Kara Bare

Shawna Lenee was born on April 12, 1987, in Cleveland, Ohio. She grew up on a farm in the suburbs about 30 minutes from the city, raised in a small community where her high school graduating class numbered around 200 students. During her teenage years, she was a cheerleader and became a mother at age 17, giving birth to a child she chose to raise independently after turning 18. Before entering the adult industry, she pursued mainstream modeling and acting, traveling to New York and Los Angeles for competitions. Her ethnicity is Caucasian, primarily of American descent. Professionally, she is known as Shawna Lenee. However, she has also worked under aliases such as Kara Mynor, Kara Bare, Cara, and Shauna Lenne, particularly early in her career when agents assigned her names she later rejected in favor of her real first name and a variation of her middle name, Lee. Her entry into adult content began in 2005, at the age of 18, while still in high school, when she was invited to a shoot in Palm Springs through Model Mayhem. Initially nervous, she quickly adapted, launching a career that capitalized on her modeling experience and desire for financial independence. Shawna has worked with a variety of studios and websites, including Brazzers (where she signed contracts in 2014 and later), Hustler, Evasive Angles, 3rd Degree, Adam & Eve, New Sensations, Penthouse, Pure Play Media, …