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Jesse Jane was an American pornographic film actress. She became one of the few adult film performers of the 2000s to make the transition into mainstream film and television roles.
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culture · American pornographic actress (1980–2024) · pornographic actor · model · actor · journalist · film actor · also Jesse Jane, Cynthia Taylor, Cindy Taylor, Jesse, Cynthia Ann Hotwell, Cindy
Born 16 July 1980 · Died 24 January 2024 · Q159436
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Jane and her boyfriend, Brett Hasenmueller, were found dead from an apparent drug overdose at their home in Moore, Oklahoma
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Died 2024-01-24.
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Jane announced that she would retire from the adult industry, although she briefly returned in 2019 to shoot her first interracial scene for Blacked
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After a career spanning nearly two decades
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Awarded NightMoves Award (2012).
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Announced on Twitter that she was getting divorced
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Jane had her name legally changed from Cynthia Taylor to Jesse Jane
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Appeared in the film Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
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2012, and 2014, she was named by CNBC as one of the twelve most popular stars in porn
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Awarded NightMoves Award (2008).
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Awarded NightMoves Award (2006).
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Jane and Kirsten Price became the hosts of Playboy TV's most popular live show, Night Calls; Jane also hosted the AVN Awards that year
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Jane made a cameo appearance in the film Starsky & Hutch, appeared on the cover of Drowning Pool's second studio album Desensitized, and in the music video for Drowning Pool's single "Step Up"
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Awarded NightMoves Award (2003).
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Awarded Venus Award (2003).
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Had an uncredited appearance in Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding and appeared in the reality TV series Family Business
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Jane gave birth to her son
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Graduated with honors from Moore High School
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Born 1980-07-16.
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