Stacey Hirsch ( Bernstein), known professionally as Raylene, is an American
pornographic actress
A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts on video that is usually characterized as a pornographic film. Such videos tend to be made in a number of distinc ...
.
Early life
Raylene was born and raised in
Glendora, California
Glendora is a city in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County, California, east of Los Angeles. As of the 2020 census, the population of Glendora was 52,558. World-famous Route 66 runs through the city.
Known as the "Pride of the Footh ...
. She is of Italian and Mexican descent on her mother's side. Her father is Jewish, of Polish and Austrian descent.
As a child, Raylene attended
Christian school
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s. She was an
honors student
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United States
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# Students recognized for their academic achieve ...
in high school and graduated at age 16, two years early. She said she had originally intended to pursue Christian studies at
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private evangelical research university in Azusa, California, United States. The university was founded in 1899 in Whittier, California, with classes first held on March 3, 1900, and degrees offered in 193 ...
and become a Christian high school teacher.
Career
Raylene began
acting
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.
Acting involves a broad range of sk ...
when she was five years old. With help from her uncle, a television producer, she appeared on ''
Hunter
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'' and ''
21 Jump Street
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''.
She had a non-speaking appearance on an episode of the HBO sketch comedy series ''
Mr. Show
''Mr. Show with Bob and David'', also known as ''Mr. Show'', is an American sketch comedy television series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995, to December 28, 1998.
Cross and Odenkirk int ...
''.
Raylene made her pornographic film debut in 1998. She was a contract performer for
Vivid Entertainment
Vivid Entertainment Group is an American independent pornographic film production company,
Raylene retired from the adult film industry in 2001. After briefly touring as a
striptease
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dancer, she found work as a
real estate agent
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.
While working in real estate, she brokered a sale to the AIM Health Care Foundation.
She returned to performing in pornographic films with ''Raylene's Dirty Work'' in 2009.
Personal life
Raylene was briefly married to Brad Hirsch, brother of Vivid Entertainment co-chairman Steve Hirsch.
Awards
*1999
XRCO Award
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Once every calendar year, XRCO m ...
– Starlet of the Year
*2001
AVN Award
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–
Best Actress (Film)
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– ''Artemesia'' (tied with Taylor Hayes – ''Jekyll and Hyde'')
*2008
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.
*2017
XRCO Hall of Fame
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