Cynthia Ann Howell (July 16, 1980 – January 24, 2024), known professionally as Jesse Jane, was an American pornographic film actress. She entered the industry in the early 2000s, later becoming one of the few adult film stars to successfully transition into mainstream film and television roles.
Profile Summary
| Full Name: | Cynthia Ann Howell |
| Nickname: | Jesse Jane |
| Date of Birth: | July 16, 1980 |
| Place of Birth: | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Nationality: | American |
| Net Worth: | $1 millions |
| Husband: | Rich Taylor |
Early Life and Education
Cynthia Ann Howell, known professionally as Jesse Jane, was born on July 16, 1980, in Fort Worth, Texas. According to a 2006 interview she gave to The Oklahoma Gazette, her family relocated to the Oklahoma City area where her parents worked at Tinker Air Force Base. In 1998, she graduated with honours from Moore High School.
Career
Jane signed an exclusive contract with the adult film production company Digital Playground between 2002 and 2014. She avoided the “shock value” trend prevalent in mid-2000s pornography, according to The New York Times.
Jane portrayed the first officer of a ship on a mission against a group of evil pirates in the 2005 pornographic film Pirates, later reprising her role in the sequel, Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge. The films, which respectively cost $1 million and $8 million to produce, were among the highest-budget pornographic films ever made.
In 2006, Jane and Kirsten Price became the hosts of Playboy TV’s most popular live show, Night Calls and Jane hosted the AVN Awards. She was the sex columnist for Chéri and Ralph magazines beginning in 2007.
Later that year she hosted Playboy TV’s Naughty Amateur Home Videos and The New York Times reported that Jane intended to have her breast enhancement surgery re-done for high-definition movies. In 2008, she hosted the F.A.M.E. Awards and the XBIZ Awards.
She launched a line of signature sex toys circa 2010. Jane was the Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month in November 2010. In 2011, she was named by freelance journalist Chris Morris as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn and she hosted the XBIZ Awards. Jane hosted the AVN Awards again in 2013. And again in 2014, Jane was on Morris’s list of “The Dirty Dozen: Porn’s Most Popular Stars”.
In 2017, Jane announced that she would retire from the adult industry, although she briefly returned in 2019 to shoot her first interracial scene for Blacked. com.
Jesse Jane Death
On January 24, 2024, Jane and her boyfriend, Brett Hasenmuller, were found dead from an apparent drug overdose at their home in Moore, Oklahoma.
Jesse Jane Net worth
Jesse Jane has an estimated net worth of $1 millions. Jesse Jane was an American pornographic film actress.
Personal Life
In 2000, Jane gave birth to her son. She married her husband Rich Taylor in 2005. On March 1, 2012, Jane announced on Twitter that she was getting divorced.
