Jenna Jameson Biography

Jenna Jameson, born on April 9, 1974 in Las Vegas, is an American pornographic actress. She is one of the XXX actresses who met the most success in the world. She was given the semi-official title "queen of the porn". Originating in Las Vegas, Jenna was born in a family of the Italian origins. Her father is a senior police officer whereas her mother was a cabaret dancer. The mother of Jenna died when she was 3 years old. During her youth, Jenna took courses of ballet, which were useful for her in her future career as a dancer. At 16, Jenna started to dance in the striptease clubs thanks to a false ID. Initially rejected by Crazy Horse because of dental braces, she quickly became welcome there since they were removed. During this period, she became a drugs addict, mostly because of LSD and amphetamine. At 18 years, she moved to California, where her father had moved. With his assistance, she succeeded in stopping the addiction. At 20 with the blessing of her father, she posed naked for various magazines like Hustler, Penthouse or Cheri. After a while, Wicked Pictures, a producing studio of pornographic films, signed a contract with Jenna. After only some XXX movies she quickly became famous and received the compliments of criticism. In 1996, she won awards from the three main award shows dedicated to porn. Jenna also got cameo roles in some mainstream movies like Private Parts of Howard Stern (1997). In 2002, she took part in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, by lending her voice to Candy Suxx, a pornographic film actress. In 2001, she defended the merits of the pornography vs anti-pornography activists in Oxford University. She won the debate with 204 against 27. In 2004, Jenna published her autobiography, How to How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale (ISBN 0060539097). Co-writing with Neil Strauss, it was one of the bestsellers. She's currently a joint owner of ClubJenna, a Web site and a studio of production, with her husband, the actor and producer Jay Grdina (who acts and directs under the pseudonym of Justin Sterling). The couple resides in Arizona. In 2005, her moans were made available to download for us as ringtones. In August 2005, she launched "Club Thrust", an interactive Web site for her homosexual fans, which includes videos, galleries, photographs... Jenna is one of the rare actresses of the pornographic medium to have such a success in life. In October 2005, the production of the film Jenna's Provocateur started, a movie in which Jenna makes her debut as a director. In 2005 she repurchased "Babes Cabaret", a strip club in Scottsdale, Arizona. On February 3, 2006, Jenna, Savanna Samson and other Vivid girls took part in very first "Porn Star Super Bowl Party" with the Zoo Club in Detroit, Michigan. The price of the ticket was 1000 dollars. This event was the cause of a controversy with the NFL which did not make it as one of the official events of Super Bowl. In the January 19, 2006 edition of Detroit Free Press Jenna tried to defuse the controversy by ensuring that there would be neither nudity nor sex although according to the February 6, 2006 edition of Detroit News, Jenna planned an voluntary act of this type.