Sasha Grey#Series
{{Short description|American former pornographic actress (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sasha Grey
| image = File:Sasha Grey-December 2013.jpg
| caption = Grey in 2013
| birth_name = Marina Ann Hantzis{{r|Lee-2009|Chandran-2016|Tricarico-2018}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}}{{r|Commanducci-2009}}
| birth_place = North Highlands, California, U.S.{{r|Gardetta-2006}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Pornographic actress|streamer|model|author|DJ|musician}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| notable_works = {{unbulleted list|The Girlfriend Experience|The Juliette Society}}
| known for = Adult films
| alias = Anna Karina, Sasha Gray
| website = {{URL|sashagrey.com}}
| module = {{Infobox Twitch streamer
|subbox = yes
|channel_name = sashagrey
|followers = 1.2 million
|follower_date = May 10, 2025
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Marina Ann Hantzis (born 1988{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/sasha-grey-particulars/article4277473/ |title=Sasha Grey: Particulars |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |publication-place=Toronto |date=June 25, 2009 |last1=Commanducci |first1=Massimo |url-access=subscription }}), known professionally as Sasha Grey,{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-21-et-sasha-grey21-story.html |title=Porn star Sasha Grey gets a mainstream role |last=Lee |first=Chris |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430010810/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/21/entertainment/et-sasha-grey21 |archive-date=April 30, 2010 |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}{{r|Chandran-2016}}{{cite book |last1=Tricarico |first1=Giorgio |title=Lost Goddesses: A Kaleidoscope on Porn |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0-429-91585-7 |page=89n3 }} is an American actress, model, writer, musician, and former pornographic film actress. She began her acting career in the pornographic film industry, winning 15 awards for her work between 2007 and 2010, including the AVN Award for Female Performer of the Year in 2008.{{cite news |last1=Falzone |first1=Diana |title=Porn stars who left the biz: Where are they now? |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/porn-stars-who-left-the-biz-where-are-they-now |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=Fox News |date=August 29, 2017 }} In 2023, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Winners of 2023 XRCO Awards Announced |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/winners-of-2023-xrco-awards-announced-918472.html |first=Peter |last=Warren |date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512063158/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/winners-of-2023-xrco-awards-announced-918472.html |url-status=live }}
After her 2009 feature film debut as the lead in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience, Grey starred in independent films including Open Windows, the Canadian black comedy horror film Smash Cut and the horror film Would You Rather. In 2011, she played a fictionalized version of herself in the HBO comedy-drama series Entourage.{{cite news |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |date=August 1, 2013 |title=James Deen on The Canyons, Social Anxiety, and Sasha Grey |url=https://www.vulture.com/2013/08/james-deen-the-canyons-fifty-shades-sasha-grey.html |work=Vulture |access-date=November 29, 2024 }}
Grey was a co-founder, singer, and writer of aTelecine,{{cite web |url=http://pendusound.com/artists/atelecine/ |title=aTelecine |last=Brooks |first=Todd |publisher=Pendu Sound Recordings |date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }}{{dead link|date=February 2025}} an industrial music band.{{cite web |url=http://www.regenmag.com/Artist-Spotlight-93-ATelecine.html |title=Review ATelecine |last=Yücel |first=Ilker |work=ReGenMag.com |date=November 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211215424/http://www.regenmag.com/Artist-Spotlight-93-ATelecine.html |archive-date=February 11, 2010 |url-status=dead }} She is the author of The Juliette Society trilogy of novels and also writes, directs, and co-produces films and music videos.
Early life
Grey was born in North Highlands, California, and grew up in Sacramento, in a working-class family.{{cite magazine |url=https://lamag.com/news/the-teenager-the-porn-star |title=The Teenager & the Porn Star |last=Gardetta |first=Dave |magazine=Los Angeles |volume=51 |issue=11 |issn=1522-9149 |date=November 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2023 }} Grey's parents divorced before she started middle school and she was subsequently raised by her mother, who remarried in 2000. She was raised as an adherent of Catholicism.{{cite web |url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/what-ive-learned/sasha-grey-a1668-20170111-lfrm2 |title=Sasha Grey: What I've Learned |last=Henares |first=Quark |work=Esquire |date=February 2015 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428060529/https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/what-ive-learned/sasha-grey-a1668-20170111-lfrm2 |url-status=live }}
Grey attended four high schools, including Highlands High in North Highlands. She graduated a year early at the age of 17,{{cite web |url=http://flavorwire.com/22300/sasha-grey-talks-instant-gratification-porn-the-girlfriend-experience |title=Sasha Grey Talks Instant Gratification, Porn, & The Girlfriend Experience |last=Sampson |first=Sara |work=Flavorwire |date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701003140/http://flavorwire.com/22300/sasha-grey-talks-instant-gratification-porn-the-girlfriend-experience |url-status=live }} and in late 2005, she attended Sacramento City College and took classes in film, dance, and acting.{{cite web |url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/star-is-porn/content?oid=618451 |title=A star is porn |work=Sacramento News & Review |last=Craggs |first=Matthew |date=January 1, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |quote=Grey never wanted out of Sacramento per se, but she did want to avoid becoming what she calls 'the North Highlands stereotype: a 19-year-old with a kid, another one on the way' }} She bussed tables at a Black Angus steakhouse until March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles.
Career
=Pornographic films=
Grey made her hardcore pornography debut shortly after her 18th birthday in 2006.{{cite news |last1=Chandran |first1=Nyshka |title=Former porn star Sasha Grey on virtual reality sex and breaking stereotypes |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/19/former-porn-star-sasha-grey-on-virtual-reality-sex-and-breaking-stereotypes.html |access-date=March 11, 2021 |publisher=CNBC |date=September 19, 2016 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108114635/https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/19/former-porn-star-sasha-grey-on-virtual-reality-sex-and-breaking-stereotypes.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Flaherty |first1=Mike |title=Porn star cast in Soderbergh film |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/porn-star-cast-in-soderbergh-film-1117994052/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |work=Variety |date=October 15, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://thefanzine.com/sasha-grey-dawn-of-porn-star-interview-2/ |title=Sasha Grey: Dawn of a Porn Star (interview) |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |work=TheFanzine.com |date=September 22, 2006 |access-date=May 6, 2019 }} She initially considered calling herself Anna Karina, after the French New Wave actress of the same name, before choosing Sasha Grey. The name 'Sasha' was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM.{{cite web |url=https://vod.adultemart.com/dispatcher/starDetail?starId=29452&theaterId=40407&genreId=101&locale=en |title=Sasha Grey at Adult VOD |last=Snarr |first=Timothy |work=VOD.adultemart.com |date=January 13, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919033709/https://vod.adultemart.com/dispatcher/starDetail?starId=29452&theaterId=40407&genreId=101&locale=en |url-status=live }} Her surname either came from Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray{{cite web |url=https://bbook.com/film/sasha-grey-your-new-girlfriend/ |title=Sasha Grey: Your New Girlfriend |last=Barna |first=Ben |work=BlackBook |date=October 17, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407074010/https://bbook.com/film/sasha-grey-your-new-girlfriend/ |url-status=live }} or, alternatively, was inspired by how the Kinsey scale grades homosexual and heterosexual attraction as a continuum, a "scale of grey".{{cite web |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/sasha-grey |title=The Grey Lady |last=Hartman |first=Darrell |work=Interview Magazine |date=May 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521202217/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/sasha-grey |archive-date=May 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.vanessagrigoriadis.com/images/pdfs/sashagrey.pdf |last=Grigoriadis |first=Vanessa |author-link=Vanessa Grigoriadis |title=The Dirtiest Girl In The World |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1078 |pages=52–57 |date=May 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717184534/http://www.vanessagrigoriadis.com/images/pdfs/sashagrey.pdf |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=live }}
Less than six months after entering the adult industry, Grey was featured in the November 2006 edition of Los Angeles magazine where she was flagged as a potential major star, perhaps the next Jenna Jameson. In December 2006, Grey was interviewed on the syndicated entertainment industry news program The Insider.{{cite AV media |title=Sasha Grey insider interview |date=December 24, 2006 |publisher=missashagrey |via=YouTube |type=video }} In February 2007, Grey appeared on The Tyra Banks Show and discussed teenagers working in the sex industry. There was speculation the show was heavily edited and had not included her defense of adult film as a career choice. The show was also criticized for editing the interview to increase its dramatic value.{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/commentary-sasha-grey-goes-on-the-tyra-banks-show-29925.html |title=Commentary: Sasha Grey Goes on 'The Tyra Banks Show' |last=Warren |first=Peter |work=AVN |date=February 9, 2007 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }}{{cite web |last=Warren |first=Peter |date=November 17, 2006 |title=Sasha Grey to Appear on 'Tyra Banks Show' |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/Sasha-Grey-to-Appear-on-Tyra-Banks-Show-29012.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322150111/http://business.avn.com/articles/Sasha-Grey-to-Appear-on-Tyra-Banks-Show-29012.html |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2009 |work=AVN }}
