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Grey played the lead role, "Chelsea", an [[call girl|escort]] who is paid to act as her clients' girlfriend, in [[Academy Award]]-winning director [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s film ''[[The Girlfriend Experience]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/32834.html|title= Sasha Grey Stars in Steven Soderbergh Feature|last=Sullivan|first=David|work=AVN|date=October 14, 2008|accessdate=October 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994052.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|title= Porn star cast in Soderbergh film|accessdate=October 17, 2008|author=Mike Flaherty|date=October 15, 2008|work=Variety}}</ref> Soderbergh cast her after reading the article<ref name="lamagazine" /> profiling her in ''Los Angeles'' magazine, commenting that, "She's kind of a new breed, I think. She doesn't really fit the typical mold of someone who goes into the adult film business...I'd never heard anybody talk about the business the way that she talked about it."<ref>Scott Macaulay, "Stimulus Package", ''Filmmaker'', Spring 2009, vol. 17, #3, p. 49</ref> In having Grey prepare for her role in ''The Girlfriend Experience'', Soderbergh asked her to watch [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Vivre sa vie]]'' and ''[[Pierrot le fou]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/21/NSBD17NL54.DTL|title=Q&A with Sasha Grey|last=G. Allen Johnson|date=May 21, 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|accessdate=June 4, 2009}}</ref> ''Vivre sa vie'' concerns prostitution, while the relationship portrayed in ''Pierrot le fou'' was suggested as a model for the dynamic between Chelsea and her boyfriend and clients.<ref name="fm">Scott Macaulay, "Stimulus Package", ''Filmmaker'', Spring 2009, vol. 17, #3, p. 50</ref> Grey and Soderbergh also interviewed two escorts, and borrowed character traits and behavior from them.<ref name="fm"/> Critics had mixed assessments of Grey's performance.<ref>J. Hoberman. [http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-04-29/film/soderbergh-s-girlfriend-experience-porn-star-is-a-true-character/ "Soderbergh's ''Girlfriend Experience'' Porn-Star Is a True Character"]. ''Village Voice''. April 28, 2009. Accessed April 29, 2009.</ref><ref>Roger Ebert, [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090520/REVIEWS/905209991 The Girlfriend Experience]. ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]''. May 20, 2009. Accessed May 29, 2009.</ref><ref>M. Macdonald, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2009248116_mr22girlfriend.html "'The Girlfriend Experience': Soderbergh's sketch of a movie"], "Seattle Times", May 21, 2009. Accessed May 23, 2009.</ref><ref>D. Denby, [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/09/21/090921crci_cinema_denby "Young Romantics"]. ''[[The New Yorker]]''. September 21, 2009, at p. 98. Accessed September 21, 2009.</ref>
Grey played the lead role, "Chelsea", an [[call girl|escort]] who is paid to act as her clients' girlfriend, in [[Academy Award]]-winning director [[Steven Soderbergh]]'s film ''[[The Girlfriend Experience]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://business.avn.com/articles/32834.html|title= Sasha Grey Stars in Steven Soderbergh Feature|last=Sullivan|first=David|work=AVN|date=October 14, 2008|accessdate=October 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994052.html?categoryid=13&cs=1|title= Porn star cast in Soderbergh film|accessdate=October 17, 2008|author=Mike Flaherty|date=October 15, 2008|work=Variety}}</ref> Soderbergh cast her after reading the article<ref name="lamagazine" /> profiling her in ''Los Angeles'' magazine, commenting that, "She's kind of a new breed, I think. She doesn't really fit the typical mold of someone who goes into the adult film business...I'd never heard anybody talk about the business the way that she talked about it."<ref>Scott Macaulay, "Stimulus Package", ''Filmmaker'', Spring 2009, vol. 17, #3, p. 49</ref> In having Grey prepare for her role in ''The Girlfriend Experience'', Soderbergh asked her to watch [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Vivre sa vie]]'' and ''[[Pierrot le fou]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/21/NSBD17NL54.DTL|title=Q&A with Sasha Grey|last=G. Allen Johnson|date=May 21, 2009|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|accessdate=June 4, 2009}}</ref> ''Vivre sa vie'' concerns prostitution, while the relationship portrayed in ''Pierrot le fou'' was suggested as a model for the dynamic between Chelsea and her boyfriend and clients.<ref name="fm">Scott Macaulay, "Stimulus Package", ''Filmmaker'', Spring 2009, vol. 17, #3, p. 50</ref> Grey and Soderbergh also interviewed two escorts, and borrowed character traits and behavior from them.<ref name="fm"/> Critics had mixed assessments of Grey's performance.<ref>J. Hoberman. [http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-04-29/film/soderbergh-s-girlfriend-experience-porn-star-is-a-true-character/ "Soderbergh's ''Girlfriend Experience'' Porn-Star Is a True Character"]. ''Village Voice''. April 28, 2009. Accessed April 29, 2009.</ref><ref>Roger Ebert, [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090520/REVIEWS/905209991 The Girlfriend Experience]. ''[[Chicago Sun Times]]''. May 20, 2009. Accessed May 29, 2009.</ref><ref>M. Macdonald, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2009248116_mr22girlfriend.html "'The Girlfriend Experience': Soderbergh's sketch of a movie"], "Seattle Times", May 21, 2009. Accessed May 23, 2009.</ref><ref>D. Denby, [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2009/09/21/090921crci_cinema_denby "Young Romantics"]. ''[[The New Yorker]]''. September 21, 2009, at p. 98. Accessed September 21, 2009.</ref>


