Sasha Grey (born March 14, 1988) is an American pornographic actress who is also active outside pornography through modeling, acting, and music. After growing up in Sacramento, California, Grey moved to Los Angeles and began appearing in pornographic films shortly after turning 18. Grey was featured in a 2006 issue of Los Angeles.

She won several AVN Awards in 2007 and 2008. During the same period, Grey began modeling and was cast in Steven Soderbergh's mainstream film The Girlfriend Experience. Grey also recorded an industrial music project, ATelecine.

Grey was born Marina Ann Hantzis, in North Highlands, California. She grew up in a working-class family, with her mother working for the state of California. Her father, a Greek-American mechanic, left the family when she was 5 , and her mother remarried in 2000 when Grey was 12.

Grey states that she felt miserable at home around her stepfather, and as a result at 16, informed her mother she was going to move out. She describes her relationship with her mother as "somewhat estranged". Grey attended four high schools, among them Highlands High, before graduating, having been unhappy in each one.

In autumn 2005, she attended junior college and took classes in film, dance, and acting. Grey contemplated stripping during college so she would not have to work as much, but eventually settled on porn. She waited tables at a steakhouse through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.

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