In 2008, she became the youngest woman ever to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year Award{{cite web |url=http://www.blueblood.net/2008/10/sasha-grey/ |title=Sasha Grey is a Star and not a Crossover Star |author=Amelia G |work=BlueBlood.net |date=October 23, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090143/http://www.blueblood.net/2008/10/sasha-grey/ |url-status=live }} In 2008 Grey announced that she would represent herself in the adult industry through her agency L.A. Factory Girls.{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-set-to-open-la-factory-girls-agency-27352.html |title=Sasha Grey Set to Open LA Factory Girls Agency |last=Albo |first=Mike |work=AVN |date=March 14, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }} Grey also appeared in Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge, which won in 15 categories at the 26th AVN Awards ceremony in 2009, making it the most awarded film ever at the ceremony.{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Adult-Movie-Awards-Blow-By-Blow-56552.html |last=Rutter |first=Jared |date=January 11, 2009 |title=AVN Adult Movie Awards: Blow By Blow |magazine=Adult Video News |access-date=December 8, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222134529/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Adult-Movie-Awards-Blow-By-Blow-56552.html |url-status=dead }}
Grey filmed her last adult film at age 21 in 2009{{cite web |url=https://www.mandatory.com/culture/791995-sasha-grey-talks-dj-tour-new-challenges-owning-past |title=Sasha Grey: "I'd Accomplished All Of My Goals" |last=Wehner |first=Cyclone |work=Mandatory.com |date=November 23, 2014 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091808/https://www.mandatory.com/culture/791995-sasha-grey-talks-dj-tour-new-challenges-owning-past |url-status=live }} and announced her retirement from the industry on Facebook in April 2011.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501164200/http://www.sashagrey.com/ |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |date=April 2011 |last=Grey |first=Sasha |title=Something for the fans |url=http://www.sashagrey.com |work=sashagrey.com |url-status=dead |quote=It's become quite evident that my time as an adult film performer has expired. }}{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/exclusive-sasha-grey-done-with-porn-refuses-to-play-any-sex-related-roles |title=Exclusive: Sasha Grey Done With Porn, Refuses to Play Any Sex-Related Roles |last=McKay |first=Hollie |work=Fox News |date=May 9, 2011 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326095932/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/exclusive-sasha-grey-done-with-porn-refuses-to-play-any-sex-related-roles |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/shortcuts/2013/feb/06/rebecca-adlington-not-only-person-retire-23 |title=Rebecca Adlington, you're not the only person to retire at 23 |last=Benedictus |first=Leo |work=The Guardian |date=February 6, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2019 |quote=Sasha Grey may ultimately be remembered as pornography's last great star }}
A. O. Scott of The New York Times described Grey's pornography career as "distinguished both by the extremity of what she is willing to do and an unusual degree of intellectual seriousness about doing it".{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/movies/22girl.html |title=Movie Review: The Girlfriend Experience: 'Tis Pity She's a Brand |last=Scott |first=A.O. |work=The New York Times |date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=November 7, 2016 |url-access=limited |archive-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623220822/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/22/movies/22girl.html |url-status=live }} Grey was the G4tv host in a two-hour documentary on Sexpo Australia for Attack of the Show! in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video43034 |title=Sexpo Australia - Hosted by Sasha Grey |date=December 2009 |publisher=G4tv |work=Attack of the Show! |type=video |access-date=May 23, 2019 }} In 2011, CNBC named Grey as one of the 12 most popular stars in adult films and noted that her mainstream roles had kept interest in her earlier adult film work high and that several companies continued to release compilations from her films.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2011/01/06/The-Dirty-Dozen:-Porns-Most-Popular-Stars.html |title=The Dirty Dozen: Porn's Most Popular Stars |first=Chris |last=Morris |year=2011 |work=CNBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608085450/http://www.cnbc.com/id/40909215/The_Dirty_Dozen_Porn_s_Most_Popular_Stars?slide=12 |archive-date=June 8, 2015 |url-status=live }} The Guardian counted her as starring in 270 adult films.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/25/sasha-grey-music-porn-industry |title=Sasha Grey: Music is just like the porn industry |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |work=The Guardian |date=October 25, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2019 }}
Grey directed the films Birthday Party and The Seduction (2009).{{cite web |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/sasha-grey-understands-your-assumptions-and-accepts-the-challenge-8561694 |title=Sasha Grey Understands Your Assumptions and Accepts the Challenge |last=Furness |first=Dyllan |work=Miami New Times |date=June 29, 2016 |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091530/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/sasha-grey-understands-your-assumptions-and-accepts-the-challenge-8561694 |url-status=live }}
=Modeling=
Grey was named Penthouse{{'}}s Pet of the Month for July 2007 and was photographed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson.{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-crowned-i-penthouse-i-pet-of-the-month-23237.html |title=Sasha Grey Crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month |last=Warren |first=Peter |work=AVN |date=July 3, 2007 |access-date=December 28, 2018 |archive-date=December 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228083213/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-crowned-i-penthouse-i-pet-of-the-month-23237.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://itr2010.org/2008/06/26/sasha-grey-penthouse-magazine-july-2007-by-terry-richardson-hq-photo-shoot/ |title=Sasha Grey {{!}} Penthouse Magazine July 2007 by Terry Richardson HQ Photo Shoot |last=Richardson |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Richardson |work=ITR2010.org |date=June 26, 2008 |access-date=December 28, 2018 |archive-date=December 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228042426/http://itr2010.org/2008/06/26/sasha-grey-penthouse-magazine-july-2007-by-terry-richardson-hq-photo-shoot/ |url-status=dead }} She was also profiled in the December 2008 issue of Rolling Stone and appeared twice in Playboy, in a December 2009 pictorial and as the cover feature in October 2010.{{cite web |url=http://coed.com/2008/12/05/the-girls-of-rolling-stones-hot-list-2008/ |title=The Girls of Rolling Stone's Hot List 2008 |author= |work=COED |date=December 5, 2008 |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102123/https://coed.com/2008/12/05/the-girls-of-rolling-stones-hot-list-2008/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-is-lolita-in-december-playboy-369434.html |title=Sasha Grey Is 'Lolita' in December 'Playboy' |last=Warren |first=Peter |work=AVN |date=November 12, 2009 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.iplayboy.com/issue/20101001 |title=Grey's Anatomy |last=Kaye |first=Elizabeth |work=Playboy |volume=57 |pages=48–53 |url-access=subscription |date=October 2010 |issue=9 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090340/https://www.iplayboy.com/issue/20101001 |url-status=live }} Grey has modeled for various clients,{{cite web |url=https://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20101011_Porn_star_Sasha_Grey_makes_a_bold_move_into_the_mainstream.html |title=Porn star Sasha Grey Makes a Bold Move into the Mainstream |last=Gensler |first=Howard |work=Philly.com |date=October 11, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131454/https://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20101011_Porn_star_Sasha_Grey_makes_a_bold_move_into_the_mainstream.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://hypebeast.com/2009/9/sasha-grey-forfex-ad-campaign-nsfw |title=Sasha Grey for Forfex Ad Campaign |work=Hypebeast.com |date=September 5, 2009 |access-date=March 7, 2019 }} including Max Azria's line Manoukian,{{cite web |url=http://jwdikkers.com/manoukian-2/#/ |title=Manoukian |first=Jan-Willem |last=Dikkers |year=2009 |website=jwdikkers.com |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090146/http://jwdikkers.com/manoukian-2/#/ |url-status=dead }} American Apparel,{{cite web |url=https://jezebel.com/american-apparel-now-sponsoring-bloggers-porn-stars-5135586 |title=American Apparel Now Sponsoring Bloggers & Porn Stars (NSFW) |author=TatianaTheAnonymousModel |date=January 20, 2009 |work=Jezebel |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428060527/https://jezebel.com/american-apparel-now-sponsoring-bloggers-porn-stars-5135586 |url-status=live }} and Flaunt.{{cite web |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/beyond-the-bounds-of-sasha-grey/ |title=Beyond The Bounds Of Sasha Grey |last=Elfman |first=Doug |date=March 13, 2009 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |issn=1097-1645 |access-date=May 12, 2019 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512074034/https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/beyond-the-bounds-of-sasha-grey/ |url-status=live }} Grey modeled for Richard Kern as a part of Vice{{'}}s anti-fashion layout{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/fashion-sasha-restrained-v15n4/ |title=Sasha Restrained By Richard |last=Kern |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Kern |work=Vice |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044527/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/vdzgb8/fashion-sasha-restrained-v15n4 |url-status=live }} and appeared in his book and in the three-part VBS.tv program Shot by Kern.{{cite web |url=https://www.laweekly.com/arts/11-sexy-images-from-richard-kerns-new-taschen-book-shot-by-kern-nsfw-4184676 |title=11 Sexy Images from Richard Kern's New Taschen Book, Shot by Kern (NSFW) |first=Liz |last=Ohanesian |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=March 6, 2019 |work=LA Weekly |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307055258/https://www.laweekly.com/arts/11-sexy-images-from-richard-kerns-new-taschen-book-shot-by-kern-nsfw-4184676 |url-status=live }}
