Amber Lynn

Actress

Birthday September 3, 1964

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Orange, California, United States

Age 59 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5ft 7in

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1964

Amber Lynn (born Laura Lynn Allen; September 3, 1964) is an American pornographic film actress and mainstream actress, radio host, model, exotic dancer, advocate and humanitarian.

Lynn was born Laura Lynn Allen in Orange, California, the youngest daughter of a retired Air Force officer.

She has four brothers and an older sister who died at the age of two from an undetected heart defect.

When Lynn was three, her parents divorced after it was discovered her father had a family with another woman.

Shortly after, Lynn's mother suffered a nervous breakdown, and Lynn was placed in foster care, where she was physically abused.

She was reunited with her mother when she was seven.

Shortly after, the two of them were involved in a car accident on the interstate; Lynn was thrown clear of the car and her mother died at the scene.

Lynn and her brothers were placed with her father and his new family; in total there were eight boys and Lynn in the house.

When Lynn was eleven, her father died of alcoholism and heart failure.

As a teenager, Lynn self-described her change as going from "pudgy kind of bucktoothed" tomboy to a "rocking little body".

She started doing fitness modeling, bikini modeling, and hot body contests.

She relocated to Hollywood and became a regular at the clubs on Sunset Strip.

1980

Lynn was a bikini and figure model in Los Angeles in the early 1980s; following this she was featured in nude magazine photo spreads for Penthouse, Hustler, Chic, High Society and Club magazines.

1983

Lynn made the transition from nude modeling to pornographic films with an appearance in Bobby Hollander's 1983 feature Personal Touch 3 in a scene with Craig Roberts, and in the video "Vixens In Heat" release date December 1983, she was the first adult actress to use the surname "Lynn" as her professional screen name.

IMDB In 1983, shortly after her photo spread appeared in Penthouse magazine, she went to an audition for a movie where the director was a well-known porn veteran.

There, in an effort to calm her nervousness, the director offered Lynn a pipe with some freebase cocaine.

1985

Lynn has had roles in non-adult films such as Evils of the Night (1985) and 52 Pick-Up (1986), as well as the television program The Man Show.

1992

For her 28th birthday in 1992, Lynn hosted a benefit birthday party at the Bel Age hotel in Beverly Hills.

The benefit was in honor of The Youth AIDS Foundation of Los Angeles, an organization providing housing and assistance for helping runaways get off the streets and for teenagers with HIV, which was about to go under.

An August 1992 issue of the Los Angeles Times quoted her statement on page two: "Let's give them food, clothing and shelter and we'll worry about role models later", alongside a shot of her dressed in a formal gown, holding an infant girl.

This was a breakthrough moment for how the adult industry was viewed by the mainstream concerning its crossover involvement in children's organizations, as never before had a children's organization knowingly accepted support from the adult entertainment industry.

Lynn has opposed the Los Angeles "Safer Sex in the Adult-Film Industry" initiative, which mandates that actors in adult films shot in Los Angeles County use condoms.

She has been involved in the first charity to accept contributions from the adult film industry, Youth AIDS Foundation of Los Angeles, since 1992.

1995

Lynn was paid $20,000 to appear Sin City Entertainment's 1995 Baywatch Parody "Babewatch" 3 & 4'', 10 times more than Pamela Anderson's own claim she only made $1,500 per day for NBC's Baywatch television series, Ms. Lynn's marketability was thus strong.

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2000

It was her first encounter with the drug; she later described the feeling of being as "It's as if the birds are singing. The light is brighter. All of a sudden I'm no longer this gangly nervous teenager. I'm sitting there going 'Oh wow!. She has been clean and sober since 2000 and works in the detox of addicts and alcoholics at times.

Lynn was the first female performer to open the door for adult film stars to be featured in dance touring, being recognized for this accomplishment throughout the United States and Canada.

Lynn was the highest paid female performer on the strip club circuit, making $32,000 a week.

2016

She has served as the Sergeant at Arms for APAG Union The Adult Performance Actors Guild a federally recognized union serving artists, and talent in the industry since 2016.

She also helps other charities such as Rock Against MS, ACLU, CHLA Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Childhood Cancer Awareness, The Southern California Toy Run and Janie's Fund, Steven Tyler's new organization.

Lynn hosts a weekly TV media podcast talk show called Rock'N'SeXXXy UnCensored on United Broadcasting Network, rock-n-sexxxy-uncensored.com, formerly LATalkRadio.com and Stitcher.com.

2018

Lynn was referenced on the NBC television series Seinfeld in Season 3, Episode 10: The Stranded during a shot of the Show World Center 's Marquee in Times Square, N.Y., and guest starred as herself in Lionsgate's Who's Jenna...? (2018).

2019

Most recently, she was featured as Michael Douglas' character's "Fantasy Lady" in The Kominsky Method (2019), and appeared in the documentary Larry Flynt for President (2021).

She had a tribute mention in the final episode of HBO's The Deuce (2019) IMDb.

, she was interviewed on CBS – "Adult film performers say the state of mental health in the industry needs more attention[15]", December 2019.

She is a member of the Adult Video News (AVN) Hall of Fame, and XRCO XRated Critics Organization Hall of Fame and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Free Speech Coalition, and Hot d'Or – Lifetime Achievement Award at The Cannes Film Festival, France.

She continues to perform as an adult actress, and in mainstream films and television appearances she is represented exclusively by Roger Paul Inc. Talent Agency New York IMDb.

Amber Lynn is the sister of the late porn actor Buck Adams.

Lynn met porn actor Jamie Gillis on the set of her second-ever pornographic film, and the two began a long-term relationship.

Lynn had her first experience with cocaine on a porn set very early in her career.