Editing Ginger Lynn

{{short description|American pornographic actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Ginger Lynn
| image       = Ginger Lynn 2014 (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Lynn in 2014
| birth_name  = Ginger Lynn Allen
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1962|12|14}}{{r|Alilunas}}
| birth_place = [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]], [[Illinois]], United States
| death_date  =
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| children    = 1
| height      = 5 ft 0 in
| alias       = Ginger Lynn, Ginger Allen
}}

'''Ginger Lynn Allen''' (born December 14, 1962) is an American [[pornographic actress]] and [[pornographic model|model]] who was a premier adult-entertainment star of the 1980s. She also had minor roles in various [[B movie]]s. ''[[Adult Video News]]'' ranked her at #7 of the 50 greatest porn stars of all time in 2002.<ref name="50 Top Porn Stars">{{cite journal |title=The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time |journal=Adult Video News |date=January 2002 |issn=0883-7090}}{{Page needed|date=February 2022}}</ref> After ending her pornography career, she began using her full name and found work in a variety of B-movies.<ref name="EW">{{cite web |last1=Meyers |first1=Kate |title=Ginger Lynn Allen Redefines Herself |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/07/22/ginger-lynn-allen-redefines-herself/ |website=EW.com |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |access-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225200527/https://ew.com/article/1994/07/22/ginger-lynn-allen-redefines-herself/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She returned to the adult industry and appeared in pornographic movies throughout the 2000s. Allen is a member of [[AVN Hall of Fame|AVN]], [[NightMoves Hall of Fame|NightMoves]], [[XRCO Hall of Fame|XRCO]], and [[Urban X Award#Hall of Fame Inductees|Urban X]] Halls of Fame.

==Early life==
Born and raised in [[Rockford, Illinois]], Allen moved to [[California]] in 1982 to become her grandfather's caregiver following his heart attack. After he died, she had her "first nice boyfriend" move in with her. Allen, the breadwinner of the two, felt obligated to find a lucrative occupation.{{citation needed|date=November 2009}} When she answered an advertisement from the [[World Modeling Agency]] in September 1983, she immediately signed a contract with that agency and did pictorials for ''Cheri'', ''[[Club (magazine)|Club]]'', ''[[Hustler (magazine)|Hustler]]'', and ''[[Penthouse magazine|Penthouse]]'', which brought her to the attention of the [[adult entertainment]] industry.<ref name="Alilunas">{{cite book |last1=Alilunas |first1=Peter |title=Smutty Little Movies: The Creation and Regulation of Adult Video |date=2016 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-96536-2 |pages=121–122}}</ref>

==Career==
===Adult industry===
Allen began as a [[Fetish model|nude model]] and then began performing in hardcore sex films as Ginger Lynn by December 1983. Her first pornographic movie role was in ''Surrender in Paradise'', in which she starred with [[Jerry Butler (pornographic actor)|Jerry Butler]]. Allen's "[[girl next door]]" good looks led to a quick rise in her popularity and eventually she became one of the most popular female performers in adult-entertainment history. She had her own line of videos through [[Vivid Entertainment]] with the director [[Bruce Seven]]. Allen received the Best New Starlet award in 1985 and is an inductee to the [[The X-Rated Critics Organization|X-Rated Critics Organization]] (XRCO) and ''[[Adult Video News]]'' (AVN) halls of fame. Allen signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment founder, [[Steven Hirsch]], making her the first 'Vivid Girl' and beating out the then-underaged [[Traci Lords]].<ref name=Gaffin>{{cite book |last=Gaffin |first=Harris |title=Hollywood blue: the tinseltown pornographers |year=1997 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=071347906X |page=21}}</ref> She was later called to testify on Lords' behalf against porn producers; she refused, and according to her, was then targeted by the [[Internal Revenue Service]] for falsification of a tax return.<ref name="Collins 3/8/11">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2011-mar-08-la-et-ginger-lynn-auction-20110308-story.html |title=Ginger Lynn shares her past with Charlie Sheen |last1=Collins |first1=Scott |date=March 8, 2011 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=8 March 2022 |quote=[I]n 1991, Lynn was convicted in a federal tax-evasion case (she ended up serving 4 1/2 months in prison). |url-access=limited |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308215232/https://www.latimes.com/la-xpm-2011-mar-08-la-et-ginger-lynn-auction-20110308-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mainstream===
In February 1986, Allen left the adult industry in order to establish herself in mainstream films by using her full name. That same year, she contributed vocals to ''Fantasy World'', a single released by the music group ''Ginger''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2023 |title=Ginger – Fantasy World (1986, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1196961-Ginger-Fantasy-World |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Discogs}}</ref> Allen appeared in several non-adult films, television shows and [[interactive movie]] segments of the [[Wing Commander (franchise)|''Wing Commander'']] computer games. She started her career in mainstream features with a small part in the western ''[[Young Guns II]]'', which co-starred her future boyfriend [[Charlie Sheen]]'s brother, [[Emilio Estevez]].<ref name="Collins 3/8/11"/>

Allen was the subject of an episode of the documentary series [[E!]] ''[[True Hollywood Story]]'' in 2002. Allen appeared in another episode about her relationship with actor Charlie Sheen in 2010.

