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==Early life==
==Early life==
Grey grew up in a working-class family in [[Sacramento]], California and her mother worked for the state of [[California]].<ref name=lamagazine /> Her parents divorced before Grey finished middle school, and her mother remarried in 2000 when Grey was 12.<ref name=lamagazine /> She attended four high schools before graduating, unhappy in each one.<ref name=lamagazine />
Grey grew up in a working-class family in [[Sacramento]], California and her mother worked for the state of [[California]].<ref name=lamagazine /> Her parents divorced before Grey finished middle school, and her mother remarried in 2000 when Grey was 12.<ref name=lamagazine /> She attended four high schools before graduating, unhappy in each one.<ref name=lamagazine /> In autumn 2005, she attended [[junior college]] and took classes in film, dance, and acting.<ref name=lamagazine /> Grey thought about dancing during college so she wouldn't have to work as much and concentrate on school; but after talking with a few girls who were strippers it no longer appealed to her.<ref name=xrentdvd>{{cite web|url=http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Sasha_Grey.html|title=Inside Sasha Grey|publisher=www.xrentdvd.com}}</ref> She waited tables at a steak house through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.<ref name=lamagazine />
In autumn 2005, she attended [[junior college]] and took classes in film, dance, and acting.<ref name=lamagazine /> Grey contemplated stripping during college so she wouldn't have to work as much, but eventually settled on porn.<ref name=xrentdvd>{{cite web|url=http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Sasha_Grey.html|title=Inside Sasha Grey|publisher=www.xrentdvd.com}}</ref> She waited tables at a steak house through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.<ref name=lamagazine />


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 05:22, 15 June 2009

Template:Female adult bio Sasha Grey (born Marina Ann Hantzis[1] on March 14, 1988, in North Highlands, California)[2] is an award-winning American pornographic actress. She is also active outside of pornography through modeling, acting, and music.[3][4]

Early life

Grey grew up in a working-class family in Sacramento, California and her mother worked for the state of California.[2] Her parents divorced before Grey finished middle school, and her mother remarried in 2000 when Grey was 12.[2] She attended four high schools before graduating, unhappy in each one.[2] In autumn 2005, she attended junior college and took classes in film, dance, and acting.[2] Grey thought about dancing during college so she wouldn't have to work as much and concentrate on school; but after talking with a few girls who were strippers it no longer appealed to her.[5] She waited tables at a steak house through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.[2]

Career

Porn career

In May 2006 Grey moved to Los Angeles and started her career in adult films just after turning 18.[2] Originally she toyed with the name Anna Karina[2] (after the French New Wave actress) before deciding on her present name. The name "Sasha" was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM,[6] and "Grey" represents Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray[7] and the Kinsey scale of sexuality.[6] Her first scene was an orgy with Rocco Siffredi for The Fashionistas 2 by John Stagliano. When she was younger, prior to her video career, she dated a cook at the steak house where she worked, who introduced her to slapping and other kinds of consensual degradation during sex.[2] 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.[2]

Less than a year after entering the industry, in January 2007, Grey was the recipient of awards for "Best Three Way Sex Scene" and "Best Group Scene" at the AVN adult movie awards.[8] She was also nominated as "Best New Starlet", but lost to Naomi.[8] Grey was named Pet of The Month for July 2007[9] and was photographed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson.[10] In 2008, she became the youngest person to win the AVN "Female Performer of the Year" award. [11]

In December 2006, Grey was interviewed on the syndicated entertainment industry news show The Insider. In February 2007, she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, discussing teenagers in the sex industry.[12][13] Grey was profiled in the Rolling Stone "Hot Issue" for the December 2008 edition.[14] And in April 2008 she made a highly publicized visit to Brandeis University for an interview with Los Angeles Times blogger Scott Feinberg followed by a Q&A with 300 students.[15]

Grey represents herself in the adult industry through her own agency, L.A. Factory Girls.[16] while The Spread Group manages her mainstream affairs.[17] Since 2006, she has been developing an autobiographical documentary, illustrating her experiences from the age of 18 to 21.[18]

A. O. Scott of The New York Times described her pornographic career as "distinguished both by the extremity of what she is willing to do and an unusual degree of intellectual seriousness about doing it."[19]

Modeling

After making her name in pornography, Grey has moved into other areas such as modeling.