Grey appeared in Taschen's 25th anniversary reprint of Terry Richardson's book Terryworld and in his Wives, Wheels, Weapons,{{cite book |url=https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/sex/all/05702/facts.terry_richardson_terryworld.htm |title=Terryworld |isbn=978-3-8365-3551-9 |last1=McInnes |first1=Gavin |author-link1=Gavin McInnes |last2=Zahm |first2=Olivier |author-link2=Olivier Zahm |first3=Dian |last3=Hanson |author-link3=Dian Hanson |last4=Richardson |first4=Terry |author-link4=Terry Richardson |date=April 1, 2008 |publisher=Taschen |access-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704063552/https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/sex/all/05702/facts.terry_richardson_terryworld.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |url=https://www.lensculture.com/books/5401-wives-wheels-weapons |title=Wives, Wheels, Weapons |year=2008 |access-date=March 23, 2019 }} a companion book to James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning.{{cite web |url=http://wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/memo-pad-really-it-s-art-picture-this-its-always-l-a-s-fault-494237 |title=Memo Pad: Really It's Art... How do you burnish a tarnished brand? |last=Carmon |first=Irin |work=Women's Wear Daily |date=June 7, 2007 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }} She has modeled for artists James Jean,{{cite web |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/erotica/sasha-grey-through-the-eyes-of-james-jean/ |title=Sasha Grey, through the eyes of James Jean |date=June 20, 2014 |work=Juxtapoz |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320202707/https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/erotica/sasha-grey-through-the-eyes-of-james-jean/ |url-status=dead }} Zak Smith,{{cite web |url=https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/artpages/zak_smith_girls_sascha.htm |last=Smith |first=Zak |author-link=Zak Smith |title=Girls in the Naked Girl Business: Sasha Grey |year=2007 |work=Saatchi Gallery |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308080831/https://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/artpages/zak_smith_girls_sascha.htm |url-status=dead }} Dave Naz,{{cite web |url=http://davenaz.com/candids.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121204700/http://davenaz.com/candids.html |year=2008 |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |last=Naz |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Naz |title=Dave Naz Photography |work=DaveNaz.com }} David Choe,{{cite web |url=http://www.ifqmag.com/?albdesign_popup_cpt=sasha-grey-no-boundaries-left-to-cross |title=Sasha Grey: No Boundaries Left to Cross |last=Konrad |first=Todd |year=2009 |work=Independent Film Quarterly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210045902/http://www.ifqmag.com/%3Falbdesign_popup_cpt=sasha-grey-no-boundaries-left-to-cross |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |url-status=live }} and Frédéric Poincelet,{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-strikes-new-poses-53908.html |title=Sasha Grey Strikes New Poses |last=Sullivan |first=David |work=AVN |date=August 7, 2008 |access-date=December 21, 2018 }} who also created the artwork for her industrial music band aTelecine's ...And Six Dark Hours Pass album. In May 2010 she interviewed artist Terence Koh for BlackBook.{{cite web |url=https://bbook.com/nightlife/the-porn-supremacy-sasha-grey-interviews-terrence-koh/ |title=The Porn Supremacy: Sasha Grey Interviews Terence Koh |date=May 12, 2010 |last=Grey |first=Sasha |work=BlackBook |access-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421025917/https://bbook.com/nightlife/the-porn-supremacy-sasha-grey-interviews-terrence-koh/ |url-status=live }} In 2010, Grey was one of four actors who appeared in Julião Sarmento's video installation Leporello{{cite web |url=https://artmap.com/giorgiopersano/exhibition/juliao-sarmento-2012 |title=Julião Sarmento |last=Persano |first=Giorgio |work=Artmap.com |date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=March 12, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.lastampa.it/2013/01/18/cultura/juliao-sarmento-in-mostra-a-porto-e-a-torino-FyuaRN7tmbFiUCmuJIrnnJ/pagina.html |title=Julião Sarmento in mostra a Porto e a Torino |date=January 18, 2013 |language=it |work=La Stampa |access-date=March 12, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=http://cgrimes-news.blogspot.com/2010/04/destricted-film-shoot-with-juliao.html |title=Destricted: Film Shoot with Juliao Sarmento and Sasha Grey |first=Christopher |last=Grimes |work=Christopher Grimes Gallery |date=April 8, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2019 }} and was featured in the Richardson magazine A4.{{cite web |url=https://hypebeast.com/2010/5/richardson-magazine-issue-a4 |title=Richardson Magazine Issue A4 |last=Ruano |first=L. |work=Hypebeast.com |date=May 3, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091812/https://hypebeast.com/2010/5/richardson-magazine-issue-a4 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/7881/1/richardson-magazine |title=Richardson Magazine |work=Dazed |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |quote=Crossover porn star, Sasha Grey gives a full and frank interview }} Richard Phillips made a short film called Sasha Grey in the Chemosphere for the Gagosian Gallery in 2011 and also portrayed her for the Frieze Art Fair in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://observer.com/2011/06/richard-phillips-lindsay-lohan-sasha-grey/ |title=Richard Phillips Shakes Things Up Again—With Help From Lindsay Lohan and Sasha Grey |last=Douglas |first=Sarah |work=The New York Observer |date=June 7, 2011 |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090217/https://observer.com/2011/06/richard-phillips-lindsay-lohan-sasha-grey/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/sasha-grey-and-chemosphere-house-john-lautner |title=Sasha Grey and Chemosphere house by John Lautner |date=June 29, 2011 |first=Pedro |last=Navarro |website=metalocus.es |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091126/https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/sasha-grey-and-chemosphere-house-john-lautner |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://stamm.com.au/trev-goes-to-frieze-london-and-chelsea-in-new-york-enjoys-it-but-still/ |title=Trev goes to Frieze London and Chelsea in New York. Enjoys it, but still ... |last=Clay |first=Trevelyan |work=Stamm.com.au |date=December 2013 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101358/http://stamm.com.au/trev-goes-to-frieze-london-and-chelsea-in-new-york-enjoys-it-but-still/ |url-status=live }} Hypocrite Design described Sasha Grey in the film as a "perpetually evolving figure".{{cite web |url=http://www.hypocritedesign.com/sasha-grey/ |title=Sasha Grey |date=August 29, 2012 |website=HYpocriteDEsign.com |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327193713/http://www.hypocritedesign.com/sasha-grey/ |url-status=dead }} In an interview with Allure in 2018, Grey said her look was "definitely punk-inspired, definitely the anti-aesthetic, and I've definitely grown out of that because I'm older".{{cite web |url=https://www.allure.com/story/sasha-grey-signature-makeup-interview |title=Sasha Grey on How Her Signature Makeup Has Shaped Her Extensive Career |last=Jamie |first=Beckman |work=Allure |date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=February 22, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428060520/https://www.allure.com/story/sasha-grey-signature-makeup-interview |url-status=live }}
=Acting=
== The Girlfriend Experience==
In director Steven Soderbergh's film The Girlfriend Experience, Grey played the lead role of Chelsea, an escort who is paid to act as her clients' girlfriend.{{r|Flaherty-2008}}{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-stars-in-steven-soderbergh-feature-55297.html |title=Sasha Grey Stars in Steven Soderbergh Feature |last=Sullivan |first=David |work=AVN |date=October 14, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090626/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/sasha-grey-stars-in-steven-soderbergh-feature-55297.html |url-status=live }} Soderbergh cast Grey after reading her profile in Los Angeles magazine.{{cite web |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/spring2009/girlfriend-experience.php |first=Scott |last=Macaulay |title=Stimulus Package |work=Filmmaker |date=Spring 2009 |volume=17 |pages=49, 50 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091648/https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/spring2009/girlfriend-experience.php |url-status=live }} As Grey prepared for her role in The Girlfriend Experience, Soderbergh asked her to watch Jean-Luc Godard's films Vivre sa vie and Pierrot le Fou, both of which star Anna Karina.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/21/NSBD17NL54.DTL |title=Q&A with Sasha Grey |last=Johnson |first=G. Allen |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=May 21, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2009 }} Grey and Soderbergh also interviewed two escorts whom they took character traits and behaviors from.
