Sasha Grey

Sasha Grey — Biography & Career

Marina Ann Hantzis (born 1988), known professionally as Sasha Grey, is an American actress, model, writer, musician, and former adult film performer. She began in that industry in 2006, received 15 awards between 2007 and 2010, won the 2008 AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year, and announced her retirement in 2011 after making her last adult film in 2009. In 2023, she was inducted into both the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.

Grey moved into screen acting with her lead role as Chelsea in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film The Girlfriend Experience. She later appeared in Smash Cut (2009), I Melt With You (2011), Would You Rather (2012), Open Windows (2014), and Black Licorice (2017). On television, she played a fictionalized version of herself in HBO's Entourage in 2010 and later hosted Grey Area on VENN in 2020. Her credits include music videos for The Smashing Pumpkins, The Roots, and Eminem.

Beyond acting, Grey has worked in music since 2008. She co-founded the industrial project aTelecine and served as a singer and writer; the group's first EP was released in 2009 and its first album in 2010. She also contributed to releases by Current 93, X-TG, Infected Mushroom, and Death in Vegas, and has performed regularly as a DJ since 2010.

Grey is an author and voice performer. She published a photo book in 2011 and wrote The Juliette Society trilogy, issued in 2013, 2016, and 2018. In games, she voiced Viola DeWynter in Saints Row: The Third (2011) and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (2015), and later voiced Ash in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (2023). Her directing credits include the 2009 films Birthday Party and The Seduction, as well as the video for Death in Vegas's 2018 single "Honey".

Source: Career reference — Wikipedia. Career summary adapted from the linked article under CC BY-SA 4.0; wording and selection have been edited.

Photo credit

Gabriel Saldana from Monterrey, Mexico — Sasha Grey-December 2013. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Display size and framing may be adjusted; the photograph remains available under the linked license.