SASHA GREY BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

Sasha Grey born Marina Ann Hantzis on March 14, 1988 is an American former pornographic actress, who has since turned to mainstream acting, modeling and music.

Early in her adult film career, she was profiled by several popular culture magazines and television programs.She won several AVN Awards between 2007 and 2010, and has also been featured in music videos and advertising campaigns.

After her mainstream feature film debut as the lead in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience, she shifted her focus to acting,starring in the black comedy/horror film Smash Cut as April Carson, as well as having a supporting role in season 7 of HBO's Entourage. She has also appeared in independent films Quit, The Girl from the Naked Eye, and Mark Pellington's I Melt With You.

Grey was born and raised in North Highlands, California to a working class family. Her mother worked for the state of California and her father is a Greek-American mechanic.Her parents divorced when she was 5 and subsequently she was raised by her mother, who remarried in 2000. She's stated that while her parents don't like everything she does, they get along. Grey attended four high schools, among them Highlands High, before graduating, having been unhappy in each one, though she graduated a year early at 17. In autumn 2005, she attended junior college and took classes in film, dance, and acting. She waited tables at a steakhouse through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles Since 2006, she has been developing an autobiographical documentary, illustrating her experiences from the age of 18 to 21. She was reported in a Rolling Stone interview in 2009 as being engaged to filmmaker Ian Cinnamon. In February 2010, Grey stated that she supported animal birth control in a PETA interview

FILMOGRAPHY

1. 2007 Homo Erectus
2. 2008 Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
3. 2009 The Girlfriend Experience
4. 2009 James Gunn's PG Porn
5. 2009 Smash Cut
6. 2009 9to5 – Days in Porn
7. 2010 Quit
8. 2010 Malice in Lalaland
9. 2010 The Girl from the Naked Eye
10. 2010 Entourage
11. 2011 I Melt With You