Grey was cast for the seventh season of the [[HBO]] show ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'', where she played a fictionalized version of herself. Her character was [[Vincent Chase]]'s new girlfriend in a multi-episode arc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/07/sasha-grey-entourage/ |title=Porn star Sasha Grey to play Vince's girlfriend on 'Entourage' |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 7, 2010 |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref> Grey co-starred alongside [[Thomas Jane]], [[Carla Gugino]], [[Jeremy Piven]] and [[Rob Lowe]] in the thriller ''[[I Melt with You (film)|I Melt With You]]'' which premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2011.<ref>{{IMDb title|1691920|I Melt with You}}</ref> She then starred in the Indonesian film ''Shrouded Corpse Bathing While Hip-Shaking''. The film premiered in Indonesia on April 28, 2011.<ref>[http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/another-indonesian-film-to-feature-international-porn-star/435085 Another Indonesian Film to Feature International Porn Star]. The Jakarta Globe. April 12, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.</ref> She subsequently starred in the French film ''Life'', which was released on DVD in France on August 10, 2011, and voiced the character Viola DeWynter in the 2011 video game ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]'', which was released in November 2011. In 2013, she appeared alongside [[Mariya Ocher]] in the German documentary series ''[[Durch die Nacht mit ...]]'', their episode airing on German and French television on December 7, 2013.<ref>[http://www.arte.tv/de/durch-die-nacht-mit-sasha-grey-und-mary-ocher/6633644,CmC=7708220.html ]{{dead link|date=November 2015}}</ref>
Grey was cast for the seventh season of the [[HBO]] show ''[[Entourage (TV series)|Entourage]]'', where she played a fictionalized version of herself. Her character was [[Vincent Chase]]'s new girlfriend in a multi-episode arc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/07/sasha-grey-entourage/ |title=Porn star Sasha Grey to play Vince's girlfriend on 'Entourage' |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 7, 2010 |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref> Grey co-starred alongside [[Thomas Jane]], [[Carla Gugino]], [[Jeremy Piven]] and [[Rob Lowe]] in the thriller ''[[I Melt with You (film)|I Melt With You]]'' which premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January 2011.<ref>{{IMDb title|1691920|I Melt with You}}</ref> She then starred in the Indonesian film ''Shrouded Corpse Bathing While Hip-Shaking''. The film premiered in Indonesia on April 28, 2011.<ref>[http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/another-indonesian-film-to-feature-international-porn-star/435085 Another Indonesian Film to Feature International Porn Star]. The Jakarta Globe. April 12, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2011.</ref> She subsequently starred in the French film ''Life'', which was released on DVD in France on August 10, 2011, and voiced the character Viola DeWynter in the 2011 video game ''[[Saints Row: The Third]]'', which was released in November 2011. In 2013, she appeared alongside [[Mariya Ocher]] in the German documentary series ''[[Durch die Nacht mit ...]]'', their episode airing on German and French television on December 7, 2013.<ref>[http://www.arte.tv/de/durch-die-nacht-mit-sasha-grey-und-mary-ocher/6633644,CmC=7708220.html ] {{wayback|url=http://www.arte.tv/de/durch-die-nacht-mit-sasha-grey-und-mary-ocher/6633644,CmC=7708220.html |date=20131203095841 }}</ref>


