Sasha Grey

July 02, 2021

Sasha Grey

Sasha Grey (Marina Ann Hantzis) is an American actress, model, writer, musician, and former pornographic actress. Grey began her acting career in the pornographic film industry, winning 15 awards for her work between 2007 and 2010, including the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2008.

Grey was born in North Highlands, California, into a working-class family. Her father was a Greek-American who worked as a mechanic and died in June 2015. Her mother is of English, Irish, and Polish descent. Grey's parents divorced before she started middle school and she was subsequently raised by her mother, who remarried in 2000. She was raised as an adherent of Catholicism.

Grey attended four high schools, including Highlands High in North Highlands, and was unhappy at each. She graduated a year early at the age of 17, and in late 2005, she attended Sacramento City College and took classes in film, dance, and acting. She bussed tables at a Black Angus steakhouse until March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.

In May 2006, Grey moved to Los Angeles, California, and performed in hardcore pornography. She initially considered calling herself Anna Karina, after the French New Wave actress of the same name, before choosing Sasha Grey. The name 'Sasha' was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM and 'Grey' came from Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Grey's first scene was an orgy with Rocco Siffredi for Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge by John Stagliano and helped Grey quickly make a name for herself in the adult film industry after she asked Siffredi to punch her in the stomach during the scene, an act she later stated was improvised. 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.

In 2008, she became the youngest woman ever to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award and also won an award in the category "Best Oral Sex Scene" for Babysitters at the 25th AVN Awards.

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