Marina Ann Hantzis was born on 14 March 1988, in North Highlands, California USA, of Polish, Greek, Irish and English descent, and as Sasha Grey, she is known as a former pornographic actress and nude glamour model, but more recently as a mainstream actress and a musician.
How rich is Sasha Grey? According to sources, Sasha Grey’s net worth is estimated to be $3 million. accumulated mostly through her significant involvement in the entertainment industry, which began in 2005.
Sasha Grey Net Worth $3 Million
Sasha Grey had a varied education, unsettled while attending four different high schools, but then studied acting and dance at Sacramento City College while working part-time before moving to Los Angeles and beginning her career appearing in adult movies. Her first role was in John Stagliano’s “The Fashionistas 2” with Rocco Siffredi, and in 2006 was featured in a monthly “Los Angeles” magazine with the prospects of becoming a major star.A year later, Grey received an AVN Adult Movie Award, and was nominated for the “Best New Starlet”. Sasha Grey’s major career boost came later that year when she was named Penthouse magazine “Pet of the Month”, and had her pictures taken by the famous fashion photographer Terry Richardson. Grey then went on to appear on Tyra Bank’s talk show “The Tyra Banks Show”, so her net worth was now well established.
Such public exposure to wide audiences brought Sasha Grey into the limelight, and she received even more publicity in 2008 when she became the youngest person to win the AVN’s “Female Performer of the Year” award, and was featured in “Rolling Stone” magazine. A year later Grey was voted #1 in the “Genesis” magazine’s “Porn Hot 100” issue, and in 2011 was named as one of the 12 most popular stars in the porn industry.
In addition to her career as a pornographic actress, has Sasha Grey has managed to accumulate a large sum of money from her numerous modeling appearances. Sasha Grey modeled for fashion designer Max Azria’s line “Manoukian”, clothing company “American Apparel”, and for Richard Kern. Grey has also worked numerous times with Terry Richardson, and collaborating with him on such works as “Wives, Wheels, Weapons” and was featured in a reprint of “Terryworld”. A significant part of Grey’s modeling career was her appearance in “Playboy Magazine” in 2009 and on the cover of a 2010 feature.
Grey made her film debut in 2007 in Adam Rifkin’s “Homo Erectus”, with Gary Busey and Ron Jeremy, which was followed by a leading role in Steven Soderbergh’s “The Girlfriend Experience”. Grey then appeared in a thriller film “I Melt with You” with Jeremy Piven and Rob Lowe, and was also featured in Eminem’s music video for “Space Bound”, as well as The Roots’ video for “Birthday Girl”.
Sasha Grey is also known in the music industry. In 2008, Grey started an industrial music collaboration called “aTelecine”, which a year later released their first EP entitled “aVigillant Carpark”. The EP was followed by the group’s first LP “And Six Dark Hours Pass” released in 2010. However, since 2013 Sasha Grey is no longer a member of “aTelecine”.
In her personal life, Sasha Grey apparently identifies herself as bi-sexual, but was engaged to film maker Ian Cinnamon for some time, until obtaining a restraining order against him in 2014.
TLARAW Award – Best Sex Toy (2010, 2011), AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year (2008, AVN Awards), Adam Film World Guide Award – Teen Dream of the Year (2007)
Albums
“aVigillant Carpark” (EP), “...And Six Dark Hours Pass” (LP, 2010), “Die Juliette Society” (2013), The Falcon and the Pod” (2011)
Music Groups
aTelecine (2018-2013)
Nominations
XRCO Awards (2007), FAME Awards (2010), XBIZ Awards - Crossover Star of the Year (2010)
Movies
Nightly Creatures (2018), The Concessionaires Must Die! (2017), I Ass Fucked My Cousin (2015, video), Cruelle to be Kind (2010, Short), In Thru the Back Door (2006, Video)
TV Shows
The Tyra Banks Show (2007), Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell (2015, Video Game), Entourage (2010, TV Series), Rated A for Adult, Creepy Text Theatre Animated (TV Series, 2015), Blow Me Sandwich 11 (2007, Video), Canoga Park (2007, TV Series)
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Trademark
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Long waist length brown hair
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Her smirk-like smile
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Her signature includes the ace of spades
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Silver Thumb Ring (she never ever takes it off)
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I was born in Sacramento, CA, and moved to [Los Angeles] when I turned 18 to pursue a career as a porn star. I grew up in North Highlands [a section of Sacramento]. It is a disenfranchised, lower-to-middle-class neighborhood. I never allowed myself to be a negative product of that environment. I used it as a source of inspiration to challenge myself. I began college in August of 2005, balancing school and work seven days a week. Around this time I started thinking about pornography as a career opportunity. I have a huge appetite for sex and self-exploration. I wanted to express my sexuality as a strong woman, to push my own boundaries and see which part of my psyche would take me to my next euphoric sexual experience. I wanted to do all of this in a sex-positive way. Despite the controversy that surrounds this industry, I felt I could ultimately bring an enigmatic quality to it. I decided that if my instinct continued to push me toward the reality of this, and the dissatisfaction with my education continued, I would seize the opportunity on my own. I began my research that month, making my decision absolute in October 2005. On April 17th, 2006 I moved to [Los Angeles], got tested at AIM and found an agent. I performed my first sex scene on May 1st, 2006 in Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge (2006). Although I have come a long way since then, many people in society believe that I am a victim. I was not sexually abused. I am not on drugs. The acts I perform are always consensual. I am a woman who strongly believes in what she does--it is time that our society comes to grips with the fact that "normal" people, women especially, enjoy perverse sex. I hope to inspire people from all walks of life, and to collaborate with innovative individuals--bohemians welcome. Many people mistake this thought and believe that I desire all women to do porn and fuck like rabbits, ignoring all health risks. This is not what I preach or believe. Like any business, I take risks in my profession. Anyone considering porn as a career should be fully aware of these risks before jumping in. I am ready to take on any opportunities and challenges that face me as a woman, porn star and artist.
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Was formerly in a relationship with aTelecine member Ian Preston Cinnamon from 2009 to 2014.
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She has Greek, English, Polish, Irish, and Scottish ancestry.
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Starred in 224 adult films.
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Co-founder of the industrial noise band aTelecine. They play death dub, ambient, and experimental genres.
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On April 8, 2011, she announced her retirement from adult films on her official page on Facebook.
$3 Million