In February 2011, she appeared in the music video for [[Eminem]]'s song "[[Space Bound]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658323/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound.jhtml |title=Eminem Shoots 'Space Bound' Video With Porn Star Sasha Grey|publisher=[[MTV News]]|accessdate=February 18, 2011|date=February 18, 2011|author=Jayson Rodriguez}}</ref> Grey plays the role of Eminem's girlfriend, whom Eminem strangles only to realize she is just a figment of his imagination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666453/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound-video.jhtml |title= Eminem Co-Star Sasha Grey Interprets Suicidal 'Space Bound' Video |publisher=MTV |date=June 27, 2011 |accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref> The video was premiered on [[Vevo]] on June 27, 2011. Previously, she appeared in the music video for the 2008 song "Birthday Girl" by [[The Roots]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.okayplayer.com/theroots/tag/sasha-grey/ |title=The Roots "Sasha Grey |publisher=Blogs.okayplayer.com |date=April 9, 2008 |accessdate=April 18, 2010}}</ref> She also is featured in the artwork for [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] 2007 album ''[[Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Zeitgeist]]''<ref name="zeitgeist">{{cite web| author=Ray | url=http://www.pornvalleynews.com/home/archives/2007/07/sasha_grey_on_p.html | title=Sasha Grey on Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist'|publisher=Porn Valley News|date=July 21, 2007|accessdate=December 21, 2007}}</ref> and appears in the music video for their song "[[Superchrist]]".<ref name="superchrist">{{cite web|url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=29097011 |title=Featured Content on Myspace |publisher=Vids.myspace.com |date= |accessdate=2015-11-14}}</ref>
In February 2011, she appeared in the music video for [[Eminem]]'s song "[[Space Bound]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658323/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound.jhtml |title=Eminem Shoots 'Space Bound' Video With Porn Star Sasha Grey|publisher=[[MTV News]]|accessdate=February 18, 2011|date=February 18, 2011|author=Jayson Rodriguez}}</ref> Grey plays the role of Eminem's girlfriend, whom Eminem strangles only to realize she is just a figment of his imagination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666453/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound-video.jhtml |title= Eminem Co-Star Sasha Grey Interprets Suicidal 'Space Bound' Video |publisher=MTV |date=June 27, 2011 |accessdate=June 27, 2011}}</ref> The video was premiered on [[Vevo]] on June 27, 2011. Previously, she appeared in the music video for the 2008 song "Birthday Girl" by [[The Roots]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.okayplayer.com/theroots/tag/sasha-grey/ |title=The Roots "Sasha Grey |publisher=Blogs.okayplayer.com |date=April 9, 2008 |accessdate=April 18, 2010}}</ref> She also is featured in the artwork for [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] 2007 album ''[[Zeitgeist (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Zeitgeist]]''<ref name="zeitgeist">{{cite web| author=Ray | url=http://www.pornvalleynews.com/home/archives/2007/07/sasha_grey_on_p.html | title=Sasha Grey on Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist'|publisher=Porn Valley News|date=July 21, 2007|accessdate=December 21, 2007}}</ref> and appears in the music video for their song "[[Superchrist]]".<ref name="superchrist">{{cite web|url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=29097011 |title=Featured Content on Myspace |publisher=Vids.myspace.com |date= |accessdate=2015-11-14}}</ref>

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Sasha Grey
Grey at the 27th AVN Awards Show in January 2010
Born
Marina Ann Hantzis

(1988-03-14) March 14, 1988 (age 36)
North Highlands, California, U.S.
Other namesAnna Karina, Sascha Grey, Sasha Gray
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1]
Websitewww.SashaGrey.com

Sasha Grey (born Marina Ann Hantzis;[4] March 14, 1988) is an American actress, model, author, musician[5][6] and former pornographic actress.[7][8] She first made her name in mainstream media after appearing on several popular television programs and in pop culture magazines, examining her willingness to enter the world of hardcore porn at a young age.[9][10] She has also been featured in movies, television shows, music videos and advertising campaigns.[11][12] She won numerous awards for her work in pornography between 2007 and 2010, including the Female Performer of the Year at the 2008 AVN Awards.

