Jennifer Ketcham

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Jennifer Ketcham

Jennifer Ketcham, with an example of her artwork
Born Jennifer Ketcham
February 22, 1983 (1983-02-22) (age 28)[1][2]
Aurora, Colorado, U.S.A.
Other names Penny Flame, Dolly, Penni, Penny Lane[3]
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[4]
Weight 114 lb (52 kg; 8.1 st)
No. of adult films 353 (per IAFD)
Website
http://becomingjennie.wordpress.com/

Jennifer "Jennie" Ketcham[5] (born February 22,[1] 1983[2]) is a writer, American reality television personality, blogger,[6][7] artist, and former pornographic actress and film director under the name Penny Flame. She has appeared on Oprah, Tyra, The View, ET, Extra and Lifechangers to discuss sex addiction and her blog has been featured on Carson Daly.[8]

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[edit] Pornography career

At age 18, Ketcham, dissatisfied with waitressing and barista jobs,[9] answered an ad in a San Diego paper, through which she entered the pornographic film business.[4][10] She chose the Penny Flame pseudonym as a combination of The Beatles song "Penny Lane" and her marijuana smoking habit.[11] She appeared in well over 200 pornographic features, from 2002 through 2009.

In 2005, Ketcham directed an instructional video for Shane's World Studios.[12] She also directed the pornographic films Shane's World: Girls Night Out 1-3, Blazed and Confused 1-3 and Penny Flame's Out of Control.[4] In 2008, she signed a deal with Vivid Entertainment and Tristan Taormino to direct her own line of movies under the studio’s sex education imprint, Vivid-Ed;[13] the first film was "Penny Flame's Expert Guide to Handjobs", and the second "Penny Flame's Expert Guide to Rough Sex".[14] She retired from the industry in 2009.[15]

[edit] Awards

Ketcham (as Flame) at the 2008 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo convention

[edit] Personal life and recovery

Ketcham states she became sexually active at age 12. She further states she practiced safe sex as a youth, and has explained that her sexual activity was a way for her to achieve emotional validation that she could not achieve with healthy relationships with others. When her parents divorced at age 13, she ceased speaking to her father, and would not do so again until she was 26.[10]

She has admitted to struggling with substance abuse, including cocaine,[4] particularly in her early years in the industry, when she was unhappy with her life. She stated in an interview given when she was 24 that she was addicted to cocaine at one point, but was by the time of the interview clean and sober.[1] She stayed in the pornography industry as it allowed her to work only three days a week, while it fueled the sexual addiction that underlay her disconnect from love. She later started using cocaine, which became intertwined with her sexual addictions.[10][22]

In April 2009, Ketcham checked into the Pasadena Recovery Center for sex addiction, as depicted in Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, a VH1 spinoff of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Some of her costars on the show were Amber Smith, Nicole Narain, Kari Ann Peniche, and Duncan Roy.[23] Ketcham initially entered rehab with the intention of disrupting the process, for publicity purposes, rather than submitting to it, but five days into treatment, she began to accept that she suffered from a problem that she needed to resolve, and completed the program with the help of Drs. Drew Pinsky and Jill Vermeire.[10] Following the completion of her treatment, she entered a sober living facility, as depicted in the second season of Sober House, which premiered in March 2010.

The last adult film that Ketcham made prior to participating in Sex Rehab was Celebrity Pornhab with Dr. Screw, which itself was a parody of the show Celebrity Rehab.[24]

Ketcham discussed with Pinsky and others her path into pornography and her recovery from addiction in a March 17, 2010 appearance on The View. She explained that she had taken a vow of abstinence for a year when she completed treatment, but that after nine months, she met a man with whom she entered into a committed monogamous relationship, and who supported her recovery by attending meetings with her.[10]

Ketcham is an avid painter, and considers it a healthy outer circle activity for her, as well as it being a source of income for her, post-pornography.[25][26]

