Jenna Jameson (born Jenna Marie Massoli on April 9 1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American pornographic actress and entrepreneur who has been called the world's most famous porn star. She entered pornographic films in 1993 after having worked as an exotic dancer and glamour model. By 1996, she had won the three top newcomer awards from adult film industry organiSations. She has since won more than 20 adult film awards, and has been inducted into both the X-Rated Critics Organization and Adult Video News Halls of Fame. In 2000, Jameson founded adult entertainment company Club Jenna with Jay Grdina, whom she later married.
Jameson is also noted for her relative success in crossing over into mainstream celebrity, starting with a minor role in Howard Stern's 1997 film Private Parts. Her mainstream appearances continued with guest-hosting for E! television, an award-winning voice role in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as Candy Suxxx, and a recurring role on the 2003 NBC television series Mister Sterling. Her 2004 autobiography, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, spent six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.
Personal Life
On December 20 1996, Jameson married porn star Brad Armstrong (real name Rodney Hopkins). They were together for only ten weeks, informally separating in March 1997, though continuing to act together in pornographic films. They legally separated and divorced in March 2001. In the summer of 1998, Jameson met former pornographic studio owner Jay Grdina, and they were engaged in December of 2000 (before her divorce from Hopkins) They unsuccessfully tried to have children since mid-2004, and Jameson planned to retire from acting in pornographic movies permanently after having their first child. In August 2006, Star magazine and TMZ.com confirmed with Jameson's publicist that she and Grdina separated, and that Jameson was dating musician Dave Navarro. A more serious relationship seems to be with mixed martial artist Tito Ortiz. In an interview on The Howard Stern Show in November 2006, Ortiz stated that he is in love with Jameson, that she is no longer acting in pornography, and that they are in a monogamous relationship. On December 12 2006, Jameson filed for divorce from Grdina.
References
External links
- Club Jenna Official website of her main business
- Babes Cabaret Official site of her Arizona strip club
- Jenna Jameson MySpace Account
- JustJennaJameson.com Official fanclub
- Jenna Jameson on sappyberry.com Jenna Jameson Biography, Information and stream video