Reviews of Grey's performance in The Girlfriend Experience were mixed.{{cite web |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/04/29/soderberghs-girlfriend-experience-porn-star-is-a-true-character/ |title=Soderbergh's Girlfriend Experience Porn-Star Is a True Character |last=Hoberman |first=J. |work=The Village Voice |date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-girlfriend-experience-2009 |title=The Girlfriend Experience Movie Review (2009) |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |work=RogerEbert.com |date=May 20, 2009 |access-date=March 2, 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/the-girlfriend-experience-soderberghs-sketch-of-a-movie/ |first=Moira |last=Macdonald |title='The Girlfriend Experience': Soderbergh's sketch of a movie |date=May 21, 2009 |work=The Seattle Times |url-access=limited |access-date=March 15, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ifqmag.com/portfolio/the-girlfriend-experience/ |last=Konrad |first=Todd |title=The Girlfriend Experience |work=Independent Film Quarterly |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111211/http://www.ifqmag.com/portfolio/the-girlfriend-experience/ |url-status=live }} Entertainment Weekly found Grey was "not so much a natural actress as a natural-born placid, affectless Barbie doll".{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/05/22/girlfriend-experience/ |title=The Girlfriend Experience |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=July 25, 2022 }} New York said the actors "appear to be improvising (badly)".{{cite web |url=https://theweek.com/articles/505216/steven-soderbergh-sasha-grey-girlfriend-experience |title=Steven Soderbergh and Sasha Grey: 'The Girlfriend Experience' |date=May 22, 2009 |work=The Week |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320192739/https://theweek.com/articles/505216/steven-soderbergh-sasha-grey-girlfriend-experience |url-status=live }} Violet Blue wrote that "Grey herself is as complex and layered and mesmerizing as a Soderbergh film itself—that's why Grey's fans cross all kinds of cultural and moral divides".{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/The-Sasha-Grey-Experience-Violet-Blue-An-2480796.php |title=The Sasha Grey Experience / Violet Blue: An exclusive interview with the star of Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience" |last=Blue |first=Violet |author-link=Violet Blue |work=SF Gate |date=May 7, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2019 }} On Rotten Tomatoes, the film received a rating of 66% based on 138 reviews. In 2016, Glenn Kenny who played the majordomo of an escort-review site, described The Girlfriend Experience as a "digital film from another era", with most scenes being two-handers.{{cite web |url=https://decider.com/2016/04/15/glenn-kenny-erotic-connoisseur-the-girlfriend-experience/ |title=Sorry, "Erotic Connoisseur" Fans—Why I'm Not Turning Up On Starz's 'The Girlfriend Experience' |last=Kenny |first=Glenn |work=decider.com |date=April 15, 2016 |access-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326023424/https://decider.com/2016/04/15/glenn-kenny-erotic-connoisseur-the-girlfriend-experience/ |url-status=live }}
== Other ==
Grey appeared in a 2009 episode of James Gunn's PG Porn with James Gunn,{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/james-gunn-casts-xxx-stars-in-pg-porn-54985.html |title=James Gunn Casts XXX Stars in 'PG Porn' |last=Sullivan |first=David |work=AVN |date=September 26, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407221926/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/james-gunn-casts-xxx-stars-in-pg-porn-54985.html |url-status=live }} made a cameo appearance in Dick Rude's 2010 independent film Quit,{{r|Flaherty-2008}} and starred in the 2009 Canadian low-budget black comedy/horror film Smash Cut with David Hess from Odessa/Zed Filmworks.{{cite web |url=http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/smash-cut-casts-sasha-grey |title=Smash Cut Casts Sasha Grey |website=TheMovieBlog.com |author=Rodney |date=May 14, 2008 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919033653/http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/smash-cut-casts-sasha-grey/ |url-status=live }} Grey played a fictionalized version of herself in the seventh season of the HBO series Entourage as Vincent Chase's new girlfriend in a multi-episode arc.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/05/07/sasha-grey-entourage/ |title=Porn star Sasha Grey to play Vince's girlfriend on 'Entourage' |last=Bierly |first=Mandi |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127225636/http://ew.com/article/2010/05/07/sasha-grey-entourage/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |url-status=dead }} The season has a 57% rating (13 fresh, 10 rotten) on Rotten Tomatoes. Grey played Raven in the thriller I Melt With You, directed by Mark Pellington, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2011/12/jeremy-piven-on-going-to-hell-in-sundance-shocker-i-melt-with-you-50733/ |title=Jeremy Piven on Going to Hell in Sundance Shocker "I Melt With You" |last=Smith |first=Nigel M. |work=IndieWire |date=December 6, 2011 |access-date=March 20, 2019 }} She then starred in the Indonesian film Shrouded Corpse Bathing While Hip-Shaking, which premiered on April 28, 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/another-indonesian-film-to-feature-international-porn-star/435085 |title=Another Indonesian Film to Feature International Porn Star |last=Oktofani |first=Elisabeth |work=Jakarta Globe |date=April 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116054850/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/another-indonesian-film-to-feature-international-porn-star/435085 |archive-date=November 16, 2011 |url-status=dead }} She co-starred in the 2012 horror-thriller Would You Rather, which was directed by David Guy Levy, and which has a critics' consensus rating of 59% based on 22 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/sasha-grey |title=Sasha Grey – Highest Rated Movies |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513025932/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/sasha-grey |url-status=live }} A critic noted the similarity of her role as "unflinching in the wildest of circumstances, when vying for a hefty sum of cash at the expense of [her] health" to Grey's own career as an adult actor.{{cite web |url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/sasha-grey-plays-rough-in-would-you-rather/ |title=Sasha Grey Plays Rough in "Would You Rather" |last=Weinstein |first=Max |work=DiaboliqueMagazine.com |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=March 27, 2019 }}
She voiced the character Viola DeWynter in the 2011 video game Saints Row: The Third and reprised the role again in 2015 for Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} In 2013, in the documentary series Durch die Nacht mit ..., Mariya Ocher took Grey to nightlife venues in Hamburg where Grey ignored the "women prohibited" barrier of the Herbertstraße.{{cite web |url=http://www.arte.tv/de/durch-die-nacht-mit-sasha-grey-und-mary-ocher/6633644,CmC=7708220.html |series=Durch die Nacht mit ... |title=Durch die Nacht mit Sasha Grey und Mary Ocher |work=Arte TV |location=Hamburg |date=December 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203095841/http://www.arte.tv/de/durch-die-nacht-mit-sasha-grey-und-mary-ocher/6633644,CmC=7708220.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |language=de |url-status=dead }} In 2014 she starred with Elijah Wood in Open Windows, which was directed by Nacho Vigalondo.{{cite web |url=https://screencrush.com/open-windows-interview-elijah-wood-sasha-grey/ |title=Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey and 'Open Windows' director talk the horrors of anonymity |first=Britt |last=Hayes |website=ScreenCrush.com |date=October 2, 2014 |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090520/https://screencrush.com/open-windows-interview-elijah-wood-sasha-grey/ |url-status=live }} Nikola Grozdanovic wrote that "all of Open Windows is constructed in a way for all of the action to unfold through some kind of computer screen".{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/11/review-clever-open-windows-with-elijah-wood-sasha-grey-may-still-leave-you-carsick-270588/ |title=Review: Clever 'Open Windows' With Elijah Wood & Sasha Grey May Still Leave You Carsick |first=Nikola |last=Grozdanovic |date=November 5, 2014 |work=IndieWire |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090922/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/11/review-clever-open-windows-with-elijah-wood-sasha-grey-may-still-leave-you-carsick-270588/ |url-status=live }} The Tomatometer critics' consensus for Open Windows was 40% based on 40 reviews. In 2017, Sasha Grey and Danny Trejo starred in the arthouse thriller Black Licorice, which was directed by Frankie Latina and in 2009 Grey was a co-producer of Latina's Modus Operandi, also starring Danny Trejo.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2010/08/sasha-grey-to-be-present-at-modus-operandis-ifc-opening-219073/ |title=Sasha Grey to be Present at "Modus Operandi"'s IFC Opening |last=Smith |first=Nigel M. |work=IndieWire |date=August 16, 2010 |access-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011314/https://www.indiewire.com/2010/08/sasha-grey-to-be-present-at-modus-operandis-ifc-opening-219073/ |url-status=live }}