Grey was featured in the artwork for The Smashing Pumpkins 2007 album Zeitgeist,[20] and appears in their music video "Superchrist". Grey was also featured in the music video for the song "Birthday Girl"[21] by The Roots.

She has modeled for American Apparel and Richard Kern as a part of Vice magazine's anti-fashion layout, and appeared in a three-part VBS program, "Shot by Kern".[22] She also appeared in Taschen’s 25th anniversary reprint of Terry Richardson’s Terryworld.[23] Among other collaborations with Richardson, she has also appeared in Wives, Wheels, Weapons, a companion book to James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning. She has also modeled for artists James Jean, David Choe and Frédéric Poincelet.[24]

Acting

Grey appeared in an episode of James Gunn's PG Porn with James Gunn,[25] as well as a cameo role[26] in Dick Rude's independent film Quit, and stars in [27] the upcoming Canadian low-budget black comedy/horror film Smash Cut from the Ottawa-based Odessa/Zed Filmworks. She plays a TV news personality who goes undercover as an actress in a horror film production, only to discover her older sister's murderer.

Most prominently, she plays the lead in Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh's film The Girlfriend Experience.[28][29] Critics had mixed assessments of Grey's performance. J. Hoberman of The Village Voice writes:

Are we watching an authentic sacred monster playing the part of a cute little chippie—or is it vice versa? (Imagine one performer embodying both the Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider roles in Last Tango in Paris.) Grey isn’t the first porn actress to go straight, but she may be the first to allegorize her own situation—projecting an on-screen self-confidence that’s indistinguishable from pathos.[30]


Conversely, Moira Macdonald of the The Seattle Times writes:

How do you tell the difference between an unskilled actor's flat performance and a skilled actor's realistic performance of an utterly flat character? It can be tricky, but if the question gets raised, the acting's probably to blame.[31]

Music

In 2008, Grey began an industrial music collaboration, called ATelecine, with Pablo St. Francis.[32] Their first EP, AVigillant Carpark, was released by New York label Pendu Sound in 7 inch vinyl only.[33]. She also contributed vocals to the Current 93 album Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain.[34]

Personal life

Fleshbot announced in January 2009 Grey is engaged to her photographer, Ian Cinnamon.[35]

Grey cites Jean-Luc Godard and David Bowie as influences on her life and career.[36] She admires their careers for always reinventing themselves.[37] In having Grey prepare for her role in The Girlfriend Experience, Soderbergh asked her to watch Godard's Vivre sa vie and Pierrot le fou.[38]. Vivre sa vie is about a prostitute who dreams about making it in the movies.[39]

Partial filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
2007 Fuck Slaves Herself  
2008 Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge Maria  
2009 The Girlfriend Experience Christine, alias, Chelsea Rated R (US)
2009 Smash Cut April Carson Now in post production
2009 Quit Mini Mart Clerk #2 Now in post production
2009 James Gunn's PG Porn Tricia Scrotey 1 episode of web series

Awards

  • 2007 AVN Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Fuck Slaves (with Sandra Romain and Manuel Ferrara)[8]
  • 2007 AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene (Video) – Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge[8]
  • 2007 XRCO Award for Best New Starlet[40]
  • 2007 Adultcon Top 20 Adult Actresses[41]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Oral Sex Scene, Video – Babysitters[42]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Female Performer of the Year[42]
  • 2008 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year[43]
  • 2009 XRCO Award for Mainstream Adult Favorite[44]