[edit] Career as blogger

In April 2009, Ketcham started a blog titled "Becoming Jennie", after participating in VH1's Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew. In her first entry, dated 29 April 2009, she wrote, "My name is Jennie Ketcham, and I am a recovering pornstar, and addict. This day, as every day, is the first day of the rest of my life, and I intend to live it to the fullest." According to the blog, she does not regret having been in pornography, is living a sober lifestyle, and is currently working on a memoir.[27]

In December 2009, Ketcham began contributing to the Huffington Post, on the inauguration of their Los Angeles edition.[6]

She has recently finished a memoir scheduled to be published in July 2012 by Gallery Books.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Rick Ryan. "Interview with Penny Flame". qlimax.com. http://www.qlimax.com/penny-flame2.php. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  2. ^ a b "20 Question E-Mail Fun With Penny Flame". qlimax.com. 2005-11-28. http://www.qlimax.com/penny-flame.php. Retrieved 2009-11-27. 
  3. ^ "penny flame - porn star and director - dvd and videos and more - filmography". IAFD. http://www.iafd.com/person.rme/perfid=PennyFlame/gender=f. Retrieved 8 November 2010. 
  4. ^ a b c d Penny Flame article at GameLink.com July 20, 2007, Retrieved June 3, 2008
  5. ^ Jennie Ketcham (2009-04-29). "My name is Jennie, and I’m an addict. (Hello Jennie.)". Becoming Jennie. Wordpress. http://becomingjennie.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/my-name-is-jennie-and-im-an-addict-hello-jennie/. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
  6. ^ a b "Jennifer Ketcham posts". www.huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-ketcham. Retrieved 2010-01-11. 
  7. ^ Becoming Jennie, via wordpress.com retrieved 2010 11 7
  8. ^ a b "Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle". Becoming Jennie. http://becomingjennie.wordpress.com/about/. Retrieved 2012-01-26. 
  9. ^ Ketcham mentioned her jobs in the second episode of Sober House second season, which premiered March 18, 2010.
  10. ^ a b c d e Ketcham described her early life and her path to porn and sex addiction in her March 17, 2010 appearance on The View.
  11. ^ Big D. "Penny Flame Interview". XRentDVD. http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Penny_Flame.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 
  12. ^ Heidi Pike-Johnson (2005-09-02). "Penny Flame to Direct for Shane’s World". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/22931.html. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 
  13. ^ David Sullivan (2008-02-15). "Vivid-Ed Signs Penny Flame To Directing Deal". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/654.html. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 
  14. ^ Vivid-Ed Taps Penny Flame to Direct XFANZ Article, February 15, 2008, Retrieved June 5, 2008
  15. ^ Blue, Violet (2009-11-19). "South Asian film fest features frank sexuality". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-11-19/living/17117066_1_sexuality-star-today-adult-star. 
  16. ^ Jared Rutter (2005-01-09). "The 22nd Annual AVN Awards: A Jenna Jameson Kinda Night". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/19222.html. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 
  17. ^ "2005 XRCO Winners". http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/2005win/index.htm. 
  18. ^ a b "AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2006-01-09. http://business.avn.com/articles/24701.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22. 
  19. ^ a b Jared Rutter (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
  20. ^ David Sullivan (2008-06-07). "2008 F.A.M.E. Winners Announced at Erotica LA". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/30630.html. Retrieved 2008-06-08. 
  21. ^ "2010 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN.com. 2010-01-10. http://business.avn.com/articles/37142.html. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
  22. ^ [1]
  23. ^ Christopher Rocchio (2009-04-08). "Report: VH1's 'Celebrity Rehab'-like sex addiction show begins filming". Reality TV World. http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/report-vh1-celebrity-rehab-like-sex-addiction-show-begins-filming-8759.php. Retrieved 2009-05-05. 
  24. ^ David Sullivan (2009-05-18). "AVN - Mary Carey Pokes Fun at VH1 in 'Celebrity Pornhab With Dr. Screw'". business.avn.com. http://business.avn.com/articles/35307.html. Retrieved 2010-04-11. 
  25. ^ For example, http://becomingjennie.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/nap-time/
  26. ^ Ketcham on Last Call with Carson Daly
  27. ^ "Porn Made Me Do It". Becoming Jennie. Retrieved 2012-01-26.

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