Early life

Jane was a military brat who grew up on various military bases in the Midwestern United States. She did extensive dance training and was a varsity cheerleader at her high school in Rose Hill, Kansas. She graduated from Moore High School in Moore, Oklahoma in 1998.

Career

Jane read an article on Tera Patrick that said that Patrick worked for adult-film production company Digital Playground. She contacted them and was quickly signed to a contract. Her first scene was with Devon in No Limits. Within months of winning the contract, she appeared on Showtime Network's Family Business, where she was filmed at the Adult Video News awards show and convention. The films in which Digital Playground cast Jane, such as No Limits, Beat the Devil, and Loaded, proved popular enough to warrant her own line of sex toys, as well as secure nominations for several awards. She starred in the erotic film series "Pirates".

In March 2006, Jane and Kirsten Price became the hosts of Playboy TV's most popular live show, Night Calls. In addition, Jane also hosts Playboy TV's Naughty Amateur Home Videos and has been the sex columnist for Chéri, with contributions since the January 2007 issue. With fellow Digital Playground contract performers Devon and Teagan Presley, Jane co-hosts the live, Internet-based adult industry talk show DP Tonight. The show features industry gossip, adult film star guests, and audience/host interactivity.

Jane has hosted several adult industry award ceremonies throughout her career including the AVN Awards in 2006 and 2013, the F.A.M.E. Awards in 2008, and the XBIZ Awards in 2008 and 2011. In 2007, Jesse also became a sex columnist for the Australian men's magazine Ralph, replying to letters from readers about sex and dating.

In January 2007, an article in The New York Times stated that Jane intended to have her breast enhancement surgery re-done for high-definition movies. On her official website, she wrote that she had her surgery on February 12 that year.

In 2015 interview, she announced she no longer goes by the name "Jesse Jane" but rather "Jesse". The reason is that she is in a dispute with her former employer of 12 years, Digital Playground, who own the rights to her former stage name.

Mainstream appearances

In 2004, Jane made a cameo appearance in the film Starsky & Hutch and appeared on the cover of Drowning Pool's album Desensitized. She was also featured in the music video for the album's first hit single, "Step Up."

On the July 25, 2006 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, during the "Jay Walking" segment, she gave her name as "Cindy" and said that she currently worked at Hooters. An adult magazine cover featuring her as Jesse Jane was then shown onscreen. In 2005, she was featured as UnRated Magazine's Vixen, to launch the music review magazine's new edition of Vixens.

She was a guest star on the HBO dramedy series Entourage, in the ninth episode of the second season, "I Love You Too", which features the foursome making a trip to Comicon, where they get some help from the "Pussy Patrol," of which Jane is the leader.

On February 28, 2007 she featured on the Danish late night show den 11. time during the show she was interviewed by seemingly three Mads Brüggers.

In 2009 Jesse appeared in the reality series The Bad Girls Club. In a 2009 CNBC documentary titled Porn: Business of Pleasure, Jesse is the focus of the final 10-minute segment, which details her career and her life outside the porn industry.

Jane was the Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month in November 2010.

In January 2011 she was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn. CNBC stated that she is "for many, the face of modern porn", noting her roles in two popular porn Pirates films, and her performer of the year nominations by both AVN and the XBIZ Awards. And again in 2014, Jane was on CNBC's list of "The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars".

Other ventures

In March 2011, Jane launched her own line of tequila called "Diosa" with blue agave silver tequila, along with apple, mango, almond and café caramel flavored varieties. Jane will appear in ads for the Diosa, but will be using her real name since Digital Playground owns the rights to her stage name.

Personal life

In 2000, Jane gave birth to a boy. She stated in 2007 that she was married to fellow porn star Rick Patrick. They live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On March 1, 2012, Jane announced on her official Twitter account that she and Patrick were officially divorced. On October 15, 2012 she announced her engagement to her personal trainer Michael Giovanni, again on Twitter.

