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Taylor Wane (born 27 August 1968) is a British pornographic actress, director, model, and entrepreneur. She was inducted into the
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in 2014 as well as Legends Hall of Fame. Wane was also the '' Penthouse''
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for June 1994.


Career

Wane initially wanted to be a teacher. However, at age 18, her mother entered her into a calendar girl competition, which she won. This led her to an interest in becoming a model and she was soon signed by an agency. After moving to London, she began working as a topless model, being featured in all the top mens magazines as well as The Sunday Sport. Next, she moved to Los Angeles, where she spent more than a year working as model for men's magazines before she ventured into video and film. Wane began performing in the adult video industry in 1989. Wane was the '' Penthouse''
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in June 1994 and appeared several more times in ''Penthouse'' after that. In addition to ''Penthouse'', she has been featured in several other publications, including ''
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'', and '' Busty Beauties''. In the latter, she had a monthly column as a Celebrity Editor, and she was the November 2005 cover girl and centrefold, in addition to her regular features that included columns such as ''My Personal Diary, Tits and Bits'' and sex toy reviews. In 2005 alone, Wane made sixteen appearances in photo spreads in men's magazines, including ''
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'', '' Swank'', and '' Oui''. She also became a columnist for ''
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'' magazine that same year with a monthly column entitled ''Wane's World''. Wane also spent five years as a monthly columnist for Swank Magazine. Over the course of her career, Wane has worked for production companies such as
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, and Zero Tolerance Entertainment. In addition to being a performer and director, she also has writer, producer, and other crew credits to her name.


Appearances

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's original art that featured Wane. Later that year she was a special guest on
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. Wane has appeared in minor roles in a variety of mainstream television and feature film productions. These appearances include roles in the 2000 Adam Sandler comedy ''
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'' and episodes in the comedy television series ''
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'' ( HBO, 2002) and ''Burning Hollywood'' (2009). Wane has also been seen in episodes of TV shows such as '' Gene Simmons' Family Jewels'', the
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'', and FX's ''
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''. In 2009, Wane was cast in several feature films. In the
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political thriller '' State of Play'', Wane was cast as the head mistress of a
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that was part of a murder investigation. The film is based on a
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in a scene with a Hugh Hefner look-alike. Wane was cast as a dancer in both '' A Beautiful Life'' starring Dana Delaney,
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, and in ''The Girl From The Naked Eye'' starring Jason Yee. In the latter, she was cast along with fellow adult film actress
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Other ventures

Wane has her own production company called ''Taylor Wane Entertainment'' started in the mid-1990s. She has also been the host of radio shows on Spice Radio, which is on Sirius XM channel 103, and on KSEX Radio with a weekly night time talk radio show called ''The British Are Cumming''. In 2003, Wane launched her own limited edition,
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quarterly comic book series in association with H Bomb Comics called ''Vamptrix''. The design of the main character is based on Wane. Wane and her husband also own and operate several websites, including TaylorWane.com, TaylorWane.net, PlanetPorno.com, and MoBooty.com. They also own an independent photo agency, Laurien Photographic, that licenses photos of Wane and other porn stars to stock agencies and magazines such as ''
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'', and ''Jugs''. In 2005, Wane launched her own line of sex toys called the "Taylor Wane Collection". In 2011, she competed on Winter Wipeout on ABC. She failed to advance the Qualifier.


Recognition

Wane was honored by a platoon of
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stationed in Iraq in 2007. An American flag was flown for twenty-four hours in honor of Wane as thanks for autographed pictures and correspondence she sent to them. Wane later received the actual flag framed with a Flag Citation. Few others were honored as it is customary for the platoon to vote on a list of people to be honored which typically include family and other service members. The platoon also voted to include actor
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Philanthropy

Wane has hosted events to benefit
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awareness as well as to raise funds for cancer, leukemia, and AIDS research for groups such as Breast Cancer Awareness Benefits Everyone (B.A.B.E.) and the
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. In 2007, after being honored by U.S. Navy SEALs, Wane and her husband created a poster that featured her wearing authentic Navy Seal combat gear. Autographed copies of the poster were sold with the proceeds going to the
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foundation (DAV). The combat gear was auctioned off as well for an additional donation. Wane stated in 2008, "I support a lot of charities, and DAV is very close to my heart." "I could never be grateful enough or thankful enough for what the servicemen sacrifice for our freedom. They have courage like most of us will never know." Also in 2008, Wane recorded and contributed a
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of the holiday favorite "
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" to the ''Rock 4 X-Mas'' charity fundraising album. The album also featured works by
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, and others.


Awards

Wane at the KSEXradio Listener's Choice Awards in 2005 * 1992 AVN Award – Best Couples Sex Scene, Film – ''X Factor - The Next Generation'' * 2005
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Personal life

Wane is a graduate of the Joe Blasco School of Makeup Artistry. She is married.


See also

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