In December 2005, she appeared in ''[[American Pie Presents: Band Camp]]'' (2005) playing the supporting role of Nurse Sanders. In the same year, she portrayed Fanny in [[Rob Zombie]]'s thriller film ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/93832/ginger-lynn-explodes-her-cherry-bomb-for-rob-zombie-in-31/ |title=Ginger Lynn Explodes Her Cherry Bomb for Rob Zombie in 31 |work=Dread Central |date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405143306/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/93832/ginger-lynn-explodes-her-cherry-bomb-for-rob-zombie-in-31/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and later starred as Cherry Bomb in Zombie's slasher film ''[[31 (film)|31]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3336714/meet-rob-zombies-cherry-bomb-slasher-31/ |title=Meet Rob Zombie's "Cherry Bomb" In His Slasher '31′ |date=March 19, 2015 |access-date=March 19, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180923/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3336714/meet-rob-zombies-cherry-bomb-slasher-31/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Adult return===
[[File:AN Lynn & Canyon 1.jpg|thumb|Lynn and [[Christy Canyon]] in 2007]]
Allen returned to the adult-entertainment industry in 1999 for three movies: ''Torn'' (1999), ''White Lightning'' (2000), and ''New Wave Hookers 6'' (2000). In March 2006, she became a host of [[Playboy Radio]]'s [[Sirius Satellite Radio]] show, ''Night Calls Radio'', with former adult-entertainment performer [[Christy Canyon]]. In June 2007, Allen performed for two of [[Kink.com]]'s hardcore websites, ''Ultimate Surrender'' and ''Sex and Submission''.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130209192230/http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=23896 "Ginger Lynn Shooting Comeback for Kink.com"] by Tod Hunter, ''Xbiz.com'', July 3, 2007.</ref>

==Personal life==

Allen had a relationship with [[Charlie Sheen]] from 1990 to 1992 and accompanied him through [[drug rehabilitation]].<ref name="Collins 3/8/11"/> Despite consistent claims that Sheen has been [[Physical abuse|physically abusive]] towards women, Lynn has said she never experienced abuse: "Not one time did he raise his voice. No violence".<ref name="Collins 3/7/11">{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/03/former-porn-star-ginger-lynn-breaks-her-silence-on-ex-boyfriend-charlie-sheen.html |title=Former porn star Ginger Lynn breaks her silence on ex-boyfriend Charlie Sheen |last=Collins |first=Scott |date=March 7, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=March 8, 2011 |url-access=limited |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311144541/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/03/former-porn-star-ginger-lynn-breaks-her-silence-on-ex-boyfriend-charlie-sheen.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She had a relationship with actor [[George Clooney]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/george-clooney-amal-alamuddintalia-balsam-kelly-preston-elisabetta-canalis-confessions-of-a-dangerous-mind-from-dusk-till-dawn-good-night-and-good-luck-372123-2014-05-03/8 |title=George Clooney and his saga of affairs |website= [[India Today]]|date=May 3, 2014 |access-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628204021/https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/george-clooney-amal-alamuddintalia-balsam-kelly-preston-elisabetta-canalis-confessions-of-a-dangerous-mind-from-dusk-till-dawn-good-night-and-good-luck-372123-2014-05-03/8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-ladies-of-george-clooney/8/ |title=ladies of George Clooney |website=[[CBS News]] |date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628204020/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-ladies-of-george-clooney/8/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/09/ginger-lynn-allen-george-clooney-affair-national-enquirer/ |title=George Clooney's ex-girlfriend vows to wreck his Italian wedding |date=September 18, 2014 |access-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628204023/https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/09/ginger-lynn-allen-george-clooney-affair-national-enquirer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1991, Lynn served four and a half months in prison for tax evasion.<ref name="Collins 3/8/11" /> In 1996,<ref name="Frammolino">{{cite web |title=The Actress, the Producer and Their Porn Revolution |last1=Frammolino |first1=Ralph |last2=Huffstutter |first2=P.J. |website=Los Angeles Times |date=January 6, 2002 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html |access-date=March 24, 2021 |url-access=limited |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629193656/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Lynn had a son with porn producer Steve Hirsch.<ref name="Collins 3/8/11" />

