Jelena Jensen

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Jelena Jensen
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Jelena Jensen is an American pornographic film actor and webmaster. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

According to OC Weekly , Jensen's parents were "groupies" who met at the Rainbow Bar and Grill in West Hollywood, California. [3] She was raised partly by her grandparents: Ken, a retired truck driver, and Erica, a housewife who grew up in Nazi Germany. [3]

As a teenager, Jensen worked at a shooting range in Duarte, California while also volunteering to produce TV shows. She also worked at a coffeehouse in Costa Mesa. [3] She graduated from Chapman University in May 2003 with a Bachelor of Film and Television degree. [4] [2] [5]

Career

While still in college, Jensen started working as a product and marketing manager for a pornographic DVD retail website. [6] She says she was approached at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in 2003 with the suggestion to model nude, which she soon began doing as her sole occupation. [2] Her first nude modeling appearance was in Club magazine. [1] Jensen had originally planned to continue modeling for a year to pay off her student debt. [6] She later decided to launch a website featuring her own adult films. [5] In 2009, she added hardcore pornography to her website. [7]

Jensen has appeared in four erotic films by director Andrew Blake and hosted the hidden-camera series Totally Busted on Playboy TV. [6] she also hosted The J Spot on Vivid Radio [2] [8] and has created erotic ASMR content for director Nica Noelle. [9]

Awards

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Saint Thomas, Sophie (August 31, 2014). "The Internet Turned Porn Star Jelena Jensen into an Entrepreneur". Vice . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Lowery, Steve (February 11, 2015). "Jelena Jensen Has to Do More Than Just Films to Be a 21st Century Porn Princess". OC Weekly. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "2020 AVN Hall of Fame Inductees Announced". AVN. January 15, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Yuscavage, Chris (January 29, 2013). "Rides Girl: Jelena Jensen". Complex.com . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Javors, Steve (August 12, 2010). "Cybersiren of the Month: Jelena Jensen". AVN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ Duncan, Edward (June 18, 2009). "Jelena Jensen Re-Launches Site, Goes Hardcore". AVN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  8. ↑ Bibbiani, William (August 26, 2014). "The Blue Movies Podcast Presents: Jelena Jensen". Mandatory . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ Alexander, Kathryn (February 9, 2020). "How ASMR porn gave the web the tingles". GQ. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jelena Jensen Penthouse Pet March 2010". Penthouse. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on November 20, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  11. ↑ Katz, Lyla (February 11, 2010). "XBIZ Awards 2010 Winners Announced". XBIZ. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  12. ↑ Neuwave, Robert (January 23, 2013). "The 2013 AVN Award Winners!". AVN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  13. ↑ Miller, Dan (January 6, 2017). "Jelena Jensen Named 2016 Girlsway Girl of the Year". AVN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  14. ↑ Pardon, Rhett (January 15, 2018). "Girlsway Announces 2017 Fan Awards Winners". XBIZ. Retrieved June 15, 2024.

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