Tory Lane is an American fetish model, exotic dancer, pornographic actress, and pornographic film director.[3] She was named among the top twenty pornographic actresses at the 2007 Adultcon and has won two AVN Awards. In 2017, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.[3]

Tory Lane
Lane attending a fashion show at the Cabana Club in Hollywood, California in 2009
Born1982 or 1983 (age 41–42)[2]
Modeling information
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]

Early life and career

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Lane was born in Schenectady, New York.[3] She worked as a bartender at a club called The Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale Beach.[1] She also worked at a sex shop[4] and as a stripper in local Florida strip clubs.[citation needed]

Lane started in the pornographic film industry after being scouted in Florida by Peter North, and she then flew out to California and signed with the then-new agency LA Direct Models.[3] After signing with LA Direct Models, Lane's first scene in a pornographic film was with Ben English and Marco[1] In May 2007, Lane signed a two-year contract with Sin City for both acting and directing.[4] In 2006, Lane was a finalist on the second season of Playboy TV reality show Jenna's American Sex Star,[5] but she lost the prize in the final round.[6] She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2017.[3]

Personal life

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Lane is a personal friend of Jennifer Ketcham and features in her 2012 memoir I Am Jennie. Ketcham stated that Lane used the money she made in the industry to provide for her sister, extended family, and self and described her as "one of the few responsible girls in the biz".[7]

Awards

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Year Award Category Film
2007 Adultcon Top 20 Adult Actresses[8]
2009 AVN Award Best POV Sex Scene[9][3] Double Vision 2
2010 Best Group Sex Scene[10][3] 2040
2017 AVN Hall of Fame[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pete "Wetscrog" Warren; Steven St. Croix; Dale DaBone (September 22, 2004). "Fresh Flesh: Tory Lane". AVN. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  2. ^ Rocha, Veronica (February 19, 2015). "Kicking, screaming Delta passenger arrested at LAX, police say". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Class of 2017: The AVN Hall of Fame's Newest Inductees". AVN. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Steve Javors (May 23, 2007). "Tory Lane Inks Exclusive Sin City Contract". XBIZ. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
  5. ^ "'Jenna's American Sex Star' Enters Final Round" Archived September 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Adult Video News, July 24, 2006, Retrieved October 28, 2007
  6. ^ "Playboy TV – Jenna Jameson – American Sex Star" Archived October 13, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved October 28, 2007
  7. ^ Ketcham, Jennifer (2012). I Am Jennie. Simon and Schuster. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-451-644760.
  8. ^ "Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll". XBIZ. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  9. ^ David Sullivan (January 11, 2009). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN. Archived from the original on February 23, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
  10. ^ "2010 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. January 10, 2010. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
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