Kimberly Kane

Kimberly Kane
Kane at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center at Las Vegas, Nevada in January 2010.
Born (1983-08-28) August 28, 1983[1]
Tacoma, Washington, U.S.[2]
Other names Kimberly Kame & Kimber[1]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Weight 134 lb (61 kg)[1]
Website kanearmy.com

Kimberly Kane (born August 28, 1983) is an American pornographic actress and director.[1]

Early life and education

Kane was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington.[2] She is of German and Danish descent.[1] Her mother was a pornographic film producer and exotic dancer.[3] At age 13, Kane moved to Portland, Oregon.[2] She later moved to Las Vegas, where she worked at a Mars Music store and was a tambourine player and backup singer for a cover band called Skull Rose.[2]

Career

Kane worked as a stripper for a year when she was 18 years old. She danced at the Sugar Shack, a strip club in Portland, Oregon.[4] She entered the adult film industry in August 2003 when she was 20 years old and did her first scene for the film Troubled Teens.[3] She's had nipple piercings, but no tattoos.[5] Despite her differentiated performances doing anal, double penetration, swallow and interracial, she is often cast in the alt porn genre, even at times in which she had no body modifications. In 2006, she made her directorial debut with the film Naked and Famous for Pulse Distribution.[3] She went on to direct Triple Ecstasy, Morphine, and Live In My Secrets, three alt porn films produced by Vivid Entertainment.[6]

Kane used to co-host a radio show titled The Porn Hunnies with Maria Menendez on KSEX.[7] She has also written for Strip Las Vegas and AVN magazines.[7]

In 2010, Kane was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top female stars in porn[8] and named one of the top 10 female directors by XCritic.[9]

More recently, Kimberly Kane has hosted the Vice Media documentary series Sex + Food.[10]

Advocacy

On March 22, 2010, Kane participated in an anti-piracy public service announcement for the Free Speech Coalition.[11][12]

Kane voiced her support for President Barack Obama in the 2012 United States presidential election, stating that she agreed with his views on women's issues, health care, and gay rights.[13] That same year, expressed her opposition towards Measure B, a law requiring pornographic actors to wear condoms during all sex scenes filmed in Los Angeles County, California.[14]

Personal life

Kane was engaged to the porn director Jack the Zipper for over two years, but they separated in 2006.[6] She is also an avid role playing gamer, participating in a weekly Dungeons & Dragons game with other adult performers and sex workers.[15]

Awards

  • 2006 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene, Video – Squealer[16]
  • 2006 AVN Award – Best Oral Sex Scene, Video – Squealer[16]
  • 2006 NightMoves Award – Best New Director (Editor's Choice)[17]
  • 2009 AVN Award – Best All-Girl 3-Way Sex Scene – Belladonna's Girl Train[18]
  • 2010 AVN Award – Best Actress – The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody[19]
  • 2010 XBIZ Award – Acting Performance of the Year, Female – The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Parody[20]
  • 2010 XRCO Award – Single Performance, Actress – The Sex Files: A Dark XXX Comedy[21]
  • 2011 AVN Award – Best Three-Way Sex Scene (G/G/B) – The Condemned[22]
  • 2011 XRCO Award – Best Actress – The Sex Files 2: A Dark XXX Parody[23]
  • 2011 Feminist Porn Award – Honourable Mention – My Own Master[24]
  • 2016 AVN Hall of Fame inductee[25]
  • 2016 XBIZ Award — Best Sex Scene — Parody Release - (with Ryan Driller), Wonder Woman XXX: An Axel Braun Parody[26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kimberly Kane at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 Troy Michael. "Her rookie year behind her – An interview with Kimberly Kane". IWAdult. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Troy Michael. "Catching up with multi award winning performer and director Kimberly Kane". IWAdult. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Cindi Loftus. "Kimberly Kane". Xcitement Magazine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ Heidi Pike-Johnson (February 26, 2004). "Fresh Off The Bus: Kimberly Kane". AVN Insider. Archived from the original on March 20, 2004. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Inside Kimberly Kane". XRentDVD.com. October 17, 2006. Retrieved October 4, 2007.
  7. 1 2 Peter Warren (April 2006). "Naked Kane the Stranger: Kimberly Opens Up". AVN. Archived from the original on April 22, 2006. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Anselmi, Eduardo (June 2010). "The dirty dozen". Maxim UK.
  9. ↑ XCritic, XCritic. "The Top 10 Women Directos In Porn". XCritic. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Sex + Food (Video series)". Vice Media. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Peter Warren (March 23, 2010). "FSC Launches Anti-Piracy PSA Campaign". AVN. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ Sam Harmon (March 23, 2010). "Free Speech Coalition Shoots Antipiracy PSA Videos". XBIZ. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  13. ↑ Richard Abowitz (August 7, 2012). "8 Porn Stars' Presidential Endorsements". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ Dennis Romero (October 24, 2012). "Kimberly Kane, Porn Star, Speaks Out Against Mandatory Condoms in Adult Video". LA Weekly. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  15. ↑ "I Hit it With My Axe". escapistmagazine.com. March 17, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  16. 1 2 "AVN Awards Past Winners". AVN.com. November 22, 2006. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2007.
  17. ↑ "NightMoves Online - Past Winner History". NightMoves Online.
  18. ↑ David Sullivan (January 11, 2009). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN.com. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
  19. ↑ "2010 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN.com. January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
  20. ↑ Lyla Katz (February 11, 2010). "XBIZ Awards 2010 Winners Announced". XBiz.com. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  21. ↑ "2010 XRCO Award Winners Announced". AVN.com. April 30, 2010. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  22. ↑ "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2011 AVN Awards". AVN.com. January 9, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  23. ↑ Dan Miller (April 14, 2011). "XRCO Award Winners Announced". XBIZ Newswire. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  24. ↑ "Good Releasing Awarded Three Feminist Porn Awards". AVN. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  25. ↑ "Class of 2016: The AVN Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN. December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  26. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January 2016

Further reading

  • Tristan Taormino (January 17, 2006). "Tool of the Patriarchy". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
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