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==Personal life and additional projects==
==Personal life and additional projects==
Grey has expressed a strong interest in [[existentialism]] while posing the question "how many 18 year-old porn stars are existentialist?"<ref name=VBS /> She is one half of the experimental music/art project known as aTelecine. Their first (vinyl only) e.p, aVigillant Carpark, will be released November 2008 from New York based label Pendu Sound.<ref>[http://www.psr.pendugallery.com/atelecine/ Atelecine is Sasha Grey and Pablo St Francis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Since 2006 she has been developing a documentary that illustrates her experience from the age of 18 to 21 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avn.com/video/articles/7471.html|title=Sasha Grey Speaks to UCLA Production Class|accessdate=2007-03-30|author=Peter Warren|date=2007-02-18|publisher=AVN}}</ref> She cites either [[Jean-Luc Godard]] and [[David Bowie]] as the biggest influences on her life and career.<ref name="HustlerWorld>{{cite web | title =HustlerWorld interview: Sasha Grey | publisher = hustlerworld.com| url =http://master.hustlerworld.com/news/2008/05/hustlerworld_interview_sasha_g_1.html | accessdate =2008-10-08 }}</ref> Grey represents herself in the adult industry through her own agency L.A. Factory Girls,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://avn.com/video/articles/4756.html|title= Sasha Grey Set to Open LA Factory Girls Agency|accessdate= 2008-11-11|author= Mike Albo|date= 2008-03-14|publisher= AVN}}</ref> while The Spread Group<ref>[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=317774727 MySpace.com - The Spread Group - 95 - Vrouw - LOS ANGELES, California - www.myspace.com/thespreadgroup<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> manages her mainstream affairs.
Grey has expressed a strong interest in [[existentialism]] while posing the question "how many 18 year-old porn stars are existentialist?"<ref name=VBS /> She is one half of the experimental music/art project known as aTelecine. Their first (7 inch vinyl only) e.p, aVigillant Carpark, was released 12/2008 from New York based label Pendu Sound.<ref>[http://www.psr.pendugallery.com/atelecine/ Atelecine is Sasha Grey and Pablo St Francis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Since 2006 she has been developing a documentary that illustrates her experience from the age of 18 to 21 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avn.com/video/articles/7471.html|title=Sasha Grey Speaks to UCLA Production Class|accessdate=2007-03-30|author=Peter Warren|date=2007-02-18|publisher=AVN}}</ref> She cites either [[Jean-Luc Godard]] and [[David Bowie]] as the biggest influences on her life and career.<ref name="HustlerWorld>{{cite web | title =HustlerWorld interview: Sasha Grey | publisher = hustlerworld.com| url =http://master.hustlerworld.com/news/2008/05/hustlerworld_interview_sasha_g_1.html | accessdate =2008-10-08 }}</ref> Grey represents herself in the adult industry through her own agency L.A. Factory Girls,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://avn.com/video/articles/4756.html|title= Sasha Grey Set to Open LA Factory Girls Agency|accessdate= 2008-11-11|author= Mike Albo|date= 2008-03-14|publisher= AVN}}</ref> while The Spread Group<ref>[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=317774727 MySpace.com - The Spread Group - 95 - Vrouw - LOS ANGELES, California - www.myspace.com/thespreadgroup<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> manages her mainstream affairs.


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 07:35, 17 December 2008

Template:Female adult bio Sasha Grey (born March 14, 1988, in Sacramento, California)[1] is the stage name of an award winning American porn star, film and stage actor, writer, photographer, performance/transgressive artist [2] and experimental musician.[3] Originally she toyed with the name Anna Karina[4] (the name of Jean-Luc Godard's ex-wife) before deciding on her present name. She has stated the name "Grey" represents Oscar Wilde’s novel Dorian Grey[5] and the Kinsey scale of sexuality.[6]