After her feature film debut as the lead in Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience (2009), Grey shifted her focus to mainstream acting.[8] She starred in the black comedy horror film Smash Cut (2009) and played a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the seventh season of the HBO series Entourage. She has also appeared in independent films such as I Melt with You and Open Windows. She is a former member of aTelecine, an industrial music band.[6][13][14]

Background

Grey was born and raised in North Highlands, California, to a working-class family. Her mother worked for the state of California, while her father was a mechanic.[9] She is of English, Greek, Irish and Polish descent.[2] Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and she was subsequently raised by her mother, who remarried in 2000. Her father died in June 2015.[15]

Grey attended four high schools, among them Highlands High, having been unhappy in each one,[9] though she graduated a year early at the age of 17.[16] In late 2005, she attended Sacramento City College[17] and took classes in film, dance, and acting.[9] She waited tables at a steakhouse through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.[9]

Grey states that her parents were not happy with her involvement in the adult industry, but that they are on good terms nonetheless.[18]

Career

Grey at Exxxotica in 2009

In May 2006, Grey moved to Los Angeles and began appearing in adult films just after turning 18.[9] Originally she toyed with the name Anna Karina,[9] taken after the French New Wave actress, before deciding on her present name. The name "Sasha" was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM,[19] and "Grey" represents Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.[20] Her first scene was an orgy with Rocco Siffredi for The Fashionistas 2 by John Stagliano. Grey quickly made a name for herself in the business after she asked Siffredi to punch her in the stomach; however, she later stated that she was improvising and it was taken out of context.[21]

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.[22] She was also nominated as "Best New Starlet", but lost to Naomi.[22] Grey was named Penthouse's Pet of The Month for July 2007[23] and was photographed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson.[24]

In 2008, she became the youngest person to win the AVN "Female Performer of the Year" award[25] and "Best Oral Sex Scene".[26] Grey formerly represented herself in the adult industry through her own agency, L.A. Factory Girls.[27]

Grey has indicated particular appreciation for the work of Andrew Blake and Kimberly Kane.[28] 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."[29] In 2009, she was voted number #1 on Genesis magazine's 11th annual edition of its "Porn's Hot 100" issue[30][31]

Appearances

Less than 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.[9] In December 2006, Grey was interviewed on the syndicated entertainment industry news program The Insider.

In February 2007, she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show, discussing teenagers in the sex industry. There was speculation that the show was heavily manipulated through editing, and did not include her defense of pornography as a career choice. The show was also criticized for twisting Grey's depiction to increase its dramatic value.[32][33]

Grey was profiled in the Rolling Stone "Hot Issue" for the December 2008 edition.[34]

In 2011, she was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn.[35] CNBC noted that, while she is no longer acting in porn films, her current mainstream roles have kept interest in her earlier porn work high, and several companies continue to release compilations of it.[3] Grey filmed her last pornographic movie at age 21, although she did not announce her retirement for some time after, realizing that many of her fans still believed her to be an active performer in the industry.[36] On April 8, 2011, she officially announced her retirement from adult films on Facebook.[37]

Advocacy

Grey has been an advocate for the adult industry and defended her choice to be a porn actress. In a March 2014 interview, she spoke in defense of the industry and on behalf of outed Duke University student turned porn star, Belle Knox.[38]

Modeling

She has modeled for French fashion designer Max Azria's ready to wear line Manoukian,[39][40] Italian footwear brand Forfex for an international campaign,[12] and American Apparel. She's modeled for Richard Kern as a part of Vice magazine's anti-fashion layout, and appeared in a three-part VBS program, "Shot by Kern".[41] She also appeared in Taschen's 25th anniversary reprint of Terry Richardson's Terryworld.[42] 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, Frédéric Poincelet,[43] Zak Smith,[44] and David Choe.[45]

Grey has appeared in Playboy twice, first in a December 2009 pictorial, and then for the cover feature in October 2010.[8][46][47] In January 2010, Grey appeared nude in an ad campaign for PETA advocating animal birth control.[48] In February 2010, Grey stated in a PETA interview, "I think spaying and neutering is incredibly important. ... [I]t keeps the animals out of the shelters, and there's too many unwanted animals out there already".[49]

