Jillian Janson came of age with a passion for exhibiting her budding sexuality, love of nudity and need for self-expression. She discovered the pleasures of porn early when she began webcam modeling at 18 while still in high school.

Within days of posing nude online for the first time, Janson flew to Los Angeles to begin appearing in adult films. She has worked with studios including Evil Angel, Reality Kings, Naughty America, Girlfriends Films and Digital Playground, and graced the pages of magazines like Penthouse and Club International.

Janson had a particularly busy year in 2015. She received multiple nominations for Best New Starlet awards. She also served as the trophy girl for the 2015 AVN Awards. The NightMoves Awards also recognized her talent with a Best Female Performer win. During the same year, she conquered her first interracial anal scene for Blacked.com, her first blow-bang in Facialized Vol. 2 (Hard X) and her first DP in Just Jillian.

Her star continues to rise in 2016. She and her showcase, Just Jillian, received multiple AVN Awards nominations, and she won the Best POV Sex Scene AVN Award for her performance with Aidra Fox in Jules Jordan’s Eye Contact. She’ll find out Wednesday evening whether she won either or both of the XRCO Awards for which she nominated earlier this year: Orgasmic Analist and Orgasmic Oralist.

When she’s not filming award-nominated or -winning scenes, she takes her sexy moves on the road, feature dancing at clubs across the country.

How long have you been in the industry?
It’s crazy to think I have been in the industry for almost three years now. I started Aug. 13, 2013, and it was the best decision I’ve ever made.

Why did you become an adult performer?
When I was in high school, I really didn’t know what I wanted to go to college for or whether I wanted to go at all. That decision was made for me when I decided to visit an adult website and came across a webcam service and started modeling for them. I knew exactly why I wanted to try something like this: to find out who I was sexually, mentally, physically and emotionally.

I plan to finish school and go for what I feel will be most beneficial for my time and money. I feel self-teaching is more important, though it can be hard just to pick up a book and decide to learn something.

What did you do before becoming a porn star?
That’s actually quite a story. I started working pretty young to help my mother and I. She couldn’t afford to buy me the things I wanted as she was focused on getting what we needed. Sometimes it was hard to afford the things we needed as well, which is why I started working at age 14 at McDonald’s.

We moved a few months after getting the job, so then I decided to focus on classes to get my permit. I took that year to focus on school and then realized how much money I would need to maintain a car, so I got a job as a beauty advisor for Walgreens. I stayed there for about a year before getting a job as a telemarketer. I managed to understand the business world and how to hustle to make your own commission. For a 17-year-old, I don’t think I did a bad job.

I decided the job dragged me down mentally so I quit and became a waitress at Marie Calender’s to tip my way through senior year. I came across adult entertainment not too long after and realized it was the right choice financially and emotionally out of all the jobs so far.

Vital stats?
I’m a lot smaller than I was when I first started the industry. I weighed 145 pounds back then compared to the 120 pounds I’m at right now. I love my body no matter what it looks like, because I know I’m beautiful inside and out. It’s my personality that really counts, but I also know people love the other features on me as well, which I can’t complain about that.

My breasts and booty measurements back then were around 32C-28-34 or something like that. Now they are 32B-24-32. Regardless what my measurements are, I tend to carry myself with confidence, which I hope captivates others.

Anything new on the horizon—new movies, personal appearances, etc.?
Lately I’ve been working on a variety of things. Between getting approved for buying a house, feature dancing, building my own company and website, turning 21 and appearing in a mainstream horror movie, it feels like I barely have any time to do porn.

However, I have a few movies coming out that fans can be excited about, as well as upcoming feature dancing dates scheduled for after my return from a family vacation cruising the seas of Jamaica and Mexico. I’ll be in Pittsburgh for Blush June 21-25, then the following week in Las Vegas at Sapphire July 1 and 2.

I’m actually working on my own website these days, and I’m nowhere near launching yet since I’m still deciding what kind of content I want and who I want in it. I have taken the steps needed to be prepared. Now at this point, I’m scouting for new girls to be a part of the industry, as well as a main part of my site. I plan to cater to existing fans, but my goal is to pick up new ones — along the line of being female for the reasoning of teaching women how to truly satisfy themselves and others. In return, that will of course satisfy all the men out there.

