Jodi Taylor

Biography

Jodi Taylor (born Jessica Pennington on July 25, 1991, in Portland, Oregon) is a former American adult film actress. She grew up as a tomboy in a small town in Idaho, where she was involved in competitive swimming and martial arts. Before entering the adult industry, she worked on a horse ranch (trading labor for riding lessons), ran a dog-sitting business, worked at Dunkin’ Donuts, and briefly modeled. Taylor entered the adult film industry in 2012 at age 21. She quickly gained recognition and appeared in over 200 scenes for studios including Evil Angel, Devil’s Film, Bang Productions, Digital Sin, Mile High, Brazzers, and Naughty America. Notable titles include Anal Cuties, Sloppy Cocksuckers, E.T. XXX: A DreamZone Parody, and Redheads Are Sexy. She received multiple industry nominations, including AVN Awards for Best New Starlet (2014) and Female Performer of the Year (2015), as well as nominations for Best Anal Sex Scene, Best Oral Sex Scene, and Most Outrageous Sex Scene. She retired from adult films after approximately three years. In 2025, she appeared in the mainstream French film Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due (directed by Abdellatif Kechiche), credited as Jessica Pennington in the role of Jessica Patterson. She has also written publicly about her time in the industry and her reasons for leaving it. She is also known under the names Jody Taylor, Brook Scarlet, Bree, Kimberley, Jodi Lanai, and currently writes and maintains a public presence as Jess lanai.