Jesse Jane, an adult film star who also appeared on Entourage, is dead. She was 43.
The actress ,whose real name was Cindy Taylor — and her boyfriend Brett Hasenmueller were found dead in their home in Moore. The Moore Police Department was called to Jane and Hasenmuller’s home to conduct a wellness check on Wednesday after they had not been heard from for days, according to the outlet.
The cause was believed to be a drug overdose, said Lt Francisco Franco of the Moore Police Department in Moore, Oklahoma.
Jane, with her sweeping blond hair, high-arched eyebrows and vivacious personality, was a defining star of early 2000s pornography as the internet transformed the industry. She then crossed over into some mainstream productions. Jesse Jane, a one-time Hooters server and beauty pageant contestant who went on to star in the highest-budget film series in pornographic film history, was found dead Wednesday at a home in Oklahoma.
Jesse Jane was born July 16, 1980, as Cynthia Ann Howell in Fort Worth, Texas, according to public records. Her family settled in the Oklahoma City area when her parents worked at Tinker Air Force Base, according to a 2006 interview Jane gave The Oklahoma Gazette. She graduated with honors from Moore High School in 1998.
The introduction of high-definition cameras prompted her to redo her breast implants because the cameras made them bulge oddly on-screen. She shunned the shock value approach that pornography took in the mid-2000s and retired from the industry in 2007, then pivoted to creating her own line of sex toys.
By 2003, she had signed with Digital Playground, a porn studio, debuting in the porn film Beat the Devil. She also hosted two shows for the Playboy Channel, Naughty Amateurs Home Videos and Night Calls, earning awards and acclaim from various industry publications.
Although a medical examiner will confirm the cause of death, it is believed Jane died from a drug overdose, Lt. Francisco Franco of the Moore Police Department told the reporters. Franco said Jane and Hasenmuller’s deaths remain under investigation.
Jane was best known for work in the Pirates series of movies, in which she plays the first officer on a ragtag ship of sailors who go after a band of evil pirates. Digital Playground spent $1 million on the first film in 2005 and $8 million on the 2007 sequel, Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge, notable sums compared with the lower-budget movie costs in the industry. As the industry transformed, Jane transformed with it. The introduction of high-definition cameras prompted her to redo her breast implants because the cameras made them bulge oddly on-screen.
She was a performer during an era where adult films were seen all over the world, and the promotions were massive, Gross said.She made sure that she gave her all, not only in performing but in promotion as well. I will personally miss her very much for the reasons above. Her smile was everything.
She shunned the shock value approach that pornography took in the mid-2000s and retired from the industry in 2007, then pivoted to creating her own line of sex toys. I got into porn right at the perfect time, when porn stars mattered, Jane told GQ in 2018. They were big, glamorous. You walked into a room, you turned heads. Everybody knew who you were because they actually had to buy your product or DVDs, everything. Porn was so naughty, but everybody watched it. But she said, the internet killed the business.
She was a performer during an era where adult films were seen all over the world, and the promotions were massive, Gross said.