Jennie Ketcham
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| Birthdate | February 22,[1] 1983[2] |
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| Birth location | Aurora, Colorado, U.S.A. |
| Birth name | Jennifer Ketcham |
| Measurements | 36C-25-35[3] |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[3] |
| Weight | 114 lb (52 kg; 8.1 st) |
| Eye color | Brown[3] |
| Hair color | Auburn[3] |
| Alias(es) | Penny Flame, Dolly, Dolly Wagner, Penny Ings, Penny Lane |
| No. of films | 250[4] |
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| Jennie Ketcham at IMDb | |
| Jennie Ketcham at IAFD | |
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Jennie Ketcham[5] is an American reality television personality and former pornographic actress and film director under the name of Penny Flame.
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[edit] Early life
Ketcham was born February 22,[1] 1983,[2] and entered the adult industry in 2001 at age 18.[3] She chose the Penny Flame pseudonym as a combination of The Beatles song "Penny Lane" and her smoking habit.[6]
[edit] Career
In September 2005, Ketcham directed an instructional video for Shane's World Studios.[7] 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.[3] In 2008 she signed a deal with Vivid Entertainment and Tristan Taormino to direct her own line of movies under the studio’s sex-ed imprint Vivid-Ed,[8] the first film "Penny Flames Expert Guide to Handjobs" and the second "Penny Flames Expert Guide to Rough Sex.[4]
In April 2009, Ketcham participated in Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew, a VH1 spinoff of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew that feature celebrities addicted to sex instead of drugs and alcohol. Some of her costars on the show were Amber Smith, Nicole Narain, Kari Ann Peniche, and Duncan Roy.[9]
[edit] Personal life
Jennie Ketcham enjoys creating paintings in her spare time.[10] On her MySpace accounts and in her films, she has expressed her advocacy for marijuana.[3]
Though she is an advocate of marijuana use, Ketcham has admitted to struggling with harder substance abuse, particularly in her early years in the industry when she was unhappy with her life. She stated in an interview she did 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]
In April, 2009, Jennie 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.[11]
[edit] Awards
- 2005 AVN Award for Best Solo Sex Scene – Repo Girl[12]
- 2006 XRCO Award for Best On-Screen Couple - Darkside (with Herschel Savage)[13]
- 2006 AVN Award for Best Couples Sex Scene (Film) – Darkside (with Herschel Savage)[14]
- 2006 AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene (Film) – Darkside (with Alicia Alighatti, Dillan Lauren, Hillary Scott, Randy Spears & John West)[14]
- 2008 AVN Award for Best Actress (Film) - Layout[15]
- 2008 AVN Award for Best Couples Sex Scene (Film) - Layout (with Tom Byron)[15]
- 2008 F.A.M.E. Awards - Favorite Oral Starlet[16]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Rick Ryan. "Interview with Penny Flame". qlimax.com. http://www.qlimax.com/penny-flame2.php. Retrieved 2009-11-27.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g Penny Flame article at GameLink.com July 20, 2007, Retrieved June 3, 2008
- ^ a b Vivid-Ed Taps Penny Flame to Direct XFANZ Article, February 15, 2008, Retrieved June 5, 2008
- ^ 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.
- ^ Big D. "Penny Flame Interview". XRentDVD. http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Penny_Flame.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ For example, http://becomingjennie.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/nap-time/
- ^ "Porn Made Me Do It"
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2005 XRCO Winners". http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/2005win/index.htm.
- ^ a b "AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2006-01-09. http://business.avn.com/articles/24701.html. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
- ^ a b Jared Rutter (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- ^ 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.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Penny Flame |
- For links to Penny Flame's filmography, refer to the infobox.
- Penny Flame at MySpace
- Jennie Ketcham at the Adult Web Movie Database (Webography)
- Podcast interview at Odeo.com (audio)
- "Up in Smoke" interview (audio)
- Jennie Talks About Sex Rehab
- "Penny Flame Unleashed: Part 1", Penny Flame on classical philosophy, literature and stardom, for XFanz.com, April 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- "Penny Flame Unleashed: 2", Penny Flame on herself, for XFanz.com, April 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- Becoming Jennie, Jennie Ketcham's WordPress blog launched April, 2009.
