Author Jacob Held argued that Kaitlyn Ashley, along with Jill Kelly and Jenna Jameson is considered to be one of the most iconic adult stars of the 1990s.
Kaitlyn Ashley was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as Kely Hoffman. Ashley entered the adult film industry in 1993; she retired from adult films in 1997. She appeared as herself in a 1998 episode of Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends.
Ashley was married to pornographic actor Jay Ashley until 1997, when they divorced.
