Jessica Jaymes(1979-2019)

Jessica Jaymes was born Jessica Redding in Anchorage, Alaska. Her mother was Czech and French while her Seminole father was a patrolman and undercover DEA agent. Jaymes moved with her family to Arizona at age ten. Jessica attended the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, New Mexico. Following graduation from Rio Salado Community College, Jaymes went on to work as a school teacher teaching fourth through sixth grade for three years. Jessica began her career in X-rated adult movies in the summer of 2002. Her porn pseudonym was a combination of her real first name and the name of her then boyfriend James. In 2004 Jaymes became the first contract model for Hustler magazine; she was subsequently named Hustler Honey of the Year. Jessica was the Pet of the Month in the August, 2008 issue of Penthouse. She was nominated for an AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene - Film in 2006 and Best Threeway Sex Scene in 2010. Jessica was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2018. Jaymes was found by a friend unconscious in her home in North Hills, California on September 17, 2019. Jessica was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS workers who responded to a call for cardiac arrest for a female. Jaymes was only 40 years old.