The adult film industry is back under the spotlight right now thanks to the release of Amanda Seyfried's Lovelace.
The world of porn and Hollywood have frequently intertwined over the last few decades - Deep Throat became a genuine crossover success, Boogie Nights took inspiration from the '70s' 'Golden Age of Porn' and adult stars have frequently crossed over into mainstream movies.
Digital Spy takes a look at 9 porn stars who went "legit"...
James Deen
The Los Angeles-born actor gained porn prominence for his boy next door looks and prolific output. Before long he'd shot to the attention of American Psycho's Bret Easton Ellis, who championed him for the role of Fifty Shades of Grey's Christian Grey before casting him opposite Lindsay Lohan in his own movie The Canyons.
Traci Lords
Lords knocked out a handful of adult movie appearances before walking away from the industry after making 1987's Traci, I Love You. Lords kept her stage name, and has been working consistently in Hollywood ever since. Notable roles include Blade, early Johnny Depp film Cry-Baby and the recent Excision.
Ashlynn Brooke
The pint-sized blonde notched up nearly 100 porn movie appearances before nabbing a role in grisly horror remake Piranha 3D. Brooke has also directed half-a-dozen adult films, but has stepped back from the industry after becoming a mother in 2010.
Riley Steele
A contract player at Digital Playground, Steele, like Ashlynn Brooke, was among the cast for Piranha 3D. As Crystal, she notably danced with Kelly Brook and shared an underwater smooch with the Brit TV star.
Ginger Lynn
The Illinois-born adult star was prolific in porn during the '80s and gained notoriety when she began dating Charlie Sheen during the making of Young Guns II. Other mainstream roles include American Pie's Band Camp spinoff and The Devil's Rejects.
Jenna Jameson
A name synonymous with porn and perhaps the industry's biggest star of the '90s, Jameson has appeared in everything from movies to TV, video games and comic books. She made her mainstream bow in Howard Stern's Private Parts and more recently led the cast of horror Zombie Strippers with Robert Englund.
Ron Jeremy
Often hailed as the hardest working man in showbiz, Jeremy has been juggling adult and mainstream roles since the '80s. If you don't recognise him from the day job, you surely will from his appearances in Detroit Rock City, Ronin and Crank: High Voltage.
Sasha Grey
Steve Soderbergh plucked Grey from the adult industry and put her front-and-centre of his 2009 art house offering The Girlfriend Experience. Since then she's moved away from porn and appeared in a recurring role in Entourage. Next up, look out for her in the other Linda Lovelace movie Inferno.
Chasey Lain
The subject of the Bloodhound Gang's 1999 song 'The Ballad of Chasey Lain', the Florida-born actress has made notable mainstream appearances in Orgazmo, Spike Lee's He Got Game and a Tales from the Crypt movie.
Sources:digitalspy
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