Grey appeared in music videos for The Smashing Pumpkins' 2007 song "Superchrist",{{cite web |url=http://www.pornvalleynews.com/home/archives/2007/07/sasha_grey_on_p.html |title=Sasha Grey on Pumpkins' 'Zeitgeist' |work=PornValleyNews.com |date=July 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219032234/http://www.pornvalleynews.com/home/archives/2007/07/sasha_grey_on_p.html |archive-date=December 19, 2007 |url-status=dead }} and for The Roots' 2008 song "Birthday Girl".{{cite web |url=http://blogs.okayplayer.com/theroots/tag/sasha-grey/ |title=The Roots – New videos on the way |work=Blogs.okayplayer.com |type=blog |date=April 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901114635/http://blogs.okayplayer.com/theroots/2008/04/09/new-videos-on-the-way/102/ |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead }} In 2011, she appeared in the music video for Eminem's song "Space Bound", which premiered on Vevo,{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658323/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221012917/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1658323/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 21, 2011 |title=Eminem Shoots 'Space Bound' Video With Porn Star Sasha Grey |last=Rodriguez |first=Jayson |work=MTV |date=February 18, 2011 |access-date=February 18, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/Eminem-Casts-Sasha-Grey-in-Space-Bound-Music-Video-426970.html |title=Eminem Casts Sasha Grey in 'Space Bound' Music Video |last=Hymes |first=Tom |work=AVN |date=February 18, 2011 |access-date=December 5, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125208/https://avn.com/business/articles/video/Eminem-Casts-Sasha-Grey-in-Space-Bound-Music-Video-426970.html |url-status=live }} playing a girlfriend whom Eminem strangles before realizing that she is only a figment of his imagination.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666453/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound-video.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628230601/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666453/eminem-sasha-grey-space-bound-video.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |title=Eminem Co-Star Sasha Grey Interprets Suicidal 'Space Bound' Video |first=Rob |last=Markman |work=MTV |date=June 27, 2011 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }}
=Music=
{{see also|aTelecine}}
In 2008, Grey began an industrial music collaboration called aTelecine with Pablo St. Francis and the two later added Anthony D' Juan and Ian Cinnamon. The project's first EP, aVigillant Carpark, was released in 2009. The same year, Grey also contributed vocals to the Current 93 album Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain.{{cite web |url=http://copticcat.greedbag.com/buy/aleph-at-hallucinatory-mountain-2/ |title=Current 93 – Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain |author=Coptic Cat |website=copticcat.greedbag.com |date=May 18, 2009 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328092417/https://copticcat.greedbag.com/buy/aleph-at-hallucinatory-mountain-2/ |url-status=live }}
In 2010, aTelecine released its first album, ...And Six Dark Hours Pass, and followed it up with the first of three A Cassette Tape Culture compilations.{{cite web |url=https://stereogum.com/543051/atelecine-feat-sasha-grey-its-all-write-i-came-i-sat-i-departed-stereogum-premiere/franchises/haunting-the-chapel/ |title=aTelecine (Feat. Sasha Grey) – "It's All Write" & "I Came I Sat I Departed" (Stereogum Premiere) |last=Stosuy |first=Brandon |work=Stereogum |date=October 13, 2010 |access-date=March 15, 2019 }} Paul Maher Jr. compared Sasha Grey with Cathy Ames in John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden, describing the ambient tracks of aTelecine as aural wrecking balls, stated that Grey's artistic temperament comes close to that of the Marquis de Sade as "a proponent of freedom tethered to its furthest extremities, yet untethered by laws, morality or religion" and admired her courage and audaciousness.{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/127832-the-new-breed-sasha-grey-atelecine-and-the-new-morality-2496171347.html |title=The New Breed: Sasha Grey, aTelecine and the New Morality |first=Paul |last=Maher |author-link=Paul Maher Jr. |date=July 6, 2010 |work=PopMatters |access-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328070256/https://www.popmatters.com/127832-the-new-breed-sasha-grey-atelecine-and-the-new-morality-2496171347.html |url-status=live }} In July 2013, it was announced that Grey had left the band.{{cite web |url=http://www.playgroundmag.net/music/mixes/playground-mix-149-atelecine |title=PlayGround Mix 149: aTelecine |last=Blánquez |first=Javier |work=PlayGroundMag.net |date=July 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813014620/http://www.playgroundmag.net/music/mixes/playground-mix-149-atelecine |archive-date=August 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
In 2012, Grey covered Nico for the X-TG album Desertshore.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sasha-grey-mn0001073709/credits |title=Sasha Grey - Credits |work=AllMusic |access-date=January 24, 2019 }} In 2014, Grey and Jayceeoh produced "Heat of the Night", featuring Bella.{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/sasha-grey/press/sasha-grey-and-jayceeoh-releases-stream-of-new-single-heat-of-the-night-listen |title=Sasha Grey And Jayceeoh Releases Stream Of New Single 'Heat Of The Night' |date=October 22, 2014 |work=Contactmusic.com |access-date=March 20, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2015, psytrance band Infected Mushroom featured Grey's vocals in their album Converting Vegetarians II in the track "Fields of Grey".{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/dimmakrecords/infected-mushroom-fields-of-grey-feat-sasha-grey |title=Infected Mushroom - Fields Of Grey (feat. Sasha Grey) |year=2016 |publisher=SoundCloud |access-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108143742/https://soundcloud.com/dimmakrecords/infected-mushroom-fields-of-grey-feat-sasha-grey |url-status=live }} In 2016, Grey contributed to the Death in Vegas album Transmission.{{cite web |url=http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/02/richard-fearless-sasha-grey |title=Richard Fearless and Sasha Grey on Their Musical Collaboration |date=February 24, 2017 |first=Hanna |last=Bächer |website=daily.redbullmusicacademy.com |access-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326124211/http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2017/02/richard-fearless-sasha-grey |url-status=live }} The former Throbbing Gristle members Chris & Cosey remixed "Consequences of Love", a Transmission song performed and composed by Grey and Fearless. In 2017, Michael Mayer adapted the Chris & Cosey remix in his DJ-Kicks album.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23238-dj-kicks/ |title=Michael Mayer DJ-Kicks |date=May 19, 2017 |first=Philip |last=Sherburne |work=Pitchfork |access-date=March 13, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dj-kicks-mw0003039230 |title=Michael Mayer DJ-Kicks |first=Paul |last=Simpson |year=2017 |work=AllMusic |access-date=March 13, 2019 }} Vice described Transmission as an "EBM-inspired romp through the darker edges of the sleazier clubs in the nightlife spectrum".