Sunny Lane is an American

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and nude model. She is a member of the

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, AVN, and

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Halls of Fame.

Biography

Sunny Lane AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2010

Lane's parents, Shelby and Mike, worked in air-freight. In her youth she was a competitive roller skater and ice skater, and later worked as an instructor teaching

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and

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. She trained as an

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

under

James Millns James G. "Jim" Millns Jr. (born January 13, 1949) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Colleen O'Connor, he was the 1974–1976 U.S. national champion, the 1975 World silver medalist, the 1976 World bronze medalist, and ...

and was in preparation for the Olympic trials when she required

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surgery. Unable to skate due to the recovery period, she started dancing nude in order to support herself financially. She became an

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and won

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Showgirl of the Year during her first year of dancing in 2004. Lane was invited to attend the

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ceremony in 2005 by Serenity, where, at an after-show party hosted by Sean Michaels, she encountered an agent from ''

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''. She started to appear in adult movies in the same year. Her career is supported and managed by her parents. Lane credits her parents' participation in

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recreation, and generalized "free thinking" and "open-minded" attitudes for their comfort with her involvement in the adult entertainment industry. She attributes the ease with which she was able to transition from ice skating to adult entertainment to the body image instilled by her own practice of naturism with her parents at home during her childhood. She appeared on the first episode of the

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reality series ''

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,'' which aired December 7, 2006, and on an episode of '' ABC Primetime: The Outsiders'' defending her career. Television audiences also saw her with her parents on Fox News' ''Geraldo at Large'' on March 18, 2007, using the alias, "Sunny Lee." Lane was featured on the television show ''

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'' on

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. She has also worked at a Nevada brothel, the

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, at various times in her career. Her performance in the 2007 film ''Goo Girls 26'' earned Lane the 2008 AVN award for Best POV Sex Scene. In 2008 she starred in ''Big Wet Asses 13'' performing her first anal scene; the scene won the AVN Award for best anal scene. Lane is a fan of

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and playing racing video games. She is

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. In June 2011, Lane announced that she was engaged and was taking a hiatus from making adult films in order to concentrate upon her upcoming marriage. In November 2012, she announced her return to the adult industry to star in ''Not the Love Boat XXX'' and other adult movies as well as to entertain clients at the

Awards

* 2005

NightMoves Award 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 ...

– Best New Starlet (Editor's Choice) * 2006

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.Adam Film World Guide Award – Actress of the Year – ''Sex Pix'' * 2007 Adultcon Award – Best Actress for an Intercourse Performance – ''Slut Puppies 2'' * 2008

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 ...

– Best POV Sex Scene – ''Goo Girls 26'' * 2008 NightMoves Award – Best Feature Dancer (Fan's Choice) * 2009 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene – ''Big Wet Asses 13'' * 2014

XRCO Award The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organization annually to people working in adult entertainment and it is the only adult industry awards show reserved exclusively for industry members. Once every calendar year, XRCO ...

– Best Cumback * 2014

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 ...

* 2020

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.XRCO Hall of Fame The XRCO Hall of Fame lists well-known adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO Award The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organizat ...

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