Jane has described herself as bisexual. In 2004, she stated on the Howard Stern Show that she had a hysterectomy due to now dormant cervical cancer.

Awards and nominations

List of accolades received by Jesse Jane

Awards & nominations Award Won Nominated AVN Awards 9 35 F.A.M.E. Awards 3 16 NightMoves Awards 5 4 XBIZ Awards 3 19 XRCO Awards 1 9 Others 7 0
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	28	83

AVN Awards

Year	Result	Award	Work	Co-winners/co-nominees
2004	Nominated	Best New Starlet	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Best Tease Performance	Erotique	N/A
2005	Nominated	Best Actress - Video	Loaded	N/A
2006	Nominated		Pirates	N/A
	Won	Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video		Janine
	Nominated			Carmen Luvana
	Nominated	Best Oral Sex Scene - Video		Scott Nails
	Nominated	Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
2007	Nominated		N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Contract Star of the Year	Digital Playground	N/A
	Won	Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video	Island Fever 4	Teagan Presley, Jana Cova & Sophia Santi
2008	Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene - Video	Naked Aces 2	Rebeca Linares, Brianna Love & Marco Banderas
	Nominated	The Jenna Jameson Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
2009	Nominated		N/A	N/A
	Nominated	The Jenna Jameson Crossover Star Of The Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Best Actress	Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge	N/A
	Won	Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene		Belladonna
	Won	Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene	Cheerleaders	Shay Jordan, Stoya, Adrianna Lynn, Brianna Love, Lexxi Tyler, Memphis Monroe, Sophia Santi & Priya Rai
	Nominated	Best Couples Sex Scene		Manuel Ferrara
	Nominated	Best Tease Performance		N/A
	Nominated	Best Threeway Sex Scene	Jesse Jane: Kiss Kiss	Jenna Haze & Charles Dera
2010	Nominated	Best Couples Sex Scene	Jesse Jane: Atomic Tease	Scott Nails
	Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Nurses	Katsuni, Shay Jordan, Stoya, Riley Steele & Erik Everhard
	Nominated	Best Threeway Sex Scene		Riley Steele & Manuel Ferrara
	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
2011	Nominated	Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Won	Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene	Body Heat	Kayden Kross, Riley Steele, Katsuni & Raven Alexis
	Won	Fan Award - Wildest Sex Scene
2012	Won	Best Supporting Actress	Fighters	N/A
	Nominated	Best Boy/Girl Sex Scene		Scott Nails
	Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Babysitters 2	Riley Steele, Kayden Kross, Stoya, BiBi Jones & Manuel Ferrara
	Nominated		Top Guns	Kayden Kross, Riley Steele, Stoya, Selena Rose & Tommy Gunn
	Nominated	Best Threeway Sex Scene (G/G/B)	Assassins	BiBi Jones & Manuel Ferrara
	Nominated	Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Most Outrageous Sex Scene	Bad Girls 6	Tommy Gunn
	Nominated	Best Porn Star Website	JesseJane.com	N/A
	Won	Fan Award - Hottest Sex Scene	Babysitters 2	Riley Steele, Kayden Kross, Stoya, BiBi Jones & Manuel Ferrara
2013	Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Nurses 2	Riley Steele, Kayden Kross, Selena Rose & Manuel Ferrara
	Won	Hall of Fame	N/A	N/A
2014	Nominated	Best Actress	Code of Honor	N/A
	Nominated	Best Group Sex Scene	Bridesmaids	Stoya, Kayden Kross, Brooklyn Lee & Johnny Sins
2015	Nominated	Best Girl/Girl Sex Scene	4Ever	Bonnie Rotten

