Jenna Jameson Biography

NAME: Jenna Jameson

OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Entrepreneur

BIRTH DATE: April 09, 1974 (Age: 37)

PLACE OF BIRTH: Las Vegas, Nevada

ZODIAC SIGN: Aries

Adult film actress and entrepreneur. Born Jenna Marie Massoli on April 9, 1974, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Lawrence and Judith Massoli. Lawrence was a local sheriff, and Judith was a showgirl on the Las Vegas Strip. Jameson had only a few years with her mother, who died from skin cancer on February 20, 1976, shortly before Jameson's second birthday. Bankrupt from paying all the necessary medical bills, the family was forced to move into a trailer while her father worked long hours to pay off debts. Jameson and her older brother, Tony, were essentially left to parent each other.

Although she was a gifted ballerina and a frequent winner on the pageant circuit, Jameson's teen years were a difficult and destructive time for the burgeoning starlet. She endured several sexual assaults and seeded the beginnings of a significant drug habit. At the age of 16, she left home to live with her boyfriend. The following year, she removed the braces from her teeth with a pair of pliers and used a fake ID to land her first job as an exotic dancer. Soon noticed by a Penthouse scout, Jameson began modeling for adult magazines. Around this time, she also made the shift from the surname "Massoli" to her stage name, "Jameson," a moniker she picked for its boozy and rebellious implications.

As her popularity at video stores and online grew, she started crossing over to mainstream entertainment. She hosted episodes of E! Entertainment Television’s “Wild On” and provided household tips on “The Man Show” (Comedy Central, 1994-2004), while making appearances on “Entertainment Tonight” (Syndicated, 1981- ) and “Extra” (Syndicated, 1994- ). She also provided her voice on an episode of “Family Guy” (Fox, 1998- ) and had a recurring role as herself on the short-lived political drama, “Mister Sterling” (NBC, 2003). In 2003, E! Entertainment aired a two-hour “True Hollywood Story” in which she talked about overcoming her inner demons and her rise as the industry’s most powerful porn actress. Meanwhile, she appeared with other industry stars in the documentary, “Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy” (2001), then made her first mainstream feature film as a fictional character in the straight-to-video comedy about a slow-witted gumshoe (Danny Masterson), “Dirt Merchant” (2002). Jameson also crossed-over to the video game realm, providing the voice of the prostitute Candy Suxx in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. She even made a cameo appearance—again as herself—in the Robert DeNiro-Billy Crystal comedy, “Analyze That” (2002).