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Template:Female adult bio Sasha Grey (born March 14, 1988, in Sacramento, California)[citation needed] is the stage name of an award winning American porn star. She is also active outside of pornography through modelling, acting and music.[1][2]


Biography

Early life

Grey attended Highlands High in North Highlands, California where she held a 3.8 grade average,[citation needed] after which she was 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.[citation needed] While making her rounds in the world of experimental film she bussed tables and attended college, all while researching the adult industry.[3]

Adult career

In May 2006 Grey moved to Los Angeles and started her career in adult films just after turning 18.[3] Originally she toyed with the name Anna Karina[3] (the name of Jean-Luc Godard's ex-wife) before deciding on her present name. She has stated the name "Sasha" was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM,[4] and "Grey" represents Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray[5] and the Kinsey scale of sexuality.[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.[3] Though Grey does not deny saying this, she emphasizes the request was "an exercise in improvisational fantasy."[citation needed] 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."[6] 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.[3]

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.[7] Grey was named Pet of The Month for July 2007[8] (the spread is considered to be a radical change for the magazine as it was photographed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson) [9] In October 2007 she starred in (and suggested the title for) the movie Broken,[citation needed] directed by Dave Navarro. In 2008 she became the youngest person to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year award. [10]

Media attention

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 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.[11] 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.[12] Banks described Grey's disposition as "...cold, distant and hard," although she thanked Grey for attending the show.[12] 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."[6]

Grey was profiled in the Rolling Stone "Hot Issue" for the December 2008 edition.[13]

Activity outside of pornography

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

Modelling

Grey was featured in the art work for The Smashing Pumpkins 2007 album Zeitgeist,[14] and appears in their 2008 music video "Superchrist". Grey was also featured in the music video for the song "Birthday Girl",[15] by the Roots.

She has modeled for American Apparel and Richard Kern for Vice Anti-fashion spread and appeared in a three part VBS program, "Shot by Kern".[6] She also appeared in Taschen’s 25th anniversary re-print of Terry Richardson’s: Terryworld.[16] Among other collaborations with Richardson she was also appeared in Wives, Wheels, Weapons (a companion book to James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning). Her appeal has reached many spectrums including the fine art world, as she has also 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 renowned Liberation magazine in France[17]

Acting

She appeared in the television series PG Porn by James Gunn,[18] as well as a cameo role[19] in Dick Rude's independent film Quit which demonstrates Grey's work outside of pornography, and stars in [20] 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 October 2008, it was reported that Steven Soderbergh has cast her as the lead actress for his upcoming film The Girlfriend Experience.[21][22]

Music

In 2008, Grey began a music project, ATelecine, with Pablo St. Francis.[23] ATelecine practices a style indebted to industrial music founders such as Throbbing Gristle, Boyd Rice, and Coil.[23] Their first (7 inch vinyl only) EP, AVigillant Carpark, was released by New York label Pendu Sound in December.[24] She also contributed vocals to Lee "Scratch" Perry's 2008 album Repentance, on the track "Pum Pum".[25]

Personal life

Grey represents herself in the adult industry through her own agency L.A. Factory Girls,[26] while The Spread Group manages her mainstream affairs.[27] Since 2006 she has been developing a documentary that illustrates her experience from the age of 18 to 21.[28] She is engaged to her photographer Ian Cinnamon, which Fleshbot announced in January 2009.[29]

Grey has expressed a strong interest in existentialism while posing the question "how many 18 year-old porn stars are existentialist?"[6] She cites either Jean-Luc Godard or David Bowie as the biggest influences on her life and career.[30]

Awards

  • 2006RogReviews for Best Female Performer[31]
  • 2007 AVN Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene – Fuck Slaves (with Sandra Romain and Manuel Ferrara)[32]
  • 2007 AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene (Video) – Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge[32]
  • 2007 XRCO Award for Best New Starlet[33]
  • 2007 Adultcon Top 20 Adult Actresses[34]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Best Oral Sex Scene, Video – Babysitters[35]
  • 2008 AVN Award - Female Performer of the Year[35]
  • 2008 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Roots: New videos on the way".
  2. ^ "Review ATelecine". Re-gen Magazine.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Adult VOD | Porn Video on Demand
  5. ^ Sasha Grey: Your New Girlfriend - BlackBook
  6. ^ a b c d "Shot By Kern".
  7. ^ a b "2008Nominations&WinnersList".
  8. ^ Peter Warren (2007-07-03). "Sasha Grey Crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month". AVN. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  9. ^ "TerryRichardsonShootsforPenthouse".
  10. ^ "SashaGreyisastarandnotacrossoverstar".
  11. ^ YouTube - Sasha Grey on Sasha Grey the Tyra Show
  12. ^ a b "SashaGreyonTyraBanksShow".
  13. ^ Claire Hoffman. "The Hot List: Hot Porn Star: Sasha Grey". RollingStone.
  14. ^ Ray (2007-07-21). "Sasha Grey On Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist'". Porn Valley News. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  15. ^ The Roots » Sasha Grey
  16. ^ "Terryworld".
  17. ^ "Sasha Grey Strikes New Poses". {{cite web}}: Text "author:David Sullivan" ignored (help)
  18. ^ David Sullivan (2008-09-26). "James Gunn Casts XXX Stars in 'PG Porn'". AVN. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
  19. ^ Quit (2009)
  20. ^ Smash Cut Casts Sasha Grey | The Movie Blog
  21. ^ David Sullivan (2008-10-14). "Sasha Grey Stars in Steven Soderbergh Feature". AVN. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  22. ^ Mike Flaherty (2008-10-15). "Porn star cast in Soderbergh film". Variety. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  23. ^ a b Ilker Yücel, ReGen Magazine, November 23, 2008. [1] Access date: January 16, 2009.
  24. ^ Atelecine is Sasha Grey and Pablo St Francis
  25. ^ Narnack Records - Artist: Lee Scratch Perry
  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. ^ Peter Warren (2007-02-18). "Sasha Grey Speaks to UCLA Production Class". AVN. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
  29. ^ "Fleshbot: Engagement". Fleshbot.
  30. ^ "HustlerWorld interview: Sasha Grey". hustlerworld.com. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  31. ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/sasha_grey_07.asp%7Ctitle=SahsaGreyInterview
  32. ^ a b "2007 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  33. ^ Tod Hunter (2007-04-06). "Hillary Scott Big Winner at XRCO Awards". XBIZ. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  34. ^ "Adultcon Names Top 20 Adult Actresses Honor Roll". XBiz. 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  35. ^ a b Jared Rutter (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved 2008-01-14.

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