What kind of performance really turns you on: gonzo, scripted, lesbian, anal, oral, orgy, BDSM, something else?
I get really turned on by a lot of things, as long as I’m involved! I love going into what seems like a mainstream production when they use scripts, but I also love when we are told to do whatever comes to mind for gonzo stuff.

I love everything, but my main pride is being able to be myself and do what I want in order to satisfy my partner. I adapt to any and everything, which I’m so glad my personality allows me to do so. Someday soon I plan to do more with BDSM. I am really fascinated with women as well, so anything involving them turns me on.

What have you not done but would like to try?
I’d like to do more with fetishes such as role playing, bondage and unleashing the dominance I have bottled up inside from being so sweet and innocent.

If you weren’t performing in adult content, what would you be doing?
I would have stayed within the entertainment field. I took a class back in high school for journalism and broadcasting, so I imagine I would be a TV reporter of some sort.

I always knew I wanted to be an actress and a dancer, so if the adult industry wouldn’t have allowed me to do all of these things it would have taken me longer to do what I had dreamed.

What do you do in your spare time? You do have spare time, right?
I do have spare time that I like to spend by myself, with my close friends, or working on putting my own business together. When I have extra time, I like to hop onto social media sites and take care of my fans either through MyFreeCams or Skype.

When I’m not focused on working, I like to listen to music, read, write and produce content whether it’s adult film or music. I love the outdoors, but haven’t gotten the chance to enjoy it much outside of when I went to Maui and Waikiki earlier this year. I’m a busy girl, especially when I travel to dance around the world.

If you were a superhero, what would your superpower be?
I’d love to be Wonder Woman, but with the power to control minds so I can get anyone to satisfy me whenever and however I want.

Reveal one thing people don’t know about you.
I dropped out of senior year in high school due to bullying for my involvement of making this industry my career.

What’s the craziest/bravest thing you’ve ever done?
I’ve done a lot in my life, so I can’t remember all of them to really pick a favorite, but the most recent thing I did adventurously was give Eric John a foot job with my Jordans on in the middle of a Beverly Hills alley. It was in the back of a pickup truck, because it was the only place we could do it in natural lighting before it went down, since working on set took longer than expected.

We had met the day before and discussed his foot fetish and how much I enjoyed it as well, so we made a plan to meet up and do a foot photoshoot. Everything went wonderful besides the uncomfortable floor, but I managed. The best part about this story is a woman pulling up next to us and staring as she drove by in a bigger truck. She was pretty sexy actually and we would have totally allowed her to join if she liked what she saw.

Who’s your secret crush, inside or outside the industry?
Usually I would keep secret about this sort of thing, but I have been crushing on a few people lately for other reasons besides wanting to rip their clothes off, which includes those that I have and haven’t worked with. Since early in my career I’ve been paired with Chad White quite often, and over time I grew very fond of him as a person and performer. I admire the experience and adventure he characterizes, as well as the professionalism he displays — which I admire in Alexis Texas and Tanya Tate, too. These two beautiful and powerful ladies take control of a big part of this industry, and I look up to them both for making their mark and leading a great example for those like me.

If you were putting together a bloopers, outtakes, or behind-the-scenes reel for your fans, what would you include?
You would probably get the best footage! I’m able to be myself regardless of any situation, whether the camera is rolling or not, but honestly the funniest and most creative things are done and said while you’re not recorded. You’d probably get a lot of talking and laughing, definitely dancing and most likely a front-row seat to view me devouring my victim.

What advice would you give to girls who are considering a career in porn? What advice would you give to guys?
When it comes to giving women advice about the industry, it truly isn’t for everyone unless you have the sexual drive, the stamina, patience, the ability to listen to people, and take action for yourself and others. When I learn they are capable and this is what they want to do, I go all in with advice and directing them on how to handle themselves throughout their line of work.

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