Biography

Grey attended Highlands High in North Highlands, California where she held a 3.8 grade average[7] but was later home schooled. Her restless upbringing drew her to adopt an interest in the arts ranging from books, music, acting, writing and experimental performance art, primarily theater, in which she first started at the age of 12 in 2000. In 2003 she joined the Actors Theater of Sacramento and took an acting class (taught by writer/actor Anthony D'Juan) which further inspired her newfound talents. In 2005, while still in high school she landed a role in the experimental (unreleased) film Love Thieves. She graduated high school a year early and, rather than attending her graduation ceremony, she appeared in yet another unreleased experimental film named Unknown Pleasures (Grey also co-wrote and produced the film). While making her rounds in the world of experimental film she bussed tables and attended college, all while researching the adult industry.[4]

In May of 2006 Grey moved to Los Angeles and started her career in adult films just after turning 18.[4] Her first scene was an orgy with Rocco Siffredi for The Fashionistas 2 by John Stagliano. It has been reported she "shocked" her fellow performer by requesting to be punched in the stomach during fellatio.[4] Though Grey does not deny saying this, she emphasizes the request was "an exercise in improvisational fantasy." This resonates to what Grey once wrote in regards to herself as a person and as an artist: "I wanted to express my sexuality as a strong woman, to push my own boundaries and see which part of my psyche would take me to my next euphoric sexual experience."[8] Nearly six months after entering the adult industry Grey was featured in the November 2006 edition of Los Angeles where she was flagged as a potential major star, perhaps the next Jenna Jameson,[4] making her one of the fastest rising stars in adult film history.

In December 2006 she interviewed on the syndicated entertainment industry news show The Insider. In February 2007 Grey appeared on The Tyra Banks Show to participate in the topic of teenagers in the sex industry. She later claimed through her own blog and YouTube that the televised interview represented her poorly and the show's staff changed her clothing and hairstyle to make her appear younger, which became the target of criticism by Tyra Banks for Grey's choice to go into adult film.[9] On the show, Banks expressed her theory that there had to be a "reason" related to abuse that caused Grey to make the choice of pornography despite Grey's insistence that entering the adult industry was a calculated career choice. Banks described Grey's disposition as "...cold, distant and hard," although she thanked Grey for attending the show.[10] In an interview Grey stated: "Despite the controversy that surrounds this industry, I felt I could ultimately bring an enigmatic quality to it. I decided that if my instinct continued to push me toward the reality of this, and the dissatisfaction with my education continued, I would seize the opportunity on my own."[8]

Less than a year after entering the industry (January 2007) Grey was the recipient of awards for Best Three Way Sex Scene and Best Group Scene at the prestigious AVN adult movie awards. The following May she was also presented with the Best New Starlet award by the X Rated Critics Organization. She was named Pet of The Month for July 2007[11] (the spread is considered to be a radical change for the magazine as it was photographed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson) and also appeared in a 2008 re-print of Terryworld. Among other collaborations with Richardson she was also appeared in Wives, Wheels, Weapons[12] (a companion book to James Frey’s Bright Shiny Morning).

Grey is featured as part of the art work for The Smashing Pumpkins 2007 album Zeitgeist,[13] and appears in their 2008 music video "Superchrist". In 2007 she starred in (and suggested the title for) the movie Broken,[14] directed by Dave Navarro. Grey was also featured in the music video for the song "Birthday Girl",[15] by the Roots and has modeled for American Apparel and Richard Kern for Vice Anti-fashion spread and appeared in a three part VBS program, "Shot by Kern".[8] Grey contributed vocals to Lee "Scratch" Perry's 2008 album Repentance[16], on the track "Pum Pum." Her appeal has reached many spectrums including the fine art world, as she has modeled for artists James Jean and David Choe, while also inspiring French artist Frédéric Poincelet for countless sketches in his ongoing work with Frederic Magazine, in addition to a two page spread with the renound Liberation magazine in France[12]

She is featured in the series PG Porn by James Gunn,[17] as well as a cameo role[18] in Dick Rude's independent film Quit which demonstrates Grey's work outside of pornography, and stars in [19] the upcoming Canadian low-budget black comedy/horror film Smash Cut from the Ottawa based Odessa/Zed Filmworks, where she plays a TV news personality who goes undercover as an actress in a horror film only to discover the killer of her older sister.

In 2008 she became the youngest person to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year award.