F.A.M.E. Awards

Year	Result	Award	Work
2006	Finalist	Favorite Adult Actress	N/A
	Finalist	Hottest Body	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Butt	N/A
2007	Won	Hottest Body	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Female Starlet	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Breasts	N/A
2008	Won	Hottest Body	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Female Starlet	N/A
2009	Won	Hottest Body	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Female Starlet	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Star Website	JesseJane.com
2010	Finalist	Favorite Female Starlet	N/A
	Finalist	Favorite Oral Starlet	N/A
	Finalist	Hottest Body	N/A

NightMoves Awards

Year	Result	Award
2003	Won	Best New Starlet (Editor's Choice)
2006	Won	Best Actress (Editor's Choice)
2008	Won	Hall of Fame
2010	Won	Best Feature Dancer (Fan's Choice)
2012	Won	Best Female Performer (Fan's Choice)
	Nominated	Best Overall Body
2013	Nominated	Best Female Performer
	Nominated	Best Overall Body
2014	Nominated

XBIZ Awards

Year	Result	Award	Work	Co-winners/co-nominees
2008	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
2009	Nominated		N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
2010	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
2011	Nominated		N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Porn Star Site of the Year	JesseJane.com	N/A
2012	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Acting Performance of the Year - Female	Fighters	N/A
	Nominated	Porn Star Site of the Year	JesseJane.com	N/A
2013	Nominated			N/A
	Nominated	Best Actress—Feature Movie	Mothers & Daughters	N/A
	Won	Best Scene - All-Girl		Kayden Kross, Riley Steele, Selena Rose & Vicki Chase
2014	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Crossover Star of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Best Actress - Feature Movie	Bridesmaids	N/A
	Nominated	Best Actress—Couples-Themed Release	Love Jesse	N/A
	Won	Best Scene - Feature Movie	Code of Honor	Stoya, Kayden Kross, Riley Steele, Selena Rose & Manuel Ferrara
	Nominated		Bridesmaids	Stoya, Kayden Kross, Brooklyn Lee & Johnny Sins
2015	Nominated	Best Actress - Couples-Themed Release	Lollipop	N/A
	Nominated	Best Scene - Couples-Themed Release		Chad White
2016	Won	Best Sex Scene - Gonzo Release	Jesse: Alpha Female	Manuel Ferrara

XRCO Awards

Year	Result	Award	Work	Co-winners/co-nominees
2004	Nominated	New Starlet	N/A	N/A
2006	Nominated	Female Performer of the Year	N/A	N/A
	Nominated	Mainstream Adult Media Favorite	N/A	N/A
2007	Nominated		N/A	N/A
2009	Nominated	Single Performance - Actress	Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge	N/A
	Nominated	Best On-Screen Chemistry	N/A	Belladonna
	Nominated	Mainstream Adult Media Favorite	N/A	N/A
2012	Nominated		N/A	N/A
	Won	Hall of Fame	N/A	N/A
2014	Nominated	Best Actress	Code of Honor	N/A

Other awards

• 2004 Delta di Venere Award - Best American Actress
• 2004 Venus Award - Best Actress, USA
• 2006 F.O.X.E. Award - Female Fan Favorite
• 2007 Eroticline Award - Best U.S. Actress
• 2008 Medien eLINE Award - Best U.S. Actress
• 2009 Hot d'Or Award - Best American Actress (Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge)
• 2014 Venus Award - Lifetime Achievement

Filmography

Notable pornographic films

• 2005 - Pirates
• 2007 - Babysitters
• 2008 - Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
• 2008 - Cheerleaders

Mainstream films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding	Bikini Girl	Uncredited Role
2005	Entourage	Herself	Season 2, Episode 9
2007	Dr. 90210	Herself	Season 5, Episode 2
2009	Bad Girls Club	Herself	Season 3, Episode 11
2009	Middle Men	Herself
2009	Porn: Business of Pleasure	Herself	TV Documentary
2009	Frat Party	Herself
2010	Let the Game Begin	Temptation
2011	Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star	AFA Presenter
2012	Dave's Old Porn	Herself	Season 2, Episode 8
2016	Six Hot Chicks in a Warehouse	April

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