Julie Meadows (born Lydia Lee; February 3, 1974
[) is an American ]writer
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, web designer and former pornographic actress
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, who became a documentarian
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after retiring from the adult film industry. She was active in the industry from 1998 to 2004 and is sometimes said to resemble the actress Julia Stiles
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.
Early life and education
Born on February 3, 1974, in Texarkana, Texas
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, Meadows has three sisters. She married at the age of 17 and gave birth to a son just after their first anniversary.[
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Career
Meadows met the film director Michael Ravendancing
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in Dallas
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.Los Angeles, California
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, six months later, where she began working in adult films in 1998. Her first film was Ed Powers
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Early life
Powers was born ...
' ''Dirty Debutantes 94''.
Meadows was a contract performer for VCA for two years, before leaving in January 2003. She retired from the adult industry in 2004; she later stated her reason for retiring was that she was no longer interested in making movies.[
In March 2010, Meadows appeared in a ]Public Service Announcement
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for the Free Speech Coalition
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on the topic of Internet infringement of adult content, directed by Michael Whiteacre. The spot, entitled the "FSC All-Star Anti-Piracy PSA," found Meadows in the company of adult performers such as Lisa Ann
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, Kimberly Kane, Ron Jeremy
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Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic m ...
, and Wicked Pictures
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Company history
Steve Orenstein founded ...
contract stars Alektra Blue and Kaylani Lei
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Early life
Lei is of Chinese and Filipino descent.
Career
Lei danced at the Olympic Garden in Las Vegas prior to her porn career. She is a former contract performer for ...
.
On February 14, 2011, Meadows (as Lydia Lee) and producing/directing partner Michael Whiteacre released the first two episodes of their documentary, ''The Devil And Shelley Lubben'', a biographical exposé of anti-pornography crusader Shelley Lubben
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starring Meadows, Kayden Kross
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Early life
Kross grew up in the foothills between Sacramento and Placerville. She has described herself as "the book ...
, Nina Hartley
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Early life and education
Hartley was born on March 11, 1959 in Ber ...
, Monica Foster, Melissa Monet and Danny Wylde
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Early life
Danny Wylde was born on October 21, 1985 in Alameda County, California. As a teenager, he attended ...
. She backed out of working on later episodes though.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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2002 interview at Adultdvdtalk.com
January 2000 interview at RogReviews.com
January 2003 interview at RogReviews.com
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1974 births
Living people
People from Texarkana, Texas
American pornographic film actresses
Pornographic film actors from Texas
American women writers
Web designers
21st-century American women