Meet Amy Lindsay, the porn actress who starred in a Ted Cruz ad

Ted Cruz pulled this ad attacking Marco Rubio after learning Amy Lindsay (pictured) had previously done softcore porn in her past. Ted Cruz pulled this ad attacking Marco Rubio after learning Amy Lindsay (pictured) had previously done softcore porn in her past. Image 1 of / 26 Caption Close Meet Amy Lindsay, the porn actress who starred in a Ted Cruz ad 1 / 26 Back to Gallery

"Maybe, you should vote for more than just a pretty face next time."

That's a line delivered by actress Amy Lindsay in the latest Ted Cruz ad titled "Conservatives Anonymous."

But, it could easily be the Cruz campaign's new mantra for vetting potential cast members after staffers missed a crucial fact: Lindsay is a soft-core porn actress.

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Lindsay — a Houston native who graduated with a journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin — has an extensive history of appearing in pornographic films with titles like "Kinky Sex Club," "Milf," "Carnal Wishes" and "Animal Lust."

A photo posted to the actress' Twitter account shows her posing with famous male porn star Ron Jeremy.

In the ad launched on Thursday, conservative voters open up during a group therapy session about being betrayed by Marco Rubio, Cruz's primary opponent.

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The Cruz campaign yanked the ad, but left its companion website running, late Thursday after The Daily Caller first reported the revelations about Lindsay.

"The actress responded to an open casting call," Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler told Politico. "She passed her audition and got the job. Unfortunately, she was not vetted by the casting company. Had the campaign known of her full filmography, we obviously would not have let her appear in the ad. The campaign is taking the ad down and will replace it with a different commercial."

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Lindsay, who also appeared in non-pornographic movies, voiced disappointment that the campaign pulled the ad in an Instagram post early Friday morning.

"Extremely disappointed the #TedCruz campaign pulled the national television spot I had a role in..." Lindsay said, using the hashtag #myvotecounts.

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The actress told Buzzfeed News that the campaign staffer who hired her didn't know about her background, but earlier said the staffer "absolutely knew everything that I had done."

"I have clearly talked to the filmmakers and stuff and just to be clear, I assumed that they knew, but none of the filmmakers or the casting director knew about my complete filmography in the past that you're talking about, so I was wrong in that statement," Lindsay said.

Lindsay, who told Buzzfeed she identifies as a Christian conservative and Republican, said she's currently choosing whether to support Cruz or his opponent Donald Trump.

The actress told Buzzfeed that she thought it was "cool" that someone who previously appeared in soft-core porn flicks could also star in a Cruz ad.

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