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WHO’S WHO
WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO
WORLD WIDE WEBB
She’s bawdy, busty, British and black—and that’s just the B’s
The money was good, but I was lying to myself. So I sat in the solitude of
silence and figured it out: I love myself, and I love entertaining. The best
thing to do is fit into that category. As I was breaking down what makes
me happy, it worked itself around to porn. It was like a brainstorm. I had a
mid-life crisis at 24.”
She went to Harmony Films and has performed in “13 or 14 movies for
them,” making a bit of history along the way. “Director Tanya Hyde is my
best friend of all time.” When Webb was pictured on her first box cover,
she was told that it was a milestone: “You know you’re making history. No
black female has ever been on the cover of an English porno. You smashed
it.” And she also worked with Bluebird Films. (“That was fun.”)
Although she has visited the United States she had not shot here prior
to January, when she worked with Glenn King of MeanBitches. Back
then she was making plans to “come back in the summer and shoot for
everyone. I’m a Brazzers All-Star; they shoot me all the time in England.
When I come back to the States, I’ll pick up where I left off. Shoot with
Brazzers, Digital Playground, Tushy...” She says her best recent Brazzers
scene is as “a horny estate agent” trying to sell a house to Danny D.
“Basically I’m showing Danny D and his girlfriend around, and when
her back’s turned I’m flashing my vagina, I’m flashing a tit, but I’m so
professional.”
“I’M A GOOD ACTRESS. I’M
BELIEVABLE, AND MY SEX IS
REAL AS WELL. I’M THERE IN
THE MOMENT.”
—JASMINE WEBB
INTERVIEW | By Tod Hunter
Jasmine Webb prepares to get her femdom on in a shoot for director Glenn King. Photo courtesy MeanBitches.com
JASMINE WEBB MAKES AN IMPRESSION. She struts into the AVN Expo press room in a black
leather-trimmed jacket, her show ID around her neck vying for attention with her trés
décolleté lacy black bustier. The voice is quiet, confident, British. Look up Jasmine Webb
on the Internet Adult Film Database and you’ll see her credited with more than 100 titles
from European companies including Harmony Films, Killergram, Private and Bluebird
Films, and also Euro-based productions for U.S. companies such as Evil Angel, Digital
Playground, Third Degree and Jules Jordan Video. Her scene with Jessa Rhodes and Juan
Lucho in Digital Playground’s Rawhide was nominated for Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot
Production at the 2018 AVN Awards.
Webb came to performing through a roundabout route. “I had three jobs: I was working
in a law firm in central London; at Café de Paris, which is an event venue; and at Tommy
Hilfiger. I realized one day that I wasn’t exactly happy with my life. I was lying to myself.
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Her British accent is not the posh U sound of Mayfair or the guttural
sound of the North: “I grew up in Leicestershire, which is very old-
country, very prim and proper. Midlands. The heart of England, dahling. Bread
and butter. The sound helps. That’s got a lot to do with it. [British] people
can relate. People connect with you. They aren’t comfortable when they
can’t relate and they don’t understand.”
Webb is also a singer and songwriter. “Music is therapeutic. Music is
a very big part of my life.” Her musical influences are all over the map:
“Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Michael Jackson, Bob
Marley, Prince, the Gladiators—they’re a Jamaican rastaman band. I’m into
roots and culture, I’m into rock and roll. I love the Beatles, Elton John.
Classics.” During the AVN Expo she was planning to perform her music
at a showcase in Las Vegas and her song “Pay Attention” was put on the
BBC1XTRA playlist in June. She also plans to perform her music at the
Urban X Awards in the Los Angeles area in August.
What does Webb want to do as an adult performer? “I’m looking to do
more girl/girl stuff. I’m a raging lesbian. I’m like, ‘Pussy and tits. Give
them to me.’ I’ve seen the Vixen stuff. The Digital Playground stuff—I love
the roles they give me. Next year I’ll be reaching out to the AVN Awards.
I’m putting myself forward. I’ve been doing this for 11 years. I’m true to
my craft, and I give my all.
“I’m a good actress. I’m believable, and my sex is real as well. I’m there
in the moment.”
Webb tries to keep her life balanced in the “real world” as well as the
adult industry. “Porn is not all my life. I invest in property, I write songs
and sing, I have friends outside. Because I’ve been in the industry so long,
I don’t take it that seriously. But I’m so proud, I’ve been doing this 11
years and I’m sitting here being interviewed by AVN. My style is quality
over quantity. I refuse to be dragged around a set and disrespected. I’m
very dominant, I’m very classy, and I believe that women have a sexual
power that should be respected. If it wasn’t for sex, we wouldn’t be here.
If it wasn’t for a titty, you would starve. Respect it. I want to shoot for
people who have that in mind.”