Veronica Hart | |
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Veronica Hart, Hollywood, California on January 4, 2014
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Born |
Jane Esther Hamilton October 27, 1956 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Other names | Veronica Heart, Randee Styles, Jane Hamilton, V. Hart, Victoria Holt, Veronica |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 122 lb (55 kg) |
Spouse(s) | Michael Hunt (1982 - ?) (Divorced), 2 sons (Chris, born 1983 & Max, born 1985) |
No. of adult films | 158 as a performer 43 as a director (per IAFD |
Jane Esther Hamilton (born October 27, 1956) is an American former pornographic actress and current adult film director who performed under the stage name Veronica Hart during the 1980s. She is sometimes credited as Jane Hamilton, V. Hart, Veronica Heart, Victoria Holt, Randee Styles or just Veronica. Hart is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. Director Paul Thomas Anderson has called her "the Meryl Streep of porn."
Hart was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She graduated from High School at age 16 and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at age 19 with a degree in theatrical arts. After school she worked in England before returning to the United States and moving to New York City.
Hart appeared in pornographic films from 1980 until 1982 and is best known for her performances in Amanda by Night, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Roommates and A Scent of Heather. She would often portray "stylish native New Yorker" characters in her films. Around 1984, she began directing segments on the Playboy TV series Electric Blue, appearing in B-Movies and working as a stripper. During the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s she directed, edited, and produced pornographic films, while making occasional (non-sexual) cameos in both mainstream and adult productions.
With the sale of VCA, her primary production company, to Hustler in 2003, Hart moved on to other work, including working as a tour guide at the now-closed Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas.
Hart has acted in off-Broadway theater productions such as The House of Bernarda Alba,The Dyke And The Porn Star, and The Deep Throat Sex Scandal.