Ginger Lynn Allen is an American pornographic actress and model, born on December 14, 1962, in Rockford, Illinois. She began her career as a nude model and later started performing in hardcore sex films as Ginger Lynn by December 1983. Her first pornographic movie role was in Surrender in Paradise, where she starred with Jerry Butler. Ginger Lynn's "girl next door" good looks led to a quick rise in her popularity.
Before entering the adult entertainment industry, Ginger Lynn worked as a manager at a Musicland record store in Redlands, California. She had moved to California in 1982 to visit her ill grandfather and decided to stay.
Ginger Lynn was a premier adult-entertainment star of the 1980s and also had minor roles in various B movies. Adult Video News ranked her at #7 of the 50 greatest porn stars of all time in 2002. She is a member of AVN, NightMoves Adult Entertainment, and XRCO Halls of Fame.