Ashlyn Gere

Career

Born Kimberly Ashlyn McKamy at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Gere graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in Theatre Arts and Communications, and had already appeared in low-budget mainstream titles as Kim McKamy — Evil Laugh (1986), Creepozoids (1987) — before entering adult film around 1990. She won Female Performer of the Year from both AVN and XRCO in the same year, 1993, a double matched on this list only by Debi Diamond’s 1994 sweep, and both bodies later inducted her into their Halls of Fame: AVN in 1996, XRCO in 2003. Her mainstream work continued alongside her adult career — body-double work in Basic Instinct (1992) and Indecent Proposal (1993), television appearances in The X-Files and Space: Above and Beyond, and a role in Willard (2003).

Signature: One of a very small number of performers to win Female Performer of the Year from both AVN and XRCO in the same calendar year — 1993, a double matched on this list only by Debi Diamond’s 1994 sweep.

Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0

Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Ashlyn Gere's placement inside The Best Brunette Pornstars, Ranked — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 2 rankings below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.

Full award record5 entries

• 1991XRCO — Starlet of the Year
• 1993AVN — Female Performer of the Year
• 1993XRCO — Female Performer of the Year
• 1996AVN — Hall of Fame
• 2003XRCO — Hall of Fame

Best known for

Mainstream credits

• Body double, Basic Instinct (1992)
• Body double, Indecent Proposal (1993)
• The X-Files (TV)
• Space: Above and Beyond (TV)
• Willard (2003)

Official links

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Ranked alongside

• Juli Ashton
• Tori Welles
• Joanna Angel
• Angela White
• Asa Akira
• Kira Noir

Sources and verification6 sources

Last audited 27 August 2026 · Wikipedia — Ashlyn Gere · Wikidata — Ashlyn Gere · Wikipedia — AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year (confirms 1993 win) · Wikipedia — XRCO Awards, Female Performer of the Year table (confirms 1993 win) · Wikipedia — List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame (confirms 1996 induction) · Wikipedia — List of members of the XRCO Hall of Fame (confirms 2003 induction)

Not yet confirmed:

• Birth name spelling varies between sources (McKamy vs McKarny)
• No documented total credit count
• Exact retirement year not stated