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Veronica Hart

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Veronica Hart
Portrait of a smiling woman with long red hair and bangs
Hart in 2014
Born
Jane Hamilton

1956 or 1957 (age 69–70)
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film director
  • pornographic film actress
Children2
WebsiteVeronicahart.biz

Jane Hamilton (born 1956 or 1957[1]) is an American film director and former pornographic film actress who performed under the stage name Veronica Hart.[1][2][3] Described by columnist Frank Rich as "a leading porn star of the late '70s and early '80s",[1] Hart is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.[4][5] Director Paul Thomas Anderson has called her "the Meryl Streep of porn."[6]

Early life and education

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Hart was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.[7] She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1976[3] with a bachelor's degree in theater arts.[8] After school she worked in England before returning to the United States and moving to New York City.[7]

Career

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Hart began appearing in pornographic films in the 1970s, becoming a major star by the 1980s.[1][8] According to film scholar Chuck Kleinhans, she portrayed the "stylish 'native New Yorker'" type.[9] She is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Roommates and A Scent of Heather.[7] She left the adult film industry in 1982, eventually returning as a producer and director.[1]

Around 1984, Hart began directing segments on the Playboy TV series Electric Blue, appearing in B movies and working as a stripper to support her family.[1] After retiring from performing in pornographic films, Hart became an executive at film distributor VCA Pictures.[1] For VCA, Hart directed a series of comeback features for friend and fellow pornographic film actress Ginger Lynn.[2] With the sale of VCA to Hustler Video in 2003, and the direction of the company moving from feature, storyline-driven films to gonzo, she left the company when her existing contract expired.[10] Afterwards, Hart moved on to other work, including working as a tour guide at the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas.[11]

Hart has acted in off-Broadway theater productions such as The House of Bernarda Alba,[3] A Thurber Carnival,[3] The Dyke And The Porn Star,[12][13] and The Deep Throat Sex Scandal.[14][15]

She has also made appearances in non-pornographic films. She played "Telephone Trixie" in Ruby[16] and a judge in the film Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.[3] She appeared as a fictionalized version of herself in the sci-fi/horror comedy film One-Eyed Monster (2008), directed by Adam Fields.

As of 2014 Hart had become a sex educator in China. An article in AVN magazine stated that she has been instructing women through an arrangement with a chain of adult retail stores and clubs called Sediva Maison.[11]

Personal life

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Hart has two sons who attended magnet schools for highly gifted students.[17]

Selected TV appearances

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Awards

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Wins

  • 1981

AFAA for Best Actress – Amanda by Night

  • 1982

AFAA Award for Best Actress – Roommates

AFAA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Foxtrot

  • 1991

XRCO Hall of Fame[18]

  • 1994

Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award[19]

  • 1996

AVN Award for Best Non-Sex Performance – Nylon[20]

AVN Hall of Fame[4][5]

  • 1999

XRCO Award for Best Video - Torn (directed and produced by Hart)[21]

  • 2004

XRCO Award for Best Comedy or Parody - Misty Beethoven: The Musical (directed, edited and produced by Hart)[22]

  • 2006

Porn Block of Fame[23]


Nominations

  • 2001

AVN Best Director – Video for White Lightning[24]

  • 2002

AVN Best Director – Film for Taken[25]

  • 2003

AVN Best Director – Video for Crime and Passion[26]

  • 2004

AVN Best Director – Film for Barbara Broadcast Too[27]

  • 2005

AVN Best Director – Film for Misty Beethoven: The Musical[28]

  • 2006

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Eternity[29]

  • 2007

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Sex Pix[30]

  • 2008

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Delilah[31]

  • 2009

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Roller Dollz[32]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rich, Frank (May 20, 2001). "Naked Capitalists". The New York Times Magazine. section 6, pp. 51 ff. ISSN 0028-7822. ProQuest 215482929. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
    Reprinted in: Dines, Gail; Humez, Jean M., eds. (2003). Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications. pp. 48–60. ISBN 978-0-7619-2260-5 – via the Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 Frammolino, Ralph; Huffstutter, P. J. (January 6, 2002). "The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution". Los Angeles Times Magazine. ISSN 0458-3035. ProQuest 421671295. Archived from the original on September 18, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Weatherford, Mike (November 2, 1997). "Movie sparks memories for porn star". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on September 17, 2000.
  4. 1 2 "AVN Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 2, 2008. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  5. 1 2 "AVN Awards". Archived from the original on April 15, 2009.
  6. ↑ Bona, Damien (2002). Inside Oscar 2. New York: Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-345-44800-2.[page needed]
  7. 1 2 3 Smith, Kent; Moore, Darrell W.; Reagle, Merl (1983). Adult Movies. New York: Pocket Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-671-46844-6.
  8. 1 2 Lieberman, Hallie (September 30, 2023). "Club 90: The Secret Women's Club That Rocked the Porn World". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on April 23, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ Kleinhans, Chuck (2006). "The Change from Film to Video Pornography: Implications for Analysis". In Lehman, Peter (ed.). Pornography: Film and Culture. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-8135-3871-6.
  10. ↑ Anthony, Andrew (August 1, 2004). "Risky Business". The Observer. ISSN 9976-1971. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Kernes, Mark (August 18, 2014). "So ... What's Veronica Hart Up To These Days?". AVN. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014.
  12. ↑ Monji, Jana J. (August 27, 1999). "New Steps in Dance Toward Romance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ "HOT! Gay/Bi Thespian Action!". Paper. March 1, 2000. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  14. ↑ Ng, David (December 10, 2012). "'Deep Throat' play set for L.A. with porn star Veronica Hart". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
  15. ↑ Morris, Steven Leigh (February 7, 2013). "The Deep Throat Sex Scandal Celebrates a Famous First Amendment Victory But Ignores the Bigger Issue". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 2, 2016.
  16. ↑ Hosoda, Craig (1992). The Bare Facts Video Guide (Third ed.). p. 128.
  17. ↑ Rich (2001), p. 57.
  18. ↑ "XRCO Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  19. ↑ "Night of the Stars". Archived from the original on June 11, 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Past AVN Award Winners". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
  21. ↑ "PREVIOUS WINNERS and NOMS - 2002 & Before)". Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  22. ↑ "XRCO 2004 Winners". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Hustler Hollywood to Induct Hart, Edwards into Walk of Fame". March 9, 2006.
  24. ↑ "AVN 2001 Nominations". Archived from the original on March 9, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  25. ↑ "AVN 2002 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 8, 2001. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  26. ↑ "AVN 2003 Nominations". Archived from the original on November 27, 2002. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  27. ↑ "AVN 2004 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2003. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  28. ↑ "AVN 2005 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  29. ↑ "AVN 2006 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2005. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  30. ↑ "AVN 2007 Nominations". Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  31. ↑ "AVN 2008 Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008. Retrieved December 2, 2007.
  32. ↑ "Nominations 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards" (PDF). AVNAwards.com. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.

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