{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/chris-cosey-remixed-death-in-vegas-so-we-got-death-in-vegas-to-pick-their-favourite-chris-cosey-records/ |title=Chris & Cosey Remixed Death in Vegas so We Got Death in Vegas to Pick Their Favourite Chris & Cosey Records |last=Baines |first=Josh |date=August 22, 2016 |work=Vice |access-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419133821/https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/53ebg3/chris-cosey-remixed-death-in-vegas-so-we-got-death-in-vegas-to-pick-their-favourite-chris-cosey-records |url-status=live }} In a cameo appearance, DJ Harvey plays "Consequences of Love" in the rave party at the Grand Palais scene of Mission: Impossible – Fallout.{{cite web |url=https://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/102615/Mission-Impossible-Fallout |title=Mission Impossible: Fallout Soundtrack |last=Balfe |first=Lorne |work=what-song.com |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501115544/https://www.what-song.com/Movies/Soundtrack/102615/Mission-Impossible-Fallout |url-status=live }} In 2018, Death in Vegas published the single "Honey", with Grey as writer, singer, and film director of Drone Records' video for the song.{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/death_in_vegas-honey |title=Death in Vegas "Honey" |last=Barnabe |first=Dylan |work=Exclaim! |date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=December 14, 2018 }} In August 2018 PIG published "That's The Way (I Like It)", featuring Grey, and premiered it on the website Pornhub.{{cite web |url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2018/08/18/news/shares-new-song-thats-the-way-i-like-it-featuring-sasha-grey/ |title=PIG Shares New Song "That's The Way (I Like It)" Featuring Sasha Grey |last=Robertson |first=Morgan Ashley |work=MXDWN.com |date=August 18, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 }}
Since 2010, Grey has regularly performed as a DJ and has published some of her mixes on SoundCloud.{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/bill_harris/2010/10/06/15601096.html |title='Entourage' lifts ex-porn star's career |last=Harris |first=Bill |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=October 6, 2010 |access-date=November 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209152509/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/columnists/bill_harris/2010/10/06/15601096.html |archive-date=December 9, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.youredm.com/2014/07/10/sasha-grey-from-porn-studio-to-dj-booth/ |title=Sasha Grey: From porn studio to DJ |last=Trew |first=Tyler |work=YourEDM.com |date=July 10, 2014 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518052037/https://www.youredm.com/2014/07/10/sasha-grey-from-porn-studio-to-dj-booth/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://soundcloud.com/SashaGrey |title=SashaGrey |work=SoundCloud |year=2012 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329183822/https://soundcloud.com/sashagrey |url-status=live }} Grey said she uses CDJs, USB-sticks, and SD cards when making her music. Earmilk editor David Sikorski considered her mixes as "testament to her wide range, eclectic taste in music, and her ability to understand the mechanics of solid electronic music production".{{cite web |url=https://earmilk.com/2016/03/03/how-sasha-grey-blew-my-musical-mind/ |title=How Sasha Grey Blew My Musical Mind |last=Sikorski |first=David |work=Earmilk |date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=January 16, 2019 }}{{cite web |url=https://earmilk.com/2018/03/01/sasha-grey-blends-fresh-house-bangers-with-underground-techno-in-latest-mix-exclusive/ |title=Sasha Grey blends fresh house bangers with underground techno in latest mix |last=Sikorski |first=David |work=Earmilk |date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=January 16, 2019 }}
=Books=
Grey's photo book Neü Sex was released on March 29, 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/porn-as-performance-art-s_b_842671|title=Porn As Performance Art?: Sasha Grey Releases "Neu Sex," Her First Book Of Art Photography|website=Huffington Post|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=December 7, 2024|archive-date=December 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208035407/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/porn-as-performance-art-s_b_842671|url-status=live}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOySRAAACAAJ |title=Neu Sex |first=Sasha |last=Grey |publisher=powerHouse Books |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=April 15, 2019 |isbn=978-1-57687-556-8 }} BlackBook described it as "another right step in transforming herself into the multimedia artist she sees herself as"{{cite web |url=https://bbook.com/nightlife/sasha-grey-on-her-new-book-the-porn-industry-her-one-insecurity/ |title=Sasha Grey on Her New Book, the Porn Industry, & Her One Insecurity |last=Barna |first=Ben |work=BlackBook |date=April 6, 2011 |access-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421034535/https://bbook.com/nightlife/sasha-grey-on-her-new-book-the-porn-industry-her-one-insecurity/ |url-status=live }} and the Portland Mercury compared Grey's "distinct style" with the photography of Cindy Sherman and Terry Richardson.{{cite web |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/neanduuml-sex/Content?oid=3719829 |title=Neü Sex – Porn Star Sasha Grey Takes Control of the Camera |author=Scrappers |work=Portland Mercury |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=April 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617091522/https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/neanduuml-sex/Content?oid=3719829 |url-status=live }}
Her second book, an erotic novel titled The Juliette Society, was released on May 9, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/162420/sasha-greys-erotic-novel-debuts-thursday |title=Sasha Grey's Erotic Novel Debuts Thursday |last=Gray |first=Lila |work=XBIZ |date=May 6, 2013 |access-date=March 7, 2018 |archive-date=March 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307080306/http://www.xbiz.com/news/162420/sasha-greys-erotic-novel-debuts-thursday |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://pendusound.com/news/read-a-sexxxy-excerpt-from-the-juliette-society-by-sasha-grey-of-atelecine/ |title=Read a sexxxy excerpt from 'The Juliette Society' by Sasha Grey of aTelecine |year=2013 |last=Brooks |first=Todd |publisher=Pendu Sound Recordings |access-date=February 6, 2019 }}{{dead link|date=February 2025}} Karley Sciortino described the book as a "satirical, erotic novel that follows Catherine, a film student who enters a secret, elite sex society", and in an interview Grey stated she paid homage to novels like The 120 Days of Sodom, Thérèse the Philosopher, and Voltaire's Candide.{{cite web |url=https://slutever.com/going-deep-with-sasha-grey/ |title=Going Deep with Sasha Grey |last=Sciortino |first=Karley |author-link=Karley Sciortino |work=Slutever |date=May 11, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2019 }} Alisande Fitzsimons wrote that The Juliette Society contains references to classic erotic literature and film,{{cite web |url=http://forbookssake.net/2013/05/29/the-juliette-society-by-sasha-grey/ |title=The Juliette Society by Sasha Grey |last=Fitzsimons |first=Alisande |work=Forbookssake.net |date=May 29, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091658/http://forbookssake.net/2013/05/29/the-juliette-society-by-sasha-grey/ |url-status=dead }} and Cosmopolitan UK called it "erotica with a difference". In 2016, the second book of The Juliette Society trilogy, The Janus Chamber, was published and the third installment, The Mismade Girl, followed in 2018.{{cite web |url=http://thejuliettesociety.com/about-the-author/ |title=Sasha Grey: The Juliette Society – About the author |work=TheJulietteSociety.com |year=2018 |access-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-date=March 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312161601/http://thejuliettesociety.com/about-the-author/ |url-status=live }} Grey described The Juliette Society as somewhat autobiographical. Allen Foster wrote that The Janus Chamber is "a brilliant work of literature", much more Satyricon than Fifty Shades of Grey, where Grey's "wry sense of humor reveals itself in the obscure pop culture references".{{cite web |url=https://www.axs.com/interview-with-sasha-grey-from-the-road-to-the-janus-chamber-108025 |title=Interview with Sasha Grey: From the road to 'The Janus Chamber' |first=Allen |last=Foster |work=AXS |date=October 11, 2016 |access-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406091316/https://www.axs.com/interview-with-sasha-grey-from-the-road-to-the-janus-chamber-108025 |url-status=live }}
