{"id":18,"date":"2017-03-31T07:34:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sasha.lepslair.com\/sasha\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T08:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T08:45:43","slug":"sasha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lladult.com\/sasha-grey\/sasha\/","title":{"rendered":"About Sasha Grey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Stage Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nSasha Grey. “Sasha” comes from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM, and “Grey” comes from Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Real Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nMarina Ann Hantzis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birthdate:<\/strong><\/td>\nMarch 14, 1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth Location:<\/strong><\/td>\nSacramento (North Highlands), California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Measurements:<\/strong><\/td>\n32B-26-31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height:<\/strong><\/td>\n5 ft 6 in (168 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight:<\/strong><\/td>\n110 lbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eye Color:<\/strong><\/td>\nHazel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hair Color:<\/strong><\/td>\nBrown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natural Bust:<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active Years:<\/strong><\/td>\n2006 to 2011 (adult film)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Early Life<\/h2>\n

Before she was Sasha Grey, Marina Ann Hantzis grew up in a working-class household around Sacramento, California. She bounced between a few different high schools and ended up graduating a year early, at 17. For a short while after that she studied film, dance, and acting at Sacramento City College, working as a waitress on the side to save up for a move to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Adult Film Career<\/h2>\n

She entered the adult industry in 2006 at 18, debuting in John Stagliano’s The Fashionistas 2<\/em>. She briefly went by the name Anna Karina before settling on Sasha Grey, and it didn’t take long for mainstream outlets like Los Angeles<\/em> magazine and Rolling Stone<\/em> to start paying attention, which was unusual for someone so new to the industry.<\/p>\n

Between 2007 and 2010 she picked up around 15 industry awards, including the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2008, and appeared in Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge<\/em>, which set a record for most awards won by a single title at that year’s AVN Awards. She also became known for BDSM-themed work. For much of her career she ran her own booking agency, L.A. Factory Girls, representing herself instead of going through a studio. She retired from adult film in 2011, by which point she’d appeared in over 200 titles.<\/p>\n

Mainstream Acting, Music & Writing<\/h2>\n

Her move into mainstream work started with the lead role in Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience<\/em> in 2009, and she later showed up as herself on HBO’s Entourage<\/em>. She’s also put out the photo book Ne\u00fc Sex<\/em> and the erotic novel trilogy The Juliette Society<\/em>. On the music side, she co-founded the industrial band aTelecine and has released solo work as well. More recently she’s hosted the show Grey Area<\/em> and streamed on Twitch.<\/p>\n

In 2023, she was inducted into both the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame, which says a lot about how much of a lasting mark she left on the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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