Notes

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference latimes.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
  3. ^ "The Roots: New videos on the way".
  4. ^ "Review ATelecine". Re-gen Magazine.
  5. ^ "Inside Sasha Grey". www.xrentdvd.com.
  6. ^ a b Adult VOD
  7. ^ Sasha Grey: Your New Girlfriend - BlackBook
  8. ^ a b c d "Past AVN Winners". AVN. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  9. ^ Peter Warren (2007-07-03). "Sasha Grey Crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month". AVN. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  10. ^ "Memo Pad: Really It's Art... Picture This... Its Always L.A.'s Fault..." Women's Wear Daily. WWD.com. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  11. ^ "SashaGreyisastarandnotacrossoverstar".
  12. ^ Peter Warren (2007-02-09). "Commentary: Sasha Grey Goes on 'The Tyra Banks Show'". Adult Video News. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  13. ^ Peter Warren (2006-11-17). "Sasha Grey to Appear on 'Tyra Banks Show'". Adult Video News. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  14. ^ Claire Hoffman. "The Hot List: Hot Porn Star: Sasha Grey". RollingStone.
  15. ^ Max Pearlstein. "Star of Steven Soderbergh's New Film to Visit Campus On April 30". Brandeis University.
  16. ^ Mike Albo (2008-03-14). "Sasha Grey Set to Open LA Factory Girls Agency". AVN. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  17. ^ MySpace.com - The Spread Group - 95 - Vrouw - LOS ANGELES, California - www.myspace.com/thespreadgroup
  18. ^ Peter Warren (2007-02-18). "Sasha Grey Speaks to UCLA Production Class". AVN. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  19. ^ A.O. Scott, "'Tis Pity She's a Brand," New York Times, May 22, 2009. [1] Access date: May 23, 2009.
  20. ^ Ray (2007-07-21). "Sasha Grey On Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist'". Porn Valley News. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  21. ^ The Roots » Sasha Grey
  22. ^ "Shot By Kern".
  23. ^ "Terryworld".
  24. ^ "Sasha Grey Strikes New Poses". {{cite web}}: Text "author:David Sullivan" ignored (help)
  25. ^ David Sullivan (2008-09-26). "James Gunn Casts XXX Stars in 'PG Porn'". AVN. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  26. ^ Quit (2009)
  27. ^ Smash Cut Casts Sasha Grey | The Movie Blog
  28. ^ David Sullivan (2008-10-14). "Sasha Grey Stars in Steven Soderbergh Feature". AVN. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  29. ^ Mike Flaherty (2008-10-15). "Porn star cast in Soderbergh film". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  30. ^ J. Hoberman, "Soderbergh's Girlfriend Experience Porn-Star Is a True Character", Village Voice, April 28, 2009. [2] Access date: April 29, 2009.
  31. ^ M. Macdonald, "'The Girlfriend Experience': Soderbergh's sketch of a movie", "Seattle Times", May 21, 2009. [3] Access date: May 23, 2009.
  32. ^ Ilker Yücel, ReGen Magazine, November 23, 2008. [4] Access date: January 16, 2009.
  33. ^ Atelecine is Sasha Grey and Pablo St Francis
  34. ^ Current 93 - Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
  35. ^ "Fleshbot: Engagement". Fleshbot.
  36. ^ "HustlerWorld interview: Sasha Grey". hustlerworld.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  37. ^ Katey Rich (2009-04-29). "Tribeca Interview: Girlfriend Experience Star Sasha Grey". cinemablend.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  38. ^ G. Allen Johnson (2009-05-21). "Q&A with Sasha Grey". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  39. ^ Ben Kenigsberg (2009-05-14). "Film Review: My Life to Live". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  40. ^ Tod Hunter (2007-04-06). "Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  41. ^ "Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll". XBiz. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  42. ^ a b Jared Rutter (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  43. ^ "XRCO Announceds 2008 Award Winners". Adult Video News. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  44. ^ "2009 XRCO Award Winners Announced". Adult Video News. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

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