==Filmography==
===Adult film===
* 1984 ''Surrender In Paradise'' as Tammy
* 1984 ''Too Good to Be True'' as Felicia
* 1984 ''The Pink Lagoon'' as Tammy
* 1984 ''Panty Raid'' as Wendy
* 1984 ''Night of Loving Dangerously'' as Trixie
* 1984 ''[[Kinky Business]]'' - AVN Awards 1985 Best Couple in a Sex Scene (with Tom Byron) as Gloria
* 1984 ''Illusions of Ecstasy'' as Melanie
* 1984 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 17]]'' as Miss Johnson
* 1984 ''Suze's Centerfolds 8'' as Tennis Player (Sex Athletics)
* 1984 ''Up Up and Away'' as Gail
* 1984 ''China and Silk'' as Mandy Walker
* 1984 ''Those Young Girls'' as Ginger
* 1984 ''Girls on Fire'' as Suzie
* 1984 ''Slumber Party'' – AVN Awards 1986 Best Couple in a Sex Scene (with Eric Edwards) as Dawn
* 1984 ''Jailhouse Girls'' as Joanne MacIntyre
* 1984 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 19]]'' as Bev
* 1985 ''Trashy Lady'' as Kitty
* 1985 ''Ten Little Maidens'' - AVN Awards 1986 Best Couples Sex Scene as Carol
* 1985 ''Taboo 4: The Younger Generation'' as Robin Lodge
* 1985 ''Suzie Superstar II'' as Tina
* 1985 ''[[New Wave Hookers]]'' as Cherry
* 1985 ''Ginger Lynn: The Movie'' - [[23rd AVN Awards|AVN Awards 2006]] Best Classic Release on DVD as Ginger
* 1985 ''Surrender In Paradise'' as Tammy
* 1985 ''Project: Ginger'' - AVN Awards 1986 Best Actress - Video as Ginger
* 1985 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue: Beverly Hills Wives]]'' as Rich Woman 
* 1985 ''Ginger On The Rocks'' as Ginger
* 1985 ''Poonies'' as Ginger
* 1986 ''Blame It on Ginger'' as Ginger
* 1986 ''Beverly Hills Cox'' as Suzy Cox 
* 1986 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 39]]'' as Pepper
* 1986 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 42]]'' as Nurse Diane
* 1986 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 43]]'' as Rachel
* 1987 ''Blow-Off'' as Mrs. White
* 1987 ''Ginger & Spice'' as Ginger / Ricebird
* 1987 ''Ginger Snaps'' as Ginger
* 1987 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 47]]'' as Bumper
* 1987 ''[[Electric Blue (TV series)|Electric Blue 51]]'' as Muffin Delight
* 1999 ''Ginger Lynn's Torn'' - XRCO Awards 1999 Best Lesbo Scene (with Chloe) as Clarisse Bijou
* 2000 ''New Wave Hookers 6'' as Audrey
* 2000 ''White Lightning'' as Gabby White
* 2001 ''Taken'' –  2002 [[AVN Award for Best Actress]] as Kim
* 2002 ''Devon Stripped'' as Wanda
* 2002 ''Crime & Passion'' as Kim
* 2002 ''Sunset Stripped'' as Katherine Connors
* 2002 ''Behind Closed Doors'' as Woman
* 2004 ''Last Movie'' as Ginger
* 2004 ''Love and Bullets'' as Karen Roman
* 2007 ''Dirty Rotten Mother Fucker''
* 2008 ''Big Loves 4''
* 2008 ''Blacks On Cougars''
* 2008 ''Watching My Mom Go Black''
* 2009 ''My First Sex Teacher 17''
* 2009 ''The Cougar Club 2''
* 2009 ''White Mommas''
* 2009 ''Ginger Loves Girls!'' as Ginger
* 2010 ''Saw: A Hardcore Parody'' as Police Secretary

===Director===
* 1994 ''Lingerie Gallery''
* 1994 ''Lingerie Gallery, Volume 2''
* 2003 ''Ginger Lynn's School of Head''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 1''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 2''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 3''
* 2004 ''Ultimate Reel People: Volume 4''

