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'''Bridgette Kerkove (born January 7, 1978)''' is an [[Americans|American]] former [[actress]] and [[film director|director]].<ref name=IAFD>{{iafd name|id=BKerkove|gender=female|name=Bridgette Kerkove}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kerkove was born and raised in Catalina, [[California]], [[United States]].<ref name=IAFD/>

==Career==
Kerkove entered the [[Pornography|film industry]] in January 1999 at the insistence of her husband, Skeeter Kerkove. She has also appeared with Skeeter in a variety of videos.<ref>{{citeation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010203201400/http://adultvideonews.com/inner/iv0101_02.html |archivedate=February 3, 2001 }}</ref>

She started directing in 2001,<ref name=IAFD/> working for companies such as Metro Studios and No Boundaries.<ref name="ramone">{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/20692.html|title=Bridgette Kerkove Signs Exclusive, Two-Year Deal With Metro|author=Mike Ramone|date=2005-04-19|work=''[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]''|accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref> Many films under the direction of Bridgette were really directed by Skeeter Kerkove. Bridgette last film she directed was in 2004.  

===Appearances===
Kerkove has made appearances on several cable television shows such as the ''[[Howard Stern Show]]'' and ''The Tera Patrick Show''.<ref name=IMDB>{{IMDb name|0449373|Bridgette Kerkove}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kerkove's last film as an actress was in 2001. She directed until 2004 then left the film industry, never to return.{{dubious|date=March 2015}}<ref name=2009Divorce>{{cite web|last1=Pardon|first1=Rhett|title=Skeeter Kerkove in $3M Defamation Suit Over AdultFYI Posting|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=105267&mi=all&q=bridgette+kerkove|website=XBIZ.com|accessdate=22 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by1201_06.html |title=Anal Queen Bridgette Kerkove Retires From Performing |accessdate=June 15, 2015 |author=Wayne Hentai |date=December 2001 |publisher=''[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]'' |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204141839/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by1201_06.html |archivedate=February 4, 2002 }}</ref>  Awards

==Awards==
* 2000 [[AVN Award]] – [[AVN Best New Starlet Award|Best New Starlet]]<ref name="afdb">{{afdb name|id=2355}}</ref>
* <ref name="avnaward">{{cite web|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2000|title=AVN Awards Past Winners|publisher=AVN.com|accessdate=January 1, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118083959/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2000|archivedate=January 18, 2014}}</ref>
* 2001 [[FOXE Award]] – Female Fan Favorite<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0901_07.html |title=Kelly, Kerkove, Marcus, Others Win FOXE Awards |accessdate=2014-07-07 |author=Heidi Pike-Johnson |publisher=''[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]'' |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020212145823/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by0901_07.html |archivedate=February 12, 2002 }}</ref>
* 2001 [[Venus Award]] – Best American Actress<ref name="afdb" />
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* 2011 [[List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame|AVN Hall of Fame]]<ref name="afdb" /><ref name='AVN 2011'>{{cite news|title=AVN Winners 2011|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2011-AVN-Awards-421782.html |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bridgette Kerkove}}

* {{IMDb name|0449373|Bridgette Kerkove}}
* {{iafd name|id=BKerkove|gender=female|name=Bridgette Kerkove}}
* {{afdb name|id=2355|gender=female|name=Bridgette Kerkove}}
* {{twitter|bkerkove}}

{{AVN Best New Starlet}}

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