Serena (actress)

Serena
Serena at the FOXE Awards in Los Angeles, February 2006
Born (1951-02-20) February 20, 1951 (age 73)[citation needed]
United States
Other namesSerena Blaquelord, Sirena, Jenn Gillian, Sweet Chastity,[1] Serena Czarnecki [2]
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Websitehttps://serenaczarnecki.com/

Serena (born February 20, 1951) is an American former pornographic actress. She was married to porn actor Jamie Gillis.

A teenage runaway, Serena was discovered by a make-up artist. She began by modelling for men's magazines, then moved on to film.[3] She starred in over 110 pornographic films between 1975 and 1988, including Sweet Cakes (1976), Fantasm (1976), Fantasm Comes Again (1977), Sensual Encounters of Every Kind (1978), Honky Tonk Nights (1978), Dracula Sucks (aka Lust At First Bite) (1978), Summertime Blue (1979), Pleasure Palace (1979), Small Town Girls (1979) and Insatiable (1980).

Serena also made Accouplements pour voyeurs (1979), Le Droit de cuissage (1979) and Les Nymphomanes (shot 1979, released 1980) in France, and Glühende Haut (1979) and assorted loops in Germany.

Playboy magazine published an interview with Serena in 1978, together with other "top adult performers". In 1976, she appeared in the film Body of My Enemy, as Frida de Düsseldorf, an amazing stripper. In 1979, she appeared in the film Hardcore in an uncredited role. She has dated Warren Beatty.[4]

She is currently going by the name Serena Czarnecki, lives in the San Francisco Bay Area working as a painter, writer, poet, and textile artist.[3][2]

Serena was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame as a "film pioneer".[5]

  1. ^ a b "Serena at the Internet Adult Film Database". Iafd.com. Retrieved 2012-08-08.
  2. ^ a b "Serena Czarnecki Artist, Author, Legend". Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  3. ^ a b Gene Ross (2007-01-09). "Conversations with Serena". Adult FYI. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  4. ^ Legs McNeil; Jennifer Osborne; Peter Pavia (2009). The Other Hollywood. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-195549-5.
  5. ^ "XRCO Hall of Fame". Retrieved 25 August 2014.