the adult industry, including induction into the AVN and

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. Jane is also the ''Australian Penthouse'' magazine Pet of the Month for November 2010. She was an exclusive contract performer for

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between 2002 and 2014. In January 2015, she signed an exclusive, two-year performing contract with

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Early life

Jane was a

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who grew up on various military bases in the

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. She did extensive dance training as a child. She graduated from Moore High School in

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in 1998.

Career

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Jane read an article on

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that said that Patrick worked for adult film production company

. She contacted them and was quickly signed to a contract. Her first scene was with

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in ''No Limits''. Within months of winning the contract, she appeared on Showtime Network's ''

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'', where she was filmed at the

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awards show and convention. The films in which Digital Playground cast Jane, such as ''No Limits'', ''Beat the Devil'', and ''Loaded'', proved popular enough to warrant her own line of

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, as well as secure nominations for several awards. She starred in the '' Pirates'' series of erotic films. In March 2006, Jane and Kirsten Price became the hosts of

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's most popular live show, '' Night Calls''. In addition, Jane also hosts Playboy TV's ''

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'' and has been the sex columnist for ''Chéri'', with contributions since the January 2007 issue. With fellow

contract performers

and

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, Jane co-hosts the live, Internet-based adult industry

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''DP Tonight''. The show features industry gossip, adult film star guests, and audience/host interactivity. Jesse Jane at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008 (1)

Jesse Jane at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008 (1)

Jane has hosted several adult industry award ceremonies throughout her career including the AVN Awards in 2006 and 2013, the F.A.M.E. Awards in 2008, and the

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s in 2008 and 2011. In 2007, Jesse also became a

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for the Australian men's magazine ''

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'', replying to letters from readers about sex and dating. In January 2007, an article in ''

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'' stated that Jane intended to have her breast enhancement surgery re-done for high-definition movies. On her official website, she wrote that she had her surgery on February 12 that year. In 2015 interview, she announced she no longer goes by the name "Jesse Jane" but rather simply "Jesse". The reason was that she was in a dispute with her former employer of 12 years,

, who owns the rights to her former stage name. In January 2017, Jane announced that she would retire from the adult industry and that the 2017 AVN Awards would be her last. On June 26, 2019, Xbiz announced that Jane had come out of retirement and shot her first interracial scene for Blacked.com.

Mainstream appearances

In 2004, Jane made a

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in the film '' Starsky & Hutch'' and appeared on the cover of

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's album '' Desensitized''. On the July 25, 2006 episode of ''

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'', during the "Jay Walking" segment, she gave her name as "Cindy" and said that she currently worked at

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. An adult magazine cover featuring her as Jesse Jane was then shown onscreen. In 2005, she was featured as UnRated Magazine's Vixen, to launch the music review magazine's new edition of ''Vixens''. She was a guest star on the HBO dramedy series ''

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'', in the ninth episode of the second season, "I Love You Too", which features the main characters making a trip to

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, where they get some help from the "Pussy Patrol", led by Jane. On February 28, 2007, she featured on the Danish late-night show ''

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'' during which she was interviewed by seemingly three Mads Brüggers. In 2009, Jane appeared in the reality series '' The Bad Girls Club''. In a 2009

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documentary titled ''Porn: Business of Pleasure'', Jesse is the focus of the final 10-minute segment, which details her career and her life outside the porn industry. Jane was the ''Australian Penthouse'' Pet of the Month in November 2010. In January 2011, she was named by freelance journalist Chris Morris as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn. Morris stated that she is "for many, the face of modern porn", noting her roles in the popular porn '' Pirates'' films, and her Performer of the Year nominations by both AVN and the

s. And again in 2014, Jane was on Morris's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars".

Personal life

In 2000, Jane gave birth to a boy. She stated in 2007 that she was married to fellow porn star Rick Patrick. They live in

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. On March 1, 2012, Jane announced on her official

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account that she and Patrick were divorced. Jane has described herself as bisexual. In 2004, she stated on the ''

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'' that she had a hysterectomy due to now dormant cervical cancer.

Awards and nominations

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Selected filmography

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