The trilogy was translated into several languages, and in October 2019 the German translation of The Mismade Girl was published by Heyne Hardcore as X.{{cite tweet |first=Sasha |last=Grey |user=sashagrey |number=1180025317965959169 |title=Mein neuer Roman "X" ist bei Heyne Hardcore erschienen. |date=October 4, 2019 |language=de }}{{-}}
=Other ventures=
In 2020, Grey began hosting a show on VENN called Grey Area.{{Cite web |last=VENN (@watchvenn) |date=July 13, 2020 |title=@SashaGrey and @dumbfoundead tell us all about their experience filming the first live episode of Grey Area |url=https://twitter.com/watchvenn/status/1293686200155480064 |website=Twitter.com |access-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812231012/https://twitter.com/watchvenn/status/1293686200155480064 |url-status=live }}
Grey began streaming video game playthroughs on Twitch in the first half of 2020.{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2020 |title=Sasha Grey Talks About Awkwardly Getting Recognized In Public |url=https://www.thegamer.com/sasha-grey-twitch-stream-awkward-fan-encounter/ |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=TheGamer }}{{Cite web |last=Çakır |first=Gökhan |date=December 9, 2020 |title=The best streams to watch for Cyberpunk 2077's launch |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/the-best-streams-to-watch-for-cyberpunk-2077s-launch |access-date=May 18, 2022 |website=Dot Esports |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516161537/https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/the-best-streams-to-watch-for-cyberpunk-2077s-launch |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Grey identifies herself as an existentialist{{cite web |url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/grey-matter/ |title=Grey Matter |last=Heyman |first=Stephen |work=T: The New York Times Style Magazine |date=April 11, 2011 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225090252/https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/grey-matter/ |url-status=live }} and as bisexual.{{cite AV media |people=Interviewed by Olivia Munn |url=http://www.g4tv.com/videos/38325/sasha-grey-interview/ |title=Sasha Grey Interview |date=May 14, 2009 |time=3:56–4:10 |publisher=G4TV |type=Television production |access-date=October 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221135503/http://www.g4tv.com/videos/38325/sasha-grey-interview |archive-date=February 21, 2018 |work=Attack of the Show |url-status=bot: unknown }} She is an atheist.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sashagrey/status/3303647368?lang=zh-Hant|title=x.com|accessdate=December 1, 2024|archive-date=March 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309184624/https://twitter.com/SashaGrey/status/3303647368?lang=zh-Hant|url-status=live}} She was in a long-term relationship with a photographer, Ian Cinnamon, who is 13 years her senior, but the couple split up in 2012.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sasha-grey-on-being-caught-in-a-russian-propaganda-war |title=Sasha Grey on Being Caught in a Russian Propaganda War |last1=Stern |first1=Marlow |date=January 14, 2017 |website=thedailybeast.com |publisher=The Daily Beast |access-date=December 5, 2014 |archive-date=June 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602184319/http://www.thedailybeast.com/sasha-grey-on-being-caught-in-a-russian-propaganda-war |url-status=live }}
In May 2016 interview, rock and pop culture critic Art Tavana compared Grey with Madonna, describing her as "defiantly feminist" and as "novelist, EDM DJ, sex-positive feminist, Formula 1 racer or action star—no matter what it is, it's more than 'ex-porn star'".{{cite web |url=https://www.laweekly.com/arts/who-is-sasha-grey-my-day-with-las-most-misunderstood-sex-symbol-6932718 |title=Who Is Sasha Grey? My Day With L.A.'s Most Misunderstood Sex Symbol |first=Art |last=Tavana |date=May 26, 2016 |work=LA Weekly |access-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131044830/https://www.laweekly.com/arts/who-is-sasha-grey-my-day-with-las-most-misunderstood-sex-symbol-6932718 |url-status=dead }} In 2009, Meghan O'Rourke wrote that Grey "sees her extremity as helping to liberate female sexuality" but she called Grey's persona "a clever marketing tactic".{{cite web |url=http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/pornographic-liberation-sasha-grey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601165348/http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/pornographic-liberation-sasha-grey |date=June 9, 2009 |archive-date=June 1, 2011 |work=doubleX |publisher=Slate |first=Meghan |last=O'Rourke |author-link=Meghan O'Rourke |title=The Pornographic Liberation of Sasha Grey |url-status=dead }} Vanessa Grigoriadis stated that "what's most important about her is her impact on feminism".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sasha-grey-the-dirtiest-girl-in-the-world-the-story-behind-the-story-63211/ |title=Sasha Grey, The Dirtiest Girl in the World: The Story Behind the Story |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225083250/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sasha-grey-the-dirtiest-girl-in-the-world-the-story-behind-the-story-63211/ |url-status=live }} In a 2011 interview with Journal Frankfurt, Grey commented that she dislikes the term 'feminist', saying she would be a 'post-modern feminist' if she was one.{{cite web |url=https://www.journal-frankfurt.de/journal_news/Kultur-9/Sasha-Grey-I-myself-dont-believe-in-feminism-14134.html |title=I myself don't believe in feminism |first=Nils |last=Bremer |date=September 22, 2011 |website=journal-frankfurt.de |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090113/https://www.journal-frankfurt.de/journal_news/Kultur-9/Sasha-Grey-I-myself-dont-believe-in-feminism-14134.html |url-status=live }}
Grey is a professed movie buff, leading to her 2006 alias Anna Karina after the French-Danish film actress, and likes the work of Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni,{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/nov/28/girlfriend-experience-steven-soderbergh-sasha-grey |title=Why The Girlfriend Experience won't make Grey's day |first=John |last=Patterson |date=November 28, 2009 |work=The Guardian |access-date=March 20, 2019 }} French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, Danish Dogme 95 director Lars von Trier, New German Cinema filmmaker Werner Herzog,{{cite web |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/4190-talking-godard-and-herzog-with-sasha-grey |title=Talking Godard and Herzog with Sasha Grey |first=Scott |last=Macaulay |date=May 26, 2009 |work=Filmmaker |access-date=March 20, 2019 }} feminist filmmaker Catherine Breillat, and American filmmaker David Lynch.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Q-A-with-Sasha-Grey-3230939.php |title=Q&A with Sasha Grey |first=G. Allen |last=Johnson |date=May 21, 2009 |work=SFGate |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091145/https://www.sfgate.com/thingstodo/article/Q-A-with-Sasha-Grey-3230939.php |url-status=live }} MovieLine recognized her as "Twitter's Art-House Eulogist".{{cite web |url=http://movieline.com/2010/08/sasha-grey-twitter-eulogist.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831092647/http://movieline.com/2010/08/sasha-grey-twitter-eulogist.php |date=August 16, 2010 |archive-date=August 31, 2010 |first=S.T. |last=Vanairsdale |title=Sasha Grey, Twitter's Art-House Eulogist |work=MovieLine |url-status=dead }}
Sasha Grey described herself as a David Bowie fan and contributed to a French homage after he died in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.nouvelobs.com/galeries-photos/culture/20160111.OBS2590/photos-l-hommage-des-internautes-a-david-bowie.html |title=PHOTOS. L'hommage des internautes à David Bowie |work=L'Obs |date=January 11, 2016 |language=fr |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042824/http://www.nouvelobs.com/galeries-photos/culture/20160111.OBS2590/photos-l-hommage-des-internautes-a-david-bowie.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=50 Shades of Sasha Grey: How She Got into Porn & More |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzZrask5F0 |publisher=VICE |access-date=December 15, 2023 |date=September 27, 2012 |type=video |via=YouTube |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211122334/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzZrask5F0 |url-status=live }}{{time needed|date=December 2023 }} Other musical influences of Grey's include KMFDM, Throbbing Gristle, Coil,{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/09015-unsound-2012-first-names-the-end-oneohtrix-v-vm |title=Unsound 2012: First Acts Announced |work=The Quietus |date=June 11, 2012 |access-date=June 12, 2012 |quote=First up is aTelecine, who will be delivering the world premiere of their live show. Consisting of Sasha Grey, Pablo St. Francis, Ian Cinnamon and Anthony D'Juan, their music draws heavily from early British industrial, with Grey having cited TG and Coil especially as influences in the past. }} and Nine Inch Nails. Grey also collects vinyl records{{cite web |url=https://www.axs.com/exclusive-sasha-grey-heats-things-up-at-stratus-rooftop-lounge-103045 |title=Exclusive: Sasha Grey heats things up at Stratus Rooftop Lounge |first=Allen |last=Foster |date=July 20, 2016 |work=AXS |access-date=April 6, 2019 }} and her motto is Lotta continua.{{cite web |url=https://www.panorama.it/cultura/sasha-grey-l-ex-pornostar-che-ha-come-motto-lotta-continua/ |title=Sasha Grey, l'ex pornostar che ha come motto "Lotta continua" |last=Berton |first=Lulu |work=Panorama |language=it |date=June 22, 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090640/https://www.panorama.it/cultura/sasha-grey-l-ex-pornostar-che-ha-come-motto-lotta-continua/ |url-status=live }}
