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“Karla is truly an asset ... we look forward to her continued success
and being an ambassador to the performer community.”
—Mark Schechter, owner, ATMLA
to keep paying for private school as much. So I figured I would get the hell out.” Then she
enrolled at Pasadena City College, where she met another would-be adult performer who now
goes by the stage name of James Deen.
“We went to school together,” she says. “He graduated high school early; so did I.”
Lane recalls that Deen turned 18 a few months before she did and then got into porn. “So
he became James Deen and I’m like, ‘I’m right behind,’” Lane says.
Deen, who won the AVN Male Performer of the Year award in 2009 and 2013, tells AVN, “I
think it is super cool that both Karla and I got to know each other as teenagers pre-porn, got
into the adult film industry and still have our friendship today.”
Deen actually introduced Lane to her husband, Brian. “I’ve been with my husband for
almost 16 years now,” Lane says. “And then Mo is my boyfriend. So I’m poly. I have one
husband, two boyfriends. Full-on, everybody knows each other.”
Lane, who got tested a day after she turned 18 and did her first scene a short time after,
booked her work directly for 14-plus years until signing with Mark Schechter’s ATMLA in 2019.
“Karla has landed several roles that will continue to give her great exposure and enhance
her career, and definitely will continue to lead to more opportunities as studios start to realize
there is an untapped market. Karla is truly an asset to ATMLA, and we look forward to her
continued success and being an ambassador to the performer community,” Schechter says.
The enterprising Lane went to culinary school for two years after Pasadena City College,
earning the equivalent of a bachelor’s degree. During that time she also did sex scenes. Lane
turned her appreciation for nutritious food into a business last year. She is the owner of L.A.
Farm Girl Catering, which soft launched in 2019 and officially kicked off in January. “I wanted
it to be a year of just playing around—a year of grace of learning how to do this well,” Lane
says. “I see this being part of my life as long as porn has been a part of my life. I’m not retiring
from porn; I’m just going to pivot at one point.”
Lane in 2020 also wants to continue producing and directing her own studio brand, Body
Positive Productions. Queer porn pioneer Courtney Trouble is her distributor and editor.
“Last year I worked on catering. This year it’s both. I’m going to start juggling the balls
better. Being in porn you have the ability to make as much money as you want,” Lane says.
“Our goal is five films this year, showing diverse performers having fun.”
Lane also runs production for her official site, KarlaLaneXXX.com, shooting at least two
new scenes a week for the past three years. Because she is also juggling regular posts on
AVN Stars, OnlyFans and Snapchat, in the fall of 2019 she decided to hire a digital assistant—
and in four months tripled her income.“She does the things that I slip on,” Lane says.
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