Acting

Grey signing autographs in 2013

Grey appeared in an episode of James Gunn's PG Porn with James Gunn,[50] as well as a cameo role[51] in Dick Rude's independent film Quit, and stars in[52] the 2009 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. In March 2010, Grey was cast as an anti-sex Christian in the horror film Hallows, directed by Richard O'Sullivan.[53]

Grey played the lead role, "Chelsea", an escort who is paid to act as her clients' girlfriend, in Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh's film The Girlfriend Experience.[54][55] Soderbergh cast her after reading the article[9] profiling her in Los Angeles magazine, commenting that, "She's kind of a new breed, I think. She doesn't really fit the typical mold of someone who goes into the adult film business...I'd never heard anybody talk about the business the way that she talked about it."[56] In having Grey prepare for her role in The Girlfriend Experience, Soderbergh asked her to watch Jean-Luc Godard's Vivre sa vie and Pierrot le fou.[57] Vivre sa vie concerns prostitution, while the relationship portrayed in Pierrot le fou was suggested as a model for the dynamic between Chelsea and her boyfriend and clients.[28] Grey and Soderbergh also interviewed two escorts, and borrowed character traits and behavior from them.[28] Critics had mixed assessments of Grey's performance.[58][59][60][61]

Grey was cast for the seventh season of the HBO show Entourage, where she played a fictionalized version of herself. Her character was Vincent Chase's new girlfriend in a multi-episode arc.[62] Grey co-starred alongside Thomas Jane, Carla Gugino, Jeremy Piven and Rob Lowe in the thriller I Melt With You which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011.[63] She then starred in the Indonesian film Shrouded Corpse Bathing While Hip-Shaking. The film premiered in Indonesia on April 28, 2011.[64] She subsequently starred in the French film Life, which was released on DVD in France on August 10, 2011, and voiced the character Viola DeWynter in the 2011 video game Saints Row: The Third, which was released in November 2011. In 2013, she appeared alongside Mariya Ocher in the German documentary series Durch die Nacht mit ..., their episode airing on German and French television on December 7, 2013.[65]

In February 2011, she appeared in the music video for Eminem's song "Space Bound".[66] Grey plays the role of Eminem's girlfriend, whom Eminem strangles only to realize she is just a figment of his imagination.[67] The video was premiered on Vevo on June 27, 2011. Previously, she appeared in the music video for the 2008 song "Birthday Girl" by The Roots.[68] She also is featured in the artwork for The Smashing Pumpkins 2007 album Zeitgeist[11] and appears in the music video for their song "Superchrist".[69]

Music

In 2008, Grey began an industrial music collaboration, called aTelecine, with Pablo St. Francis.[6] They later added members Anthony D' Juan and Ian Cinnamon.[13] Their first EP, aVigillant Carpark, was released in 2009 by New York label Pendu Sound on 7-inch vinyl only.[13] Grey also contributed vocals to the Current 93 album Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain.[70] She also regularly performs as a DJ in the US and Canada.[71] In 2010, aTelecine released their first LP, ...And Six Dark Hours Pass, and in November of the same year followed it up with the LP A Cassette Tape Culture.[72] In August 9, 2011, aTelecine's first full-length album, The Falcon and the Pod, was released; this album is the first of a planned trilogy.[73][74] In addition to her work with Eminem, Grey is listed by Narnack Records website as a guest artist on Repentance,[75] the 54th studio album by Grammy-winning[75][76] reggae and dub icon[75][77] Lee "Scratch" Perry, though Perry himself denied her involvement in a 2009 interview.[77]

aTelecine's first live concert took place on October 20, 2012, in Kraków at the Museum of Urban Engineering during Unsound Festival.[78]

In July 2013, it was announced that Grey was no longer a member of the group and that Ian Cinnamon and new vocalist, Sveio, were the only remaining full-time members.[14]

In August 2015, it was announced by the psytrance band Infected Mushroom that Sasha Grey's vocals would be featured in their upcoming album Converting Vegetarians II in the track Fields of Grey.[79]

Books

Grey's first photo book, Neü Sex, was released on March 29, 2011.[80][81][82] Her second book, The Juliette Society, an erotic novel, was released on May 9, 2013.[83]

