Jelena Jensen is an American entrepreneur, adult-film actress, model, photographer, videographer, webmaster, and radio host. Her career began with magazine modeling in 2003 and developed across adult entertainment, web production, broadcasting, and occasional mainstream screen work. She received major industry recognition as a 2010 XBIZ Web Babe of the Year.
Background
Jensen was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She began working in the adult-entertainment business while attending college, initially taking production and marketing positions for an online adult-video retailer.
Her first professional photo shoot was made with Scott St. James, and the resulting photographs appeared in the August 2003 issue of Club magazine. Around the same period, she began leg and foot modeling with FMConcepts. Jensen has described herself as heterosexual in earlier interviews and later as bisexual.
Education
Jensen attended Chapman University in Orange County, California, graduating magna cum laude in May 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production, with an emphasis in producing. Chapman, founded in 1861 and based in Orange, developed from a liberal-arts college into a comprehensive university with recognized programs in film and media arts.
Her academic training in film and television production complemented her later work in photography, video production, web publishing, and broadcasting.
Career
Jensen began her professional career while in college as a production manager and marketing manager for Jaded Video, an online adult-video retailer. Her marketing work included organizing and presenting the company's presence at adult-entertainment conventions. In 2003, she entered adult modeling through a Club magazine photo spread and subsequently worked with photographers including Suze Randall, Holly Randall, Ken Marcus, and Richard Avery, as well as directors including Andrew Blake and Bunny Luv.
Her later work combined modeling and acting with independent digital production. She appeared in adult magazines and websites, including Playboy Special Editions and Penthouse, and became Penthouse Pet of the Month in March 2010. She also appeared in Playboy TV's Totally Busted and in Frank Henenlotter's black comedy horror film Bad Biology.
Jensen developed an independent web presence by webmastering and producing content for JelenaJensen.com. She later hosted The J Spot on Vivid Radio and performed live web shows, including appearances connected with Chaturbate. In 2015 she announced feature dancing through The Lee Network while continuing to produce online and filmed content. Her website and related digital work extended her career beyond on-camera performance into web publishing, marketing, and entrepreneurship.
Personality
Jensen has emphasized the importance of controlling and producing her own online work. In discussing her website, she described it as a personal project and expressed pride in handling its webmastering herself.
Physical Characteristics:
Jensen has been described as 5 feet 10 inches tall with long dark hair. A 2015 industry report described her as having natural 32F breasts.
Quotes from others about the person
Jensen has said that she takes pride in being one of the few women in the adult-entertainment industry to manage her own webmastering and that her official website remained central to her work.