===Mainstream film===

* 1984 ''[[Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' as Herself, Angel and the Reruns
* 1989 ''[[Dr. Alien]]'' as Rocker Chick #1
* 1989 ''Cleo/Leo'' as Karen
* 1989 ''[[Vice Academy]]'' as Holly Wells
* 1989 ''Wild Man'' as Dawn Hall
* 1989 ''Satan's Storybook'' as Christeeth
* 1990 ''[[Buried Alive (1990 theatrical film)|Buried Alive]]'' as Debbie
* 1990 ''[[Young Guns II]]'' as Dove
* 1990 ''Hollywood Boulevard II'' as Candy Chandler
* 1990 ''Vice Academy Part 2'' as Holly Wells
* 1991 ''[[Whore (1991 film)|Whore]]'' as Wounded Girl
* 1991 ''[[Leather Jackets (film)|Leather Jackets]]'' as Bree 
* 1991 ''Vice Academy Part 3'' as Holly Wells
* 1992 ''Mind, Body & Soul'' as Brenda
* 1993 ''[[Trouble Bound]]'' as Girl In Porn Movie On TV
* 1993 ''Bound & Gagged: A Love Story'' as Leslie
* 1995 ''Ultimate Taboo'' as Shannon
* 1995 ''[[The Stranger (1995 film)|The Stranger]]'' as Sally Womack
* 1996 ''God's Lonely Man'' as AA Speaker
* 1996 ''Vice Academy 5'' as Prison Inmate
* 1998 ''Vice Academy 6'' as Holly
* 2000 ''[[The Independent (2000 film)|The Independent]]'' as Mayor Kitty Storm
* 2000 ''The Last Late Night'' as Sophia Carteris
* 2003 ''[[Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain]]'' as Pandora
* 2004 ''[[Save Virgil]]'' as Virgil's Mother
* 2005 ''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'' as Fanny
* 2005 ''[[American Pie Presents Band Camp]]'' as Nurse Sanders
* 2006 ''[[Kisses and Caroms]] (aka American Pool)'' as Mrs. Whiteman
* 2016 ''[[31 (film)|31]]'' as "Cherry Bomb"
* 2016 ''Streets of Vengeance'' as Roxy Carmichael
* 2019 ''Dirty Blonde'' as Barbara Rankin
* 2020 ''Slashlorette Party'' as Dr. Petra Jordan
* 2020 ''Killer Waves 2'' as Felicity Clam Dragger
* 2021 ''[[New York Ninja]]'' as Nita Liu
* 2022 ''Pig Killer'' as Louise
* 2023 ''Murdercise'' as Dominica Stromboli
* 2024 ''Babezilla vs the Cyber Skanks: Rise of MechaBabezilla'' as Momzilla

===Television===
* 1991-1992 ''[[Super Force]]'' as Crystal Chandler
* 1993 ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' as Monique
* 1994 ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'' as Laura Gallow / Galatea
* 2003 ''[[Skin (American TV series)|Skin]]'' as Amber Synn
* 2003 ''[[X-Rated Ambition: The Traci Lords Story]]'' as Herself
* 2006 ''[[Gene Simmons Family Jewels]]'' as Herself 
* 2010 ''[[Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan|The Dog Whisperer]]'' as Herself 
* 2012 ''[[Dave's Old Porn]]'' as Herself
* 2016 ''X-Rated 2: The Greatest Adult Stars of All Time'' as Herself
* 2017 ''After Porn Ends 2'' as Herself
* 2018 ''[[Porndemic]]'' as Herself

===Other media===
* ''[[Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger]]'', ''[[Wing Commander: Prophecy]]'' (computer games) as Chief Technician [[Rachel Coriolis]]
* '' Sang on 12" 33rpm [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT4py0qwpiw &#91;Fantasy World&#93;] (with Janus Jarrow) on Mach IV productions label.
* ''Night Calls'' on Playboy Radio with Christy Canyon on Sirius Satellite Radio
* She has appeared in pictorials for ''[[Playboy]]'', ''[[Cinema Blue]]'', ''Chéri'', ''High Society'', ''Club International'', and ''Celebrity Sleuth''
* ''The Ginger Lynn Show'' on KSEX Radio in Los Angeles
* In the 1998 music video for [[Metallica]]'s cover of "[[Turn the Page (Bob Seger song)|Turn the Page]]", she portrayed a stripper/prostitute traveling with her child.
* She provided a voice for the song "Ginger Snaps/Monkey Business" for [[Danger Danger]]'s second album, ''[[Screw It!]]''
* Most recently she appeared on the podcast Betamax Rewind with Matt and Doug to talk about her early porn career

