Lane was born on March 2, 1980 in Georgia. Her parents worked in air-freight and she had a very active childhood. Lane was a competitive roller skater and ice skater, and when she grew up she worked as a yoga and Pilates teaching instructor. Lane trained to be an ice dancer under James Millns and was prepared for the Olympic trials. During this time she did a bunion surgery which made her stop skating until she was completely recovered. This is when she started dancing nude; she was in a desperate need of money and became an exotic dancer and won Déjà Vu Showgirl of the Year in 2004. In 2005 Serenity invited Lane to attend the AVN Awards. She attended an after party hosted by Sean Michaels. This is how she met an agent from Playboy; this contact led her towards her debut in filming X-rated scenes.Her parents knew about her job in the industry from the beginning and both of them are managing and supporting her and her career. She has stated that both of them are open minded and laidback about her choice. Also, she has described her family as very liberal with naturism, something that was often happening in her household when she was young.Sunny Lane Lane also had a few mainstream projects; she appeared on the first episode of reality series My Bare Lady which aired December 7, 2006 and on an episode of ABC Primetime: The Outsiders, where she spoke about her career, defending the industry. She also took part on the Fox News' Geraldo at Large along her parents. Lane also took part on the television show Pants-Off Dance-Off. Throughout her career Lane worked at the Nevada brothel, the Moonlite BunnyRanch.In 2008 she won an AVN for her 2007 film Goo Girls 26 (for the categoryBest POV Sex Scene). The same year she starred in Big Wet Asses 13 filming her first anal scene which brought her another AVN for best anal scene. In 2010, Lane got the the lead role of Alice in the adult re-imagining of 'Alice in Wonderland' produced by Erica McLean titled “Alice". Within her career of ten years she has filmed plenty of films, but also had a lot of nominations and won ten awards for various films and categories. Lane is a fan of Paramore and loves playing racing video games. She declares herself as a bisexual. In June 2011 Lane announced that she was engaged. The same year she took a break from the industry in order to focus on her fiancé and their relationship. The following year she returned to filming and shot the film Not the Love Boat XXX and other adult movies. She also returned to her job in the brothel - World Famous Moonlite Bunnyranch. Lane has a natural body. She has her navel pierced and has no tattoos.