Personal life

Grey identifies herself as bisexual and is a smoker.[84][85] She was reported in a 2009 Rolling Stone interview as being engaged to filmmaker Ian Cinnamon.[86] However, on August 2014, she was granted a restraining order against ex-boyfriend Cinnamon after it was alleged that he abused her for years and pressured her to enter the adult movie business. The Los Angeles County judge sided with Grey; Cinnamon must stay 200 yards away from her.[87][88][89]

Controversies

School reading

In November 2011, Grey participated in the Guest Reading Program at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California. Reportedly, her involvement in such activity was first denied to the media by school officials. Parents were upset that a former pornographic actress would read to their children as part of an education program. She responded to the controversy by stating, "I believe education is a universal right. I committed to this program with the understanding that people would have their own opinions about what I have done, who I am, and what I represent."[90][91][92] Grey also appeared on the American talk show The View, where she explained that she thought the parents should have been given prior notice of the identity of anyone who did guest reading, and that if parents had objected to her, she would not have done it.[93]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2007 Homo Erectus Cavegirl
2008 9to5 – Days in Porn Herself
2009 The Girlfriend Experience Chelsea / Christine Brown
Smash Cut April Carson
2010 Quit Mini-mart clerk
2011 I Melt With You Raven
Skinny Dip Holly Haven
2012 The Girl from the Naked Eye Lena
Would You Rather Amy
2014 Open Windows Jill Goddard
The Scribbler Bunny

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Porn: Business of Pleasure Herself CNBC TV Documentary
2010 Entourage Herself 6 episodes
2013 Durch die Nacht mit ... Herself 1 episode

Music Videos

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Birthday Girl Birthday Girl The Roots video
Superchrist Dancer The Smashing Pumpkins video
2011 Space Bound Girl Eminem video
2014 Toxic Villainess David J video

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2009 James Gunn's PG Porn Tricia Scrotey Episode: "Roadside Ass-istance"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Saints Row: The Third Viola DeWynter Voice
2015 Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell Viola DeWynter Voice

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Sasha Grey
Year Event Award Film Co-winners
2007 AVN Award Best Three-Way Sex Scene Fuck Slaves Sandra Romain & Manuel Ferrara
AVN Award Best Group Sex Scene – Video Fashionistas Safado Flower Tucci, Christian XXX, Erik Everhard, Belladonna, Jewell Marceau, Chris Charming, Gianna, Jean Val Jean, Melissa Lauren, Voodoo, Marie Luv, Adrianna Nicole, Caroline Pierce, Jenna Haze, Nicole Sheridan, Mr. Pete, Sandra Romain
XRCO Awards New Starlet — —
2008 AVN Award Best Oral Sex Scene, Video[94] Babysitters —
AVN Award Female Performer of the Year — —
XRCO Awards Female Performer of the Year — —
2009 XRCO Awards Mainstream Adult Media Favorite — —
2010 AVN Award Best Anal Sex Scene Anal Cavity Search 6 Erik Everhard
AVN Award Best Oral Sex Scene Throat: A Cautionary Tale —
AVN Award Crossover Star of the Year — —
FAME Awards Favorite Oral Starlet — —
XBIZ Awards Crossover Star of the Year — —
XRCO Awards Mainstream Adult Media Favorite — —

Other awards

  • 2007 Adam Film World Guide Award – Teen Dream of the Year[95]
  • 2007 Adultcon – Top 20 Adult Actresses[96]
  • 2010 TLARAW Award – Best Sex Toy – Sasha Grey Deep Penetration Vibrating Pussy and Ass[97]
  • 2011 TLARAW Award – Best Sex Toy – Sasha Grey Cream Pie Pussy[98]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Kobiata Interviews : Sasha Grey" (PDF). Xcritic.com. September 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Sasha Grey at the Internet Adult Film Database
  4. ^ Lee, Chris (May 21, 2009). "Porn star Sasha Grey gets a mainstream role". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "The Roots: New videos on the way". blogs.okayplayer.com. April 9, 2008. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c Yücel, Ilker (November 23, 2008). "Review ATelecine". Re-gen Magazine. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009.
  7. ^ "Eminem Casts Sasha Grey in 'Space Bound' Music Video". AVN. February 18, 2011.
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