==Awards==
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* '''1984''' [[XRCO]] Starlet of the Year{{r|Frammolino}}
* '''1984''' XRCO Video Vixen<ref name="Frammolino" /><ref name=XRCO1985>{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcpxgmgk_0hrghhdgp |title=Transcript of the video A Night of Legends: First Annual XRCO Adult Film Awards |access-date=2008-08-09 |author=MayorDefacto |archive-date=August 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812055222/https://docs.google.com/View?docid=dcpxgmgk_0hrghhdgp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''1984''' XRCO Female Performer of the Year<ref name="Frammolino" /><ref name="XRCO1985"/>
* '''1985''' [[AVN Award|AVN]] Best New Starlet<ref name="AVN">{{cite news |title=Past AVN Award Winners |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1985 |access-date=2007-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205023735/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/1985 |archive-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
* '''1985''' AVN Best Couples Sex Scene – Film for ''[[Kinky Business]]'' {{small|(with [[Tom Byron]])}}<ref name="AVN"/>
* '''1985''' XRCO Best Group Grope Scene for ''New Wave Hookers'' {{small|(with Steve Powers and Tom Byron)}}<ref name="XRCO1986">{{cite news |title=Winners of XRCO Awards 1986 |url=http://aiwards.com/xrco/1986 |access-date=2017-11-16 |archive-date=September 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930155826/http://aiwards.com/xrco/1986 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* '''1986''' AVN [[AVN Award for Best Actress|Best Actress – Video]] for Project: Ginger<ref name="AVN"/>
* '''1986''' AVN Best Couples Sex Scene – Video for ''Slumber Party'' {{small|(with [[Eric Edwards (pornographic actor)|Eric Edwards]])}}<ref name="AVN"/>
* '''1986''' AVN Best Couples Sex Scene – Film for ''Ten Little Maidens''
* '''1995 [[XRCO Hall of Fame]]'''<ref name="XRCO HOF">{{cite news |title=XRCO Hall of Fame |url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm |access-date=2007-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205014232/http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/hall.htm |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |df=mdy}}</ref>
* '''2000''' Legends of Erotica Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043455/https://www.ainews.com/Archives/Story12687.phtml |archive-date=17 July 2011 |url=https://www.ainews.com/Archives/Story12687.phtml |title=Legends of Erotica Class of 2008 |website=Adult Industry News}}</ref>
* '''2000''' XRCO Best Girl-Girl Scene for ''Torn'' {{small|(with Chloe)}}<ref name="XRCO">{{cite news |title=XRCO past winners |url=http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html |access-date=2007-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007011134/http://www.bwdl.net/XRCO-2/oldies.html |archive-date=October 7, 2007 |df=mdy}}</ref>
* '''2002''' AVN Best Actress – Film for ''Taken''<ref name="AVN"/>
* '''[[AVN Hall of Fame]]'''<ref name="AVN HOF">{{cite news |title=AVN Hall of Fame |url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |access-date=2007-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929000916/http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=halloffame |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |df=mdy}}</ref>
*'''2002''' Exotic Dancer Hall of Fame
* '''2002''' [[NightMoves Award|NightMoves]] National Lifetime Achievement Award
* '''2007 [[NightMoves Hall of Fame]]'''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2007-NightMoves-Award-Winners-Announced-26278.html |title=2007 NightMoves Award Winners Announced |access-date=April 19, 2015 |author=Peter Warren |date=October 11, 2007 |magazine=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]] |archive-date=February 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228202315/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/2007-NightMoves-Award-Winners-Announced-26278.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''2024 [[Urban X Award#Hall of Fame Inductees|Urban X Hall of Fame]]'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/urban-x-awards-announces-2024-hall-of-fame-inductees-929239.html | title=Urban X Awards Announces 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees AVN }}</ref>
}}

==See also==
* [[Golden Age of Porn]]

<!--not notes but links ==Notes==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1Sw0oA4vk Ginger Lynn] [[E!]] [[True Hollywood Story]] episode on YouTube
* [http://www.playboy.com/playboytv/radio/popup.html#nc Night Calls Radio] Playboy Radio, hosted by [[Christy Canyon]] and Ginger Lynn
* [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-06-tm-20634-story.html LA Times article that's about Lynn in large part]
* [http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/Ginger_LYNN.asp August 1999 interview at RogReviews.com]
* [http://blog.adultdvdtalk.com/2009/02/ginger_lynn_uncensored.html 2009 Podcast Interview] -->

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Ginger Lynn}}
* {{official website|http://www.gingerlynn.com}}
* {{iafd name|id=GLynn|gender=female|name=Ginger Lynn}}
* {{afdb name|id=26|gender=female|name=Ginger Lynn}}
* {{IMDb name|259|Ginger Lynn Allen }}

{{AVN Best Actress}}
{{XRCO Award - Female Performer of the Year}}

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