Jill Kelly (born February 1, 1971)
is an American
pornographic actress
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, director and producer. Kelly is an
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.stage name
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was derived from the names of the ''
Charlie's Angels
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'' characters portrayed by
Farrah Fawcett
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and
Jaclyn Smith
Jacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith (born October 26, 1945) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as Kelly Garrett in the television series ''Charlie's Angels'' (1976–1981), and was the only original female lead ...
.
She started out as a
stripper
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M ...
at the Babydolls adult entertainment theater in her hometown, first performing at the age of 15 with
false identification. After she broke up with her then-boyfriend, he informed the club of her true age, which caused them to fire her. When Kelly turned 18 she returned to the club, commenting that "they didn't even recognize me."
[
She later did ]live sex shows
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with Tiffany Million
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at the O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco
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.[
]
Mainstream appearances
Kelly has appeared in over 50 B movie
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s, including ''The Legend of the Roller Blade Seven
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'', ''Toad Warriors'', and ''Big Sister 2000''.[ In the spring of 1998, she appeared in ]Spike Lee
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's ''He Got Game
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''.[
]
Other ventures
Kelly started her own company, Jill Kelly Productions (JKP), in October 1998. In April 2005, following the company's bankruptcy
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filing, ''Penthouse
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'' magazine paid $1.765 million to acquire its assets, which included the entire JKP back catalogue and nearly 60 unreleased features.
Personal life
A native of Southern California
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, Kelly was born in the Los Angeles
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suburb of Pomona. She married porn actor Cal Jammer, whom she met at a CES convention in Las Vegas in 1993.[
] Kelly and Sparxx elucidated on their relationship in the "Behind the Scenes" documentary series ''Sex Under Hot Lights''. Sparxx posited that she and Kelly had similar sexual personalities. Kelly stated that Sparxx had supported her following her husband's suicide in January 1995. Sparxx and Kelly claimed to be exclusively involved in terms of women, but were in an open relationship in regards to other men, with Kelly claiming she was also involved with a boyfriend at the time.
Kelly identifies as bisexual
Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...
.[
]
Awards
*1996 AVN Award
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– Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – ''Takin' It To The Limit 6'' (with Felecia, Misty Rain, Careena Collins & Traci Allen)
*1996 XRCO Award
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Once every calendar year, XRCO m ...
– Best Girl-Girl Sex Scene – ''Takin' It To The Limit 6'' (with Traci Allen, Careena Collins, Felecia & Misty Rain)Melissa Hill
Melissa Hill (born January 8, 1970) is a former pornographic actress and director. She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2014 and XRCO Hall of Fame in 2015.
Career
Hill began her career in the adult entertainment industry in 1992 by firs ...
)
*1998 XRCO Award – Female Performer of the Year[
*1999 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene (Video) – ''Dream Catcher'' (with Eric Price)
*1999 ]Hot d'Or Award
Hot d'Or ( en, Golden Hot) was an adult film industry pornographic award, awarded annually from 1992 to 2001 in Cannes, France[NightMoves Award
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– Best Actress (Editor's Choice)
* 2001 FOXE Award
Fans of X-Rated Entertainment (F.O.X.E., also known as FOXE) is a United States-based pornography fan organization founded by adult film actor, director, and critic William Margold and actress Viper.[AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.NightMoves Hall of Fame
The NightMoves Awards are given annually in the pornographic film industry by ''NightMoves'', an Oldsmar, Florida-based magazine which was first published in 1987 and initially titled ''Sports South''. The awards began in 1993 and were initially t ...]
References
External links
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Biography
at ''AVN''
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1971 births
American pornographic film actresses
American pornographic film directors
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American women in business
Bisexual pornographic film actresses
Film directors from California
LGBT businesspeople from the United States
LGBT film directors
American LGBT actors
LGBT people from California
LGBT producers
Living people
People from Pomona, California
Pornographic film actors from California
Women pornographic film directors
Women pornographic film producers
21st-century American actresses