Ginger Lynn

Career

Lynn debuted in late 1983 and quickly became one of the most popular performers of the decade before pivoting to mainstream B-movie and television work under her full name from 1986, including Young Guns II. She returned to adult performing in 1999 and has worked sporadically since, later appearing in mainstream genre films including Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects and 31.

Signature: The first performer to demonstrate that a mainstream acting career after adult film was actually achievable, which every crossover since has followed.

Index score — The Pornstar Ranked Performer Index v3.0

Scores are normalised within a single ranking's field, so this breakdown is Ginger Lynn's placement inside The Top Pornstars of All Time, Ranked — the largest field she appears in. Her rank on each of the other 4 rankings below was computed against that ranking's own field and is not the same measurement.

Full award record6 entries

• —AVN — Hall of Fame
• 1995XRCO — Hall of Fame
• 2007NightMoves — Hall of Fame
• 2024Urban X — Hall of Fame
• 1985XRCO — Female Performer of the Year
• 2002AVN — Best Actress — Film (Taken)

Best known for

Studios

Mainstream credits

• Young Guns II (1990)
• The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
• American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005)
• 31 (2016)

Official links

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Ranked alongside

• Nina Hartley
• Christy Canyon
• Vanessa Del Rio
• Marilyn Chambers
• Seka
• Joanna Angel

Sources and verification1 source

Last audited 22 August 2026 · Wikipedia — Ginger Lynn

Not yet confirmed:

• AVN Hall of Fame induction year not documented