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.
