Ashlyn Gere is an American pornographic film actress who has also performed in mainstream film and television, including appearances on the science fiction television series ''

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'' and '' Space: Above and Beyond''. Gere is an inductee into the AVN and

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Halls of Fame.

Early life and education

Gere graduated from the

University of Nevada, Las Vegas The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes th ...

with a degree in

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and

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Career

In the 1980s, Gere was billed as Kim McKamy in several B movie appearances such as '' Evil Laugh'' (1986) and ''

Creepozoids ''Creepozoids'' is a 1987 American science fiction horror film, the first 35mm film directed by David DeCoteau, and starring Linnea Quigley, Ken Abraham, Michael Aranda, Richard S. Hawkins and Kim McKamy (also known as Ashlyn Gere). It was remade ...

'' (1987). She also worked as a

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in the films ''

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'' (1992) and ''

Indecent Proposal ''Indecent Proposal'' is a 1993 American erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Amy Holden Jones. It is based on the 1988 novel by Jack Engelhard, in which a couple's marriage is disrupted by a stranger's offer of a million d ...

'' (1993). As a pornographic film actress, Gere was one of the most popular stars of the 1990s, according to ''

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''. She was nominated for and won several major

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awards such as the FOXE,

, and AVN Awards. In the latter half of the 90s, she slowed down on her adult video work and mainly toured as an

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Awards

AVN * 1993

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– Film for Chameleons * 1993 Best Actress – Video for Two Women * 1993 Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Film for Chameleons (with Deidre Holland) * 1993 Best Group Scene – Video for Realities 2 (with

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and T. T. Boy) * 1993 Female Performer of the Year * 1995 Best Actress – Film for The Masseuse 2 * 1995 Best Actress – Video for Body & Soul * 1995 Best Couples Sex Scene – Video for Body & Soul (with Mike Horner) *

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.FOXE *1992 Female Fan Favorite"Adult Video Awards"
, ''CanBest.com''. *1993 Female Fan Favorite *1994 Female Fan Favorite Hot d'Or Award *1995 Best American Actress for The Masseuse 2

*1991 Starlet of the Year *1992 Best Actress (Single Performance) for Chameleons: Not the Sequel"9th annual XRCO Winners"
, ''XRCO.com''. *1992 Best Couples Sex Scene for Chameleons: Not the Sequel (with

Rocco Siffredi Rocco Siffredi (born Rocco Antonio Tano; 4 May 1964) is an Italian pornographic actor, director and producer. He took his stage name from the character Roch Siffredi played by Alain Delon in the French gangster film ''Borsalino'' (1970). Kn ...

) *1992 Best Girl-Girl Scene for Chameleons: Not the Sequel (with Deidre Holland) *1992 Female Performer of the Year *

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AFWG *2003 Best Actress – Video for Crime & Passion

References

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