In October 2008, it was reported that Steven Soderbergh has cast her as the lead actress for his upcoming film entitled The Girlfriend Experience.[20][21] Grey was profiled in the Rolling Stone "Hot Issue" for the December 2008 edition.[22]

Personal life and additional projects

Grey has expressed a strong interest in existentialism while posing the question "how many 18 year-old porn stars are existentialist?"[8] She is one half of the experimental music/art project known as aTelecine. Their first (7 inch vinyl only) e.p, aVigillant Carpark, was released 12/2008 from New York based label Pendu Sound.[23] Since 2006 she has been developing a documentary that illustrates her experience from the age of 18 to 21 [24] She cites either Jean-Luc Godard and David Bowie as the biggest influences on her life and career.[25] Grey represents herself in the adult industry through her own agency L.A. Factory Girls,[26] while The Spread Group[27] manages her mainstream affairs.

Awards

  • 2007 AVN Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Fuck Slaves (with Sandra Romain and Manuel Ferrara)[28]
  • 2007 AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene (Video) – Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge[28]
  • 2007 XRCO Award for Best New Starlet[29]
  • 2007 Adultcon Top 20 Adult Actresses[30]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Oral Sex Scene, Video – Babysitters[31]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Female Performer of the Year[31]
  • 2008 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year
  • 2009 AVN Best Actress nomination, for The Last Rose[32]

References

  1. ^ Matthew Craggs (2008-01-31). "A Star is Porn". Sacramento News & Review. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  2. ^ "The Roots: New videos on the way".
  3. ^ "Review ATelecine". Re-gen Magazine.
  4. ^ a b c d e Dave Gardetta (2006-11-01). "The teenager & the porn star: will 18-year-old Sasha Grey become the adult film industry's next Jenna Jameson?". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  5. ^ http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/sasha-grey-the-girlfriend-experience/4558. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ http://vod.adultemart.com/dispatcher/starDetail?starId=29452&theaterId=40407. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ A Star is Porn
  8. ^ a b c d "Shot By Kern".
  9. ^ YouTube - Sasha Grey on Sasha Grey the Tyra Show
  10. ^ YouTube - Pt 1 Porn Star Sasha Grey on Tyra Banks Show (Posted for discussion. Please share your comments.)
  11. ^ Peter Warren (2007-07-03). "Sasha Grey Crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month". AVN. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  12. ^ a b "Sasha Grey Strikes New Poses". {{cite web}}: Text "author:David Sullivan" ignored (help)
  13. ^ Ray (2007-07-21). "Sasha Grey On Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist'". Porn Valley News. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  14. ^ Joanne Cachapero (2007-08-17). "Rock Star Dave Navarro Directs for Teravision". XBIZ. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  15. ^ The Roots » Sasha Grey
  16. ^ Narnack Records - Artist: Lee Scratch Perry
  17. ^ David Sullivan (2008-09-26). "James Gunn Casts XXX Stars in 'PG Porn'". AVN. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  18. ^ Quit (2009)
  19. ^ Smash Cut Casts Sasha Grey | The Movie Blog
  20. ^ David Sullivan (2008-10-14). "Sasha Grey Stars in Steven Soderbergh Feature". AVN. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  21. ^ Mike Flaherty (2008-10-15). "Porn star cast in Soderbergh film". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  22. ^ Claire Hoffman. "The Hot List: Hot Porn Star: Sasha Grey". RollingStone.
  23. ^ Atelecine is Sasha Grey and Pablo St Francis
  24. ^ Peter Warren (2007-02-18). "Sasha Grey Speaks to UCLA Production Class". AVN. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  25. ^ "HustlerWorld interview: Sasha Grey". hustlerworld.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  26. ^ Mike Albo (2008-03-14). "Sasha Grey Set to Open LA Factory Girls Agency". AVN. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  27. ^ MySpace.com - The Spread Group - 95 - Vrouw - LOS ANGELES, California - www.myspace.com/thespreadgroup
  28. ^ a b "2007 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  29. ^ Tod Hunter (2007-04-06). "Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  30. ^ "Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll". XBiz. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  31. ^ a b Jared Rutter (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  32. ^ "2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards Nominations" (PDF). AVN. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

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