Devinn Lane Explained

Devinn Lane is a former adult model, pornographic actress, writer, director and producer. She is sometimes credited as Devin Lane or Devon Lane.

Biography

Lane became pregnant at 16 and began stripping to support herself and her child in 1990.^[1] In 1996, while still dancing, she was offered work posing in hard-core men's magazines.

Adult film career

She made her hardcore film debut in 1999, performing in only lesbian scenes. She signed an exclusive contract for the production company Wicked Pictures in December 1999.^[2] She has directed many films, notably all five installments of The Devinn Lane Show. In 2003, she began performing with men, starting with the final scene in The Devinn Lane Show 5: Save The Best For Last.^[3] Over the next two years she performed scenes with men in Kink, Lovestruck, Space Nuts, Improper Conduct, Wicked Sex Party 6, Beautiful, Stiletto, Tuff Chick, two Road Trixx movies (which she also directed), and Lovers Lane.

As of 2005, she went on indefinite hiatus from on-screen work, focusing on directing for the production company Shane's World.

Her first producer credit is on the film Beautiful/Nasty which was nominated for the AVN Award Best All-Girl Feature in 2002.

In addition to hardcore work, Lane also hosted Playboy TV's mock reality show 7 Lives Exposed, which ran for six seasons until 2007, and has appeared in several softcore films which appear on DVD and on the Cinemax channels.

Lawsuit

In October 2008, Lane filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Digital Playground, Vivid Entertainment Group, and Moniker Online Services among other entities, alleging that they profited from domain names similar to her performer name and did not compensate her.^{[4] [5]} In February 2009, she dismissed her claims against most of the companies, leaving only Privacy Protect and Pixel named in the suit.^[6]

Notable TV guest appearances

• Thrills playing "Denise" in episode: "A Most Dangerous Desire" (episode # 1.2), June 9, 2001
• The Helmetcam Show playing "Herself – Guest" (episode # 5.1), July 5, 2000
• The Man Show playing "Herself" in episode: "Wheel of Destiny" (episode # 2.3), July 2, 2000
• The Helmetcam Show playing "Herself – Guest" (episode # 4.17), May 17, 2000
• The Helmetcam Show playing "Herself – Guest" (episode # 4.8), December 1, 1999
• The Howard Stern Radio Show playing "Herself", October 16, 1999

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Result	Category	Work
2000	AVN Award		Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film (with Devon & Maya Divine)^[7]	Three
2001	AVN Award		Best Actress - Video^[8]	Spellbound
			Best Solo Sex Scene^[9]	In Style
	Hot d'Or Award		Best American New Starlet^[10]
2002	AVN Award		Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video (with Inari Vachs)^[11]	Love Shack
			Best Solo Sex Scene
	Venus Award		Best Actress (USA)^[12]
2003	AVN Award		Female Performer of the Year^[13]
			Best Supporting Actress – Video	Turning Point
			Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video (with Wanda Curtis)	After Hours
			Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video (with April)	Breathless
			Best Actress - Video^[14]
	XRCO Award		Best Girl-Girl Scene (with April)^[15]
2004	AVN Award		Female Performer of the Year^[16]
			Best Supporting Actress – Video	Space Nuts
			Best Actress – Video	Improper Conduct
			Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Video (with Bridgette Kerkove)
	XRCO Award		Best Girl/Girl Scene (with Bridgette Kerkove)
			Female Performer of the Year^[17]
2006	AVN Award		Best Actress – Video^[18]	Lovers Lane

External links

• • • • Bio at Wicked Pictures
• Audio Interview at Adult DVD Talk
• Interview at Broken Dollz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Devinn Lane, porn star, gets down. 2007-05-07. Lacy Ketzner. 2004-02-13. Yale Herald. https://web.archive.org/web/20040310000134/http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2949. 2004-03-10.
2. Wicked Signs Four Contract Girls . https://archive.today/20120713144529/http://business.avn.com/articles/12136.html . dead . 2012-07-13 . 1999-12-08 . AVN . 2009-12-25 .
3. Devinn Lane Does First Boy/Girl Feature, Los Angeles . https://archive.today/20120710005904/http://business.avn.com/articles/10278.html . dead . 2012-07-10 . 2003-02-06 . AVN . 2009-12-25 .
4. Web site: Devinn Lane Files Suit Against Vivid, Digital Playground, Others . 20 October 2008 . XBIZ . 30 July 2016.
5. Devinn Lane Lawsuit Points To Sweeping Changes in the Industry . 22 October 2008 . Adult Video News . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208000146/http://avn.com/law/articles/33005.html . 8 December 2008.
6. Devinn Lane Drops Vivid, Digital Playground From Lawsuit . 18 February 2009 . Adult Video News . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220131718/http://business.avn.com/articles/34483.html . 20 February 2009.
7. Web site: AVN 2000 Nominations . 2014-12-13 . AVN Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000302100333/http://www.avn.com/awards/noms.html . March 2, 2000 .
8. Web site: 2001 AVN Awards Nominations List . 2014-12-13 . AVN Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010309213908/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.html . March 9, 2001 .
9. Web site: The AVN Awards Show a Night to Remember. https://web.archive.org/web/20030308004404/http://ainews.com/Archives/Story1402.phtml. usurped. March 8, 2003. 2014-12-13. Steve Nelson. 2001-01-09. Adult Industry News.
10. AVN WINNERS VIE FOR HOT D'OR AWARDS . 2014-12-13 . Humphrey Pennyworth . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011218001630/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0501_03.html . December 18, 2001 .
11. Web site: This Year's Nominees . 2014-12-13 . AVN Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20011208103701/http://www.avnawards.com/nomin-list.html . December 8, 2001 .
12. Web site: 6th VENUS-AWARD Nominees . 2014-12-13 . venus-berlin.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040620133347/http://www.venus-berlin.com/2002/en/award/download/nominierungen.en.pdf . June 20, 2004 .
13. Web site: This Year's Nominees . 2014-12-13 . AVN Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20021127014135/http://www.avnawards.com/nominees.shtml . November 27, 2002 .
14. 2003 AVN Awards Winners Announced: Awards Presented Big Year for Evil Angel.... 2014-12-13. Heidi Pike-Johnson. 2003-01-21. AVN. 2012-07-07. https://archive.today/20120707062516/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2003-AVN-Awards-Winners-Announced-Awards-Presented-Big-Year-for-Evil-Angel-32917.html. dead.
15. Belladonna Dominates XRCO Nominations. 2014-12-13. 2003-03-05. AVN. 2016-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20160111080741/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/Belladonna-Dominates-XRCO-Nominations-32631.html. dead.
16. Web site: Nominations for 2004 AVN Awards Show . 2014-12-13 . AVN Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20031203023916/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/05/58/32/55832Nominations.pdf . December 3, 2003 .
17. 20th Annual XRCO Awards Show Confirmed for August 19, 2004. 2014-12-13. Dirty Bob. 2004-08-06. AVN. 2014-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017045906/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/20th-Annual-XRCO-Awards-Show-Confirmed-for-August-19-2004-39853.html. dead.
18. Web site: 2006 AVN Award Nominees . 2014-12-13 . AVN Awards . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061206053159/http://www.avn.com/imagearchive/24/82/23/248223AVN_Awards_Nominations.pdf . December 6, 2006 .