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'''Jane Hamilton''' (born 1956 or 1957{{r|Lieberman 2023}}) is an American [[film director]] and former [[pornographic film actress]] who performed under the [[stage name]] '''Veronica Hart'''.{{r|Lieberman 2023|Weatherford 1997}}<ref name="Frammolino 2002">{{cite news |last1=Frammolino |first1=Ralph |last2=Huffstutter |first2={{nowrap|P. J.}} |title=The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html |access-date=May 5, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 6, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918193808/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> Described by columnist [[Frank Rich]] as "a leading porn star of the late '70s and early '80s",{{r|Rich 2001}} Hart is a member of the [[AVN Awards|AVN Hall of Fame]].<ref name="AVN Hall of Fame">{{cite news |title=AVN Hall of Fame |url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |access-date=November 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002002341/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |archive-date=October 2, 2008}}</ref><ref name="AVN Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415212412/http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |title=AVN Awards}}</ref>
'''Jane Hamilton''' (born {{birth year from age at date|26|1983|Feb|noage=y}}{{r|Lieberman 2023}}) is an American [[film director]] and former [[pornographic film actress]] who performed under the [[stage name]] '''Veronica Hart'''.{{r|Lieberman 2023|Weatherford 1997}}<ref name="Frammolino 2002">{{cite news |last1=Frammolino |first1=Ralph |last2=Huffstutter |first2={{nowrap|P. J.}} |title=The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html |access-date=May 5, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 6, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918193808/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html |archive-date=September 18, 2024 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> Described by columnist [[Frank Rich]] as "a leading porn star of the late '70s and early '80s",{{r|Rich 2001}} Hart is a member of the [[AVN Awards|AVN Hall of Fame]].<ref name="AVN Hall of Fame">{{cite news |title=AVN Hall of Fame |url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |access-date=November 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002002341/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |archive-date=October 2, 2008}}</ref><ref name="AVN Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415212412/http://www.avnawards.com/halloffame.php |archive-date=April 15, 2009 |title=AVN Awards}}</ref>
Director [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] has called her "the [[Meryl Streep]] of porn."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bona |first1=Damien |title=Inside Oscar 2 |date=2002 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-345-44800-2 |language=en}}{{page needed|date=May 2025}}</ref>
Director [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] has called her "the [[Meryl Streep]] of porn."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bona |first1=Damien |title=Inside Oscar 2 |date=2002 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-345-44800-2 |language=en}}{{page needed|date=May 2025}}</ref>


Latest revision as of 13:59, 21 June 2025

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Early life and education

Hart was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.[5] She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1976[6] with a bachelor's degree in theater arts.[7] After school she worked in England before returning to the United States and moving to New York City.[5]

Career

Hart began appearing in pornographic films in the 1970s, becoming a major star by the 1980s.Template:R According to film scholar Chuck Kleinhans, she portrayed the "stylish 'native New YorkerTemplate:' " type.[8] She is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Roommates and A Scent of Heather.[5]

Around 1984, Hart began directing segments on the Playboy TV series Electric Blue, appearing in B-Movies and working as a stripper.[9] After retiring from performing in pornographic films, Hart became an executive at film distributor VCA Pictures.Template:R 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,[6] A Thurber Carnival,[6] The Dyke And The Porn Star,[12][13] and The Deep Throat Sex Scandal.[14][15] She portrayed a judge in the film Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.[6]

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

Hart has two sons who attended magnet schools for highly gifted students.Template:Sfnp

Selected TV appearances

Awards

Wins

  • 1981

AFAA for Best Actress – Amanda by Night

  • 1982

AFAA Award for Best Actress – Roommates

AFAA Award for Best Supporting Actress – Foxtrot

  • 1994

Free Speech Coalition Lifetime Achievement Award[16]

  • 1996

AVN Award for Best Non-Sex Performance – Nylon[17]

  • 1999

XRCO Award for Best Video - Torn (directed and produced by Hart)[18]

  • 2004

XRCO Award for Best Comedy or Parody - Misty Beethoven: The Musical (directed, edited and produced by Hart)[19]

Nominations

  • 2001

AVN Best Director – Video for White Lightning[21]

  • 2002

AVN Best Director – Film for Taken[22]

  • 2003

AVN Best Director – Video for Crime and Passion[23]

  • 2004

AVN Best Director – Film for Barbara Broadcast Too[24]

  • 2005

AVN Best Director – Film for Misty Beethoven: The Musical[25]

  • 2006

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Eternity[26]

  • 2007

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Sex Pix[27]

  • 2008

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Delilah[28]

  • 2009

AVN Best Non-Sex Performance for Roller Dollz[29]

Literature

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References

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Further reading

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