Sunny Lane is an American pornographic actress and nude model. Her parents are Shelby and Mike, who worked in air-freight. In her youth she was a competitive roller skater and ice skater, and later worked as an instructor teaching as well as yoga and pilates. She trained as an ice dancer under James Millns and was in preparations for the Olympic trials when she required bunion surgery. Unable to skate due to the recovery period, she started dancing nude in order to support herself financially. She became an exotic dancer and won Deja Vu Showgirl of the Year in 2004. Lane was invited to attend the AVN Awards ceremony in 2005, where at an after-show party hosted by Sean Michaels she encountered an agent from Playboy. She started to act in adult movies in the same year. Her career is supported and managed by her parents, with whom she lives in an apartment. For a while she had a relationship with Dennis Hof, owner of the Nevada brothel Moonlite Bunny Ranch.She had 5 nominations at the AVN Awards 2007 (including a second nomination for Best Actress). She appeared on the premier episode of the Fox reality series My Bare Lady which aired December 7, 2006 and on an episode of ABC Primetime: The Outsiders defending her career. She also appeared with her parents on Fox News', Geraldo at Large on 18 March 2007, using the alias, "Sunny Lee." She also appeared on the television show Pants-Off Dance-Off on Fuse TV. Lane announced in June 2007 that, in addition to working as a porn actress, she would also make appearances as a feature dancer on the strip club circuit.