Jessica Drake, born Angel Ryan on October 14, 1974, in San Antonio, Texas, is an American adult film actress, director, writer, producer, and sex educator. Raised in Texas, she majored in psychology at the University of Texas-El Paso but left before graduating to pursue adult entertainment, initially working as an exotic dancer in El Paso strip clubs, per IMDb and Wikipedia. She claimed she was making almost $2,000 a day with stripping across Texas, which justified in her mind dropping out of college. Inspired by watching porn stars perform at her club, she believed she could excel in the industry and debuted in 1999 at age 25, posing for magazines and appearing on Playboy TV before shooting her first film, Pussyman’s Decadent Divas 2, per IAFD and Wikiporno. Using the stage name Jessica Drake (stylized as “jessica drake” in lowercase since 1999 after experimenting with autograph styles, per Babepedia), she appeared in over 553 films, including Shayla’s Web (2001, AVN Best Tease Performance), Fluff and Fold (2005, AVN and XRCO Best Actress—Video), Manhunters (2007, AVN Best Actress—Film), and Fallen (2009, AVN and XRCO Best Actress), per IAFD and IMDb. Known for her 5’9” height, lithe 110-pound frame, blonde hair, brown eyes, and 34C-24-34 measurements with no tattoos or piercings, she performed in anal, lesbian, and group scenes, exclusively with condom-using male partners after a 2004 HIV outbreak, per Wikipedia and AVN. She spent two years as a contract performer for Sin City (2000–2002) before signing an exclusive contract with Wicked Pictures in April 2003, where she remains a prominent figure, per IMDb.Drake’s multifaceted career includes directing 17 films, such as What Girls Like (2008), writing screenplays like Dating 101 and Just Between Us, and producing titles like Jessica Drake’s Guide to Wicked Sex, a sex education series launched in 2011 with Wicked Pictures. The series, addressing topics like fellatio (2012, AVN Best Educational Release) and plus-size intimacy (2014, with Kelly Shibari), earned her a 2015 Feminist Porn Award for Smutty School Teacher, per Wikipedia and XBIZ. She hosted a weekly Playboy Radio segment, IN BED with jessica drake, and conducts global sex education seminars, speaking at UCLA (2012), the University of Chicago’s Sex Week (2014), and CatalystCon West, often withTasha Reign, per Wikipedia. Her advocacy through her Sexclusion initiative promotes sexual well-being and consent culture, per motionpicture-magazine.com. Drake appeared in mainstream media, including TheTyra BanksShow (2007), Barry Munday (2008, as herself), andLady Gaga’s “Telephone” music video (2010), per IMDb. She co-hosted the 2007 AVN Awards with Jim Norton, 2009 XRCO Awards withKayden Kross, and 2010 F.A.M.E. Awards withSunny Leone, per Wikipedia. Inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame (2010) and XRCO Hall of Fame (2011), she won 23 industry awards, including 2014 AVN Best Safe Sex Scene (Sexpionage: The Drake Chronicles), 2015 XBIZ Best Actress—Parody (Snow White XXX), and 2016 AVN Mainstream Star of the Year, per AVN and XBIZ. In 2016, she opened an online store for adult videos and paraphernalia, per Wikipedia.In October 2016, Drake accused then-presidential candidate Donald Trump of non-consensual advances during a 2006 Lake Tahoe golf tournament, alleging he grabbed and kissed her without consent and offered her $10,000 for sex, which she declined. Supported by attorney Gloria Allred, she made the claim public on The Beat with Ari Melber in 2018, stating, “He wasn’t really taking no for an answer,” per TheBeatWithAri. Trump’s campaign denied the allegations, and no legal action was pursued, per Wikipedia. The incident sparked significant media attention but remains unadjudicated. Drake reportedly settled with Trump and signed a NDA and will not talk about him when he is brought up. In another controversy,August Ameshusband, Kevin Moore, says he personally holds Drake as one of the people responsible for her suicide.Jenna Jameson, in an interview with The Blast, would also name Drake as playing a role in Ames death. Drake, while not naming Ames, had tweeted out that female performers who refused to perform with crossover performers who did gay porn, or transgender performers(shemales), were homophobic. Drake has done many scenes with shemales and crossover gay performers. Ames had made statements that she was receiving hate for having those performers on her "no" list due to fear of sexually transmitted diseases. Drake's tweets brought renewed hate against Ames. Ames would take her life only a few days after Drake's tweets. Drake would later be interviewed for The Last Days of August and say she never intended to bully Ames and was merely making a statement about performer safety.Fan praised her saying “Jessica’s elegance and passion shine in Fallen” (user: retrofan74). X post (2024): “Jessica Drake is the queen of 2000s porn” (@RetroPornFan). AVN (2009): “Drake’s performance in Fallen is a career-defining moment,” per AVN. Wikiporno (2010): “Jessica Drake is porn's skinny queen,” per Wikiporno. The Rialto Report: “Drake’s blend of performance and advocacy makes her a trailblazer,” per Wikipedia.Drake married adult actor Evan Stone in 2002, divorcing in 2004, and lived with Wicked director Brad Armstrong for over a decade until their 2021 separation, per Wikipedia. She noted her brother and father were more supportive of her career than her mother, per Wikipedia. No children are documented. She is affiliated with a charity building homes and providing clean water in Cambodia, Kenya, and Tanzania, and founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 2012 for domestic efforts, per Wikipedia. As of August 5, 2025, Drake, now 50, remains active in the industry and sex education, maintaining a strong online presence with 334,000 Instagram followers (@jessicadrake) and a popular OnlyFans, per Babepedia.Awards & Honors: Jessica Drake🏆 Award Wins & Honors2001 – AVN Best Tease Performance for Shayla’s Web2005 – AVN Best Oral Sex Scene for The Collector2005 – AVN Best Actress – Video for Fluff and Fold2007 – AVN Best Actress – Film for Manhunters2007 – AVN Best All-Girl Sex Scene for FUCK2009 – AVN Best Actress for Fallen2009 – AVN Best Double Penetration Sex Scene for Fallen2010 – AVN Best Group Sex Scene for 20402010 – Inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame2014 – AVN Best Safe Sex Scene for Sexpionage: The Drake Chronicles2015 – XBIZ Award: Best Actress – Parody Release (Snow White XXX)2016 – AVN Mainstream Star of the Year2016 – XRCO Mainstream Adult Media Favorite2019 – StorErotica Awards nominee: Sex Educator of the Year2020 – AVN Award: Best Niche Production (Guide to Wicked Sex: Senior Sex)2023 – AVN Mainstream Venture of the Year nominee (Ricky Lake’s “The Answer” with Jessica Drake)🥇 Award Nominations & Recognitions2013 – XRCO nominee: Best Actress and Mainstream Adult Media Favorite (An Inconvenient Mistress)Various fan‑voted nominations across O‑Awards and consumer platforms🌟 Legacy & RecognitionJessica Drake is a trailblazing performer, prolific director, and sex educator. She has earned three AVN Best Actress awards and multiple scene-specific accolades, and helped redefine mainstream visibility for adult performers through sex‐positive advocacy. Her educational film series (Guide to Wicked Sex) received AVN and XBIZ awards, and she was honored as AVN’s Mainstream Star of the Year in 2016. With Hall of Fame inductions from AVN and recognition from XRCO as Media Favorite, she’s widely regarded as a powerful advocate and multifaceted figure in the adult industry.