Tory Lane

Tory Lane is an American fetish model, exotic dancer, pornographic actress, and pornographic film director.[1] She was named among the top twenty pornographic actresses at the 2007 Adultcon and won two AVN Awards. She was also inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2017.[1]

For the Canadian rapper, see Tory Lanez.

Tory Lane
Lane attending a fashion show at the Cabana Club in Hollywood, California in 2009
Born (1982-09-30) September 30, 1982
Schenectady, New York, U.S.[1]
Other namesSusan, Tori Lane, Tory Freeland, Torry Freeland, Tory Freelan, Tory Land[2]
Modeling information
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3][2]
Websitewww.torylane.com

Early life and career
Tory Lane with her former partner Rick Shameless (2005)

Lane was born in Schenectady, New York,[1] and is of Polish and Italian descent.[2] She worked as a bartender at a club called The Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale Beach.[3] She also worked at a sex shop[4] and as a stripper in local Florida strip clubs.

Lane started in the pornographic film industry in 2004[2] after being scouted in Florida by Peter North, and she then flew out to California and signed with the then-new agency LA Direct Models.[1] After signing with LA Direct Models, Lane's first scene in a pornographic film was with Ben English and Marco[3] in 2004. She has since gone on to appear in over 600 films.[2] In May 2007, Lane signed a two-year contract with Sin City for both acting and directing.[4] In 2006, Lane was a finalist on the second season of Playboy TV reality show Jenna's American Sex Star,[5] but she lost the prize in the final round.[6] She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2017.[1]

Personal life

Lane is a personal friend of Jennifer Ketcham and features in her 2012 memoir I Am Jennie. Ketcham stated that Lane used the money she made in the industry to provide for her sister, extended family, and self and described her as "one of the few responsible girls in the biz".[7]

In February 2015, Lane was arrested and removed from a Delta Airlines flight for allegedly attacking members of the flight crew and other passengers.[8][9] She was later sued by a flight attendant for injuries from that incident.[10]

Awards
Year Award Category Film Result
2007AdultconTop 20 Adult Actresses[11]N/AN/A
2009AVN AwardBest POV Sex Scene[12][1]Double Vision 2Won
2010AVN AwardBest Group Sex Scene[13][1]2040Won
2017AVN AwardAVN Hall of Fame[1]N/AN/A

References
  1. "Class of 2017: The AVN Hall of Fame's Newest Inductees". AVN. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  2. "Tory Lane". Internet Adult Film Database. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. Pete "Wetscrog" Warren; Steven St. Croix; Dale DaBone (September 22, 2004). "Fresh Flesh: Tory Lane". AVN. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved July 24, 2007.
  4. Steve Javors (May 23, 2007). "Tory Lane Inks Exclusive Sin City Contract". XBIZ. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
  5. "'Jenna's American Sex Star' Enters Final Round", Adult Video News, July 24, 2006, Retrieved October 28, 2007
  6. "Playboy TV – Jenna Jameson – American Sex Star" Archived October 13, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved October 28, 2007
  7. Ketcham, Jennifer (2012). I Am Jennie. Simon and Schuster. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-451-644760.
  8. Dillon, Nancy; Chan, Melissa (February 20, 2015). "Porn star Tory Lane arrested after attacking flight crew and cop aboard plane: officials". NY Daily News. New York. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  9. Ryan, Kennedy; Chambers, Rick (February 18, 2015). "'Belligerent' Passenger on Delta Flight Detained After Allegedly Assaulting Crew, Passengers". Los Angeles: KTLA News. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  10. "Flight Attendant Sues Porn Star Over In-Flight Fight". Manhattan Beach Patch. New York. August 3, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  11. "Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll". XBIZ. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  12. David Sullivan (January 11, 2009). "2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved January 11, 2009.
  13. "2010 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. January 10, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
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