‘THE QUEEN OF PORN”
∗ Born Jenna Marie Massoli , April 9, 1974, in Las Vegas; her father was a police officer, her mother a showgirl who died before Jenna was 2 years old; studied ballet and entered child beauty pageants; moved with father and brother to Arizona, then Montana, where she was brutally sexually assaulted by four high school football players
∗ Left home at age 16 to live with her boyfriend, who encouraged her to work as a Vegas showgirl, but was turned down for being too short; used fake ID to become a stripper; rejected at a premiere club because of her braces, so she removed them herself with pliers; earned $2,000 a night as a stripper before high school graduation
∗ Began nude modeling for men’s magazines at age 18; got breast implants and began appearing in adult movies at age 20, in retaliation for her boyfriend’s infidelity; won Best New Starlet award in 1996 from the three top industry organizations — the first performer to do so
∗ Appeared more than 30 times as a guest on Howard Stern’s radio program, and had a minor role in his 1997 autobiographical movie Private Parts
∗ Released autobiography in 2003 titled How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, which spent six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list; co-wrote 2012 erotic novel Sugar
∗ Moved to Scottsdale in 1998 and married porn producer and actor Jay Grdina (aka Justin Sterling) in 2003; they established ClubJenna adult entertainment company in 2000 that produced websites and videos; expanded into video games, chat lines, novelty items, and managing more than 150 websites for other performers ; Forbes magazine called ClubJenna the “world’s largest adult film company” in a 2005 profile; expanded her brand to barware, perfume, handbags, lingerie and footwear sold through mainstream high-end retailers
∗ Bought Babe’s Cabaret in Scottsdale in 2005, intending to transform it into an upscale strip club called Club Jenna; battled with the Scottsdale City Council over nudity restrictions and other ordinances; collected enough signature for a ballot measure; Scottsdale voters rejected the stricter restrictions in 2006 referendum, allowing club to proceed, however…
∗ Split from husband in 2006, sold ClubJenna business to Playboy, and left town
∗ Appeared in 187 adult movies before retiring in 2008; won more than 35 adult-video awards; inducted into the Adult Video News (AVN) Hall of Fame, and the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) Hall of Fame; was first porn star to have wax figure in a Madame Trousseau museum (Las Vegas); often called the world’s most famous adult-entertainment performer and “The Queen of Porn”
∗ Became an exotic webcam model in 2013; appeared as a contestant in 2015 on the British TV show Celebrity Big Brother
∗ Lives in California but reportedly still owns a house in Paradise Valley
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