In 2010, in an interview with Maxim, Grey said her parents were not happy with her involvement in the adult film industry but that they were on good terms with her nonetheless; Grey's father died in 2015.{{cite web |url=http://www.maxim.com/movies/the-movie-blog/92717/exclusive-sasha-grey-works-9-to-5-days-in-porn.html |title=Exclusive: Actress Sasha Grey Works '9 To 5: Days in Porn' |last=Alt |first=Eric |work=Maxim |date=May 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325122505/http://www.maxim.com/movies/exclusive-actress-sasha-grey-works-9-5-days-porn |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
=Activism=
In February 2010, Sasha Grey and Joanna Angel were Sex Week at Yale panelists.{{cite web |url=http://www.citypages.com/news/katherine-kerstens-unhealthy-fixation-on-sasha-grey-and-yale-sex-week-6546877 |title=Katherine Kersten's unhealthy fixation on Sasha Grey and Yale Sex Week |first=Kevin |last=Hoffman |date=January 30, 2011 |work=City Pages |access-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328041243/http://www.citypages.com/news/katherine-kerstens-unhealthy-fixation-on-sasha-grey-and-yale-sex-week-6546877 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://m.startribune.com/katherine-kersten-yale-a-great-school-for-curious-types/86674862/ |title=Yale: A great school for curious types |first=Katherine |last=Kersten |date=March 6, 2010 |work=Star Tribune |access-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-date=March 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328041255/http://m.startribune.com/katherine-kersten-yale-a-great-school-for-curious-types/86674862/ |url-status=live }}
In November 2011, Grey participated in a guest reading program at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California. After some parents complained, Grey responded to the controversy by stating, "I committed to this program with the understanding that people would have their own opinions about what I have done, who I am, and what I represent".{{cite web |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/ex-porn-actress-sasha-grey-defends-classroom-visit.html |title=Ex-porn actress Sasha Grey defends elementary school visit |last1=Grad |first1=Shelby |last2=Lopez |first2=Robert J. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 15, 2011 |access-date=March 24, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324000301/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/ex-porn-actress-sasha-grey-defends-classroom-visit.html |url-status=live }} Grey also appeared on the American talk show The View, where she said she thought that the school{{shy}}children's parents should have been given prior notice of the identity of guest readers, and that she would not have accepted the job if parents had objected to her.{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/sasha-grey-reading-to-children-the-view-video-2011-11 |title=Sasha Grey Just Defended Herself For Reading To Children On 'The View' |last=Lincoln |first=Kevin |work=Business Insider |date=November 16, 2011 |access-date=November 6, 2018 }}
In March 2012, she published a video supporting Equal Pay Day.{{cite web |last1=Romero |first1=Dennis |title=Sasha Grey Uses Porn Imagery to Decry Unequal Pay Between Men, Women: Video |url=https://www.laweekly.com/sasha-grey-uses-porn-imagery-to-decry-unequal-pay-between-men-women-video/ |website=LA Weekly |access-date=December 16, 2023 |date=March 20, 2012 |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216110952/https://www.laweekly.com/sasha-grey-uses-porn-imagery-to-decry-unequal-pay-between-men-women-video/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Papapostolou |first1=Anastasios |title=Sasha Grey Uses Porn Imagery to Advocate Equal Pay For Women |url=https://greekreporter.com/2012/03/21/sasha-grey-uses-porn-imagery-to-advocate-equal-pay-for-women/ |access-date=December 16, 2023 |work=Greek Reporter |date=March 21, 2012 }} She supported Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and supports Planned Parenthood.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/sasha-grey/ |title=Sasha Grey was never going to let you put her in a box |last=Grasso |first=Samantha |work=The Daily Dot |date=July 15, 2018 |access-date=March 9, 2019 }}
Awards
Filmography
=Film=
=Series=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Publisher |
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rowspan=2 | 2009
| Porn: Business of Pleasure | Documentary | CNBC |
James Gunn's PG Porn
| Tricia Scrotey | Roadside Ass-istance | Web series |
2010
| Herself | HBO |
rowspan=2 | 2013
| Sexy NSA Commercial | Herself |
Durch die Nacht mit ...
| Documentary | ...Sasha Grey und Mary Ocher | Arte |
2018
| Party DJ | The Body | Hulu |
2020
| Grey Area | Host | Talk show | VENN |
=Music videos=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Musicians |
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2006
| "Daybreak" | Sex Worker | Daso |
2007
| "Superchrist" | Dancer |
2008
| "Birthday Girl" | Birthday Girl |
2011
| "Space Bound" | Girl | Eminem |
2014
| "Toxic"{{cite web |title='Toxic' by David J with Adrian H and The Wounds |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt9gFKtw9oE |publisher=David J Haskins |access-date=December 15, 2023 |date=April 14, 2014 |type=video |via=Youtube |archive-date=July 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731051539/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt9gFKtw9oE |url-status=live }} | Villainess | David J |
=Video games=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
---|
2011
| rowspan=2 | Viola DeWynter | Voice{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video54276-flvhd |title=Comic-Con 2011 Saints Row 3 Trailer and Sasha Grey |last=Herter |first=Blair |author-link=Blair Herter |date=July 2011 |work=Attack of the Show! |publisher=G4tv.com |type=video |access-date=May 15, 2019 }} |
2015
| Voice |
2023
| Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty |Ash (DJ of 89.7 Growl FM) | Voice |
Discography
;with aTelecine
:2009: aVigillant Carpark (EP; Pendu Sound Recordings)
:2010: A Cassette Tape Culture (Pendu Sound Recordings)
:2010: ...And Six Dark Hours Pass (Dais Records)
;with Current 93
:2009: Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain (Coptic Cat)
;with X-TG
:2012: Desertshore (covering Nico, Industrial Records)
;with Infected Mushroom
:2015: Fields Of Grey (EP; Dim Mak Records)
;with Death in Vegas
:2016: Transmission (LP, Drone Records)
:2018: Honey (EP; Drone Records)
;with Pig
:2018: That's The Way (I Like It) (EP; Pig Industries, Armalyte Industries)
:2019: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (cover duet, LP Candy, Armalyte Industries)
Bibliography
- Neü Sex (VICE Books, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-57687-556-8}})
- The Juliette Society (Grand Central Publishing, 2013, {{ISBN|978-0-7515-5158-7}})
- The Juliette Society, Book II: The Janus Chamber (Cleis Press, 2016, {{ISBN|978-1-62778-180-0}})
- The Juliette Society, Book III: The Mismade Girl (Cleis Press, 2018, {{ISBN|978-1-62778-182-4}})
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web |last1=Stern |first1=Marlow |title=Hollywood's Favorite Ex-Porn Star: A Chat With Sasha Grey |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/hollywoods-favorite-ex-porn-star-a-chat-with-sasha-grey |website=The Daily Beast |date=February 15, 2013 |url-access=limited}}
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