Jessica Jaymes

Jessica Jaymes was an American performer, model and entrepreneur whose professional life combined adult-film performance, magazine modeling and production work. Also credited under the name Jessica James, she was born in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 8, 1979, and was American by nationality. She worked as a schoolteacher before her adult-film career. Her professional work was based in U.S. productions.

Her adult-film career began in summer 2002. In 2004, Hustler magazine selected her as its first contract model. In that same year, the publication named her Hustler Honey of the Year. In 2008, Penthouse magazine selected her as its Pet of the Month.

Her screen career included work with major U.S. studios. It also included appearances in mainstream television. From 2008 to 2018, she made recurring appearances connected to the Spizoo network. That network was a television and online series. She also co-founded the Spizoo Network, a role that extended her career into production and business. In 2018, she appeared in the mainstream horror feature Sunset Society.

The AVN Hall of Fame inducted her in 2018. She died on September 17, 2019, in North Hills, California, at age 40.