{{short description|American actress (born 1982/83)}} {{Distinguish|Tory Lanez}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox model |name = Tory Lane |image = Tory Lane 02, Fashion Show 2009.jpg |caption = Lane attending a fashion show at the Cabana Club in Hollywood, California in 2009 |birth_name = <!--See WP:BLPPRIVACY before adding birth name--> |birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|32|2015|Feb|20}}<!--See WP:BLPPRIVACY before adding full birth dates--> |birth_place = Schenectady, New York, U.S. |height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}<ref name=freshflash/> |alias = |website = }}
'''Tory Lane''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|32|2015|Feb|20|noage=y}}<ref name="CBS 2015">{{cite news |author1=<!--anonymous author(s)--> |title=Report: Adult-Film Actress Arrested At LAX In Disrupting Flight, Attacking Crew |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/report-porn-star-busted-at-lax-for-allegedly-disrupting-flight-attacking-crew/ |access-date=16 July 2025 |work=CBS News |date=20 February 2015}}</ref>) is an American fetish model, exotic dancer, pornographic film actress, and pornographic film director.<ref name=HOF2017/> She was named among the top twenty pornographic film actresses at the 2007 Adultcon and has won two AVN Awards. In 2017, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.<ref name=HOF2017>{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2017-the-new-inductees-into-the-avn-hall-of-fame-707363.html |title=Class of 2017: The AVN Hall of Fame's Newest Inductees |accessdate=January 5, 2017 |work=AVN}}</ref>
==Early life and career== Lane was born in Schenectady, New York.<ref name=HOF2017/> She worked as a bartender at a club called The Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale Beach.<ref name=freshflash>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.avninsider.com/stories/fotb092204.shtml |title=Fresh Flesh: Tory Lane |accessdate=July 24, 2007 |author1=Pete "Wetscrog" Warren |author2=Steven St. Croix |author3=Dale DaBone |date=September 22, 2004 |magazine=AVN |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701210825/http://www.avninsider.com/stories/fotb092204.shtml<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate=July 1, 2007}}</ref> She also worked at a sex shop<ref name="sincity">{{cite web |url=http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=23199 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209021445/http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=23199 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2012 |title=Tory Lane Inks Exclusive Sin City Contract |accessdate=May 25, 2007 |author=Steve Javors |date=May 23, 2007 |publisher=XBIZ}}</ref> and as a stripper in local Florida strip clubs.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Lane started in the pornographic film industry 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.<ref name=HOF2017/> After signing with LA Direct Models, Lane's first scene in a pornographic film was with Ben English and Marco<ref name=freshflash/> In May 2007, Lane signed a two-year contract with Sin City for both acting and directing.<ref name="sincity"/> In 2006, Lane was a finalist on the second season of Playboy TV reality show ''Jenna's American Sex Star'',<ref>[http://business.avn.com/articles/27818.html "'Jenna's American Sex Star' Enters Final Round"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911055107/http://business.avn.com/articles/27818.html |date=September 11, 2009 }}, ''Adult Video News'', July 24, 2006, Retrieved October 28, 2007</ref> but she lost the prize in the final round.<ref>[http://www.playboy.com/playboytv/original_series/americansexstar/ "Playboy TV – Jenna Jameson – American Sex Star"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013091855/http://playboy.com/playboytv/original_series/americansexstar/ |date=October 13, 2005 }}, Retrieved October 28, 2007</ref> She was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref name=HOF2017/>
==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".<ref name="Ketcham">{{cite book |last=Ketcham |first=Jennifer |year=2012 |title=I Am Jennie |page=35 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-451-644760}}</ref>
==Awards== {| class ="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Film |- |2007 |Adultcon |Top 20 Adult Actresses<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=88264 |title=Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll |work=XBIZ |accessdate=December 14, 2014 |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101032809/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=88264 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |{{n/a}} |- |2009 |rowspan=3|AVN Award |Best POV Sex Scene<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2009 AVN Award-Winners Announced |magazine=AVN |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/34090.html |author=David Sullivan |accessdate=January 11, 2009 |date=January 11, 2009 |archive-date=February 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090223020140/http://business.avn.com/articles/34090.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=HOF2017/> |''Double Vision 2'' |- |2010 |Best Group Sex Scene<ref>{{cite magazine |title=2010 AVN Award Winners Announced |magazine=AVN |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/37142.html |date=January 10, 2010 |accessdate=January 10, 2010 |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113093712/http://business.avn.com/articles/37142.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=HOF2017/> |''2040'' |- |2017 |AVN Hall of Fame<ref name=HOF2017/> |{{n/a}} |}
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