Jacklyn Lick was born on May 20, 1974, in Portland, Oregon. She studied tap, jazz and ballet as a young girl. Lick was introduced to the adult film industry by porn starlet Sunset Thomas. She flew out to Los Angeles and began performing in explicit hardcore films in 1995. She has made also occasional forays into the "mainstream" film industry, with small parts in such movies as 8MM and Orgazmo. She retired from pornography in the 2000's.