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Warning! Links on this page go to hardcore pornography.  Jenna Jameson was born Jennifer Marie Massoli on April 9, 1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Jameson's father was a police officer and her mother a showgirl. Her mother died when Jameson was three years old. During her childhood, she took ballet classes, which helped future career in dancing, and was a frequent entrant in beauty pageants. At age 16, Jameson began dancing in strip clubs with the help of a false I.D. Initially rejected from dancing at the Crazy Horse strip club because of her braces, they quickly relented when she removed them herself. When she was 18, she moved to California, where her father had moved. By age 20, and with her father's blessing, she did porn for Hustler, Penthouse and Cheri. After a bidding war, Wicked Pictures, a porno movie production company, signed Jameson to an exclusive contract. After only a few movies, she quickly achieved fame and critical success, and, in 1996, won top awards from three major industry organizations. Jameson has also made cameo appearances in some mainstream movies and other media, including Howard Stern's 1997 film Private Parts and, in 2002, as the voice of a porn star called "Candy Suxxx," in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. In 1997, Jameson made an appearance for an Extreme Championship Wrestling PPV as the valet for the Dudley Boyz, followed by a few months where she was the ECW interviewer. She also filmed a vignette with Val Venis in the WWF. In 2001, she debated the merits of porn against a panel of anti-porn activists at the Oxford Union and won the debate 204 to 27. In 2004, Jameson's autobiography, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, was released and became a best-seller. Jenna helped launch Vivid Entertainment's V2 Division, which has grossed over $1.2 billion in sales and revenues; she reportedly earned $72 million from the sale of her company. She was featured on CNNfn in a segment which showed her new Gulfstream jet and the home in Italy that she was building.
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