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{{Infobox adult biography
| name            = Bridgette Kerkove
| image           = Bridgette Kerkove JBH crop.jpg
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| birth_name      = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1977|02|08}}<ref name=IAFD>{{iafd name|id=BKerkove|gender=female|name=Bridgette Kerkove}}</ref>
| birth_place     = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]]<ref name=IAFD/>
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| height          = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name=IAFD/>
| weight          = {{convert|107|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}<ref name=IAFD/>
| spouse          = Skeeter Kerkove (September 25, 1999-June 2006)<ref name="afdb" />
| alias           = Bridgitte, Brigette Kerkove, Bridgette Kerkov, Bridget Kerkova, Brigette, Bridget Kerkove, Bridgett Kerkove,<ref name=IAFD/> Bridgete Kerkove<ref name="afdb">{{afdb name|id=2355}}</ref>
| number_of_films = {{plainlist|
* 412 as performer
* 58 as director
* {{small|(per [[Internet Adult Film Database|IAFD]]}}<ref name=IAFD/>
}}
| website         = 
}}

'''Bridgette Kerkove''' (born February 8, 1977) is an [[Americans|American]] former [[Pornographic film actor|pornographic actress]] and [[film director|director]].<ref name=IAFD/>

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

==Career==
Kerkove entered the [[Pornography|adult film industry]] in January 1999 at the urging of her future husband, Skeeter Kerkove. She has also appeared with Skeeter in a variety of videos.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://adultvideonews.com/inner/iv0101_02.html |title=Bridgette Kerkove: Porn's Hardest Working Woman Loves Her Calling|accessdate=2013-12-28|author=Mike Ramone|magazine=[[AVN (magazine)|AVN]]|deadurl=yes|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|accessdate=28 March 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222004837/http://business.avn.com/articles/20692.html|archivedate=22 February 2010|df=}}</ref> Her first feature movie as a director was ''Babes Illustrated 15''.<ref name="daniels">{{cite web|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/17700.html|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130102070524/http://business.avn.com/articles/17700.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2013-01-02|title=Bridgette Kerkove Set to Make Feature Directorial Debut|author=Tripp Daniels|date=2004-09-02|work=AVN|accessdate=28 March 2010}}</ref>

===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 married adult film director Skeeter Kerkove in 1999.<ref name=Purcell>{{cite book|author=Natalie J. Purcell|title=Violence and the Pornographic Imaginary: The Politics of Sex, Gender, and Aggression in Hardcore Pornography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AwNNMealbwC&pg=PP152 |accessdate=29 July 2016|year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-52312-7|page=152}}</ref><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|publisher=XBIZ|accessdate=22 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115514/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=105267&mi=all&q=bridgette+kerkove|archive-date=26 August 2014|dead-url=yes}}</ref> She had a child while on hiatus from performing between October 2001 and October 2002.<ref>{{cite magazine|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|magazine=AVN|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020204141839/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by1201_06.html |archivedate=February 4, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by1202_09.html |title=Anal Queen Kerkove Announces Return to Porn|accessdate=June 15, 2015|author=Scott Ross|date=December 2002|magazine=AVN|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021217073156/http://www.adultvideonews.com/bone/by1202_09.html |archivedate=December 17, 2002}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2006.<ref name=Purcell/>

==Awards==
* 2000 [[AVN Award]] – Best New Starlet<ref name="afdb" /><ref name="daniels" /><ref name=avnaward>{{cite magazine|title=AVN Awards Past Winners|magazine=AVN|url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2000 |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 AVN Award – Most Outrageous Sex Scene, Video (''In The Days of Whore'') with Tyce Buné<ref name=avnaward/>
* 2001 [[FOXE Award]] – Female Fan Favorite<ref>{{cite magazine|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|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" /><ref name="daniels" />
* 2002 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene, Video (''Succubus'')<ref name="afdb" /><ref name=avnaward/>
* 2011 [[List of members of the AVN Hall of Fame|AVN Hall of Fame]] inductee<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}}
* {{Twitter}}
* {{iafd name|id=BKerkove|gender=female|name=Bridgette Kerkove}}
* {{afdb name|id=2355|gender=female|name=Bridgette Kerkove}}

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[[Category:Pornographic film actors from California]]
[[Category:Women pornographic film directors]]