How much is Sasha Grey worth?
| Net Worth: | $2.5 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Adult Actress |
| Date of Birth: | March 14, 1988 (age 34) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
About Sasha Grey
Marina Anne Hantzis, best known by her stage name Stella Grey, is an American actress, internet personality, model, novelist, singer, and Twitch streamer. She gained popularity in May 2006 after she entered the pornography industry.
During her career in the pornographic film industry, from 2007 to 2010, Sasha won more than 15 awards, including one AVN Award in the category “Female Performer of the Year”. Grey has earned income equal to an estimated salary of $300,000 per year, since 2019.
Sasha Grey gained popularity through her work as a pornographic actress. Marina was born on March 14, 1988, in North Highlands, California. Her father is Greek-American that worked as a mechanic. He passed away in June 2015. Marina’s mother, on the other hand, is of Irish, English, and Polish descent. Her parents divorced in the late 1990s before she even studied at middle school. She was raised primarily by her mother, who in 2000 remarried and moved to Sacramento.
During her childhood, Sasha attended four high schools in Sacramento but was unhappy at each of them. She graduated one year earlier when she was 17, and then immediately signed up for the Sacramento City College. There, she took classes in acting, dance, and film. While attending college, starting in January 2006 she worked at a Black Angus Steakhouse as a buster and waiter. She saved more than $7,000 and then decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in adult films.
The actress became rich from her many appearances and features as well as her advertising campaigns, artworks, documentaries, magazines, and music videos. Her career in pornography officially started in May 2006 when she moved to Los Angeles. She performed in various hardcore films and developed the stage name Sasha Grey, inspired by the French New Wave actress Anna Karina.
Towards the end of the year, she had her first scene in an orgy alongside Rocco Siffredi in Fashionistas Safado. According to many reports, from that movie alone, she was able to earn an estimated $4,000.
Before she even made six months in the business, in November 2006 she graced the cover of the Los Angeles magazine and was dubbed the next Jenna Jameson. Less than two full years later, in 2008, she won the AVN Award for “Female Performer of the Year”, becoming the youngest woman to achieve this. According to reports from the Miami New Times, from 2006 to 2010, she has performed in more than 190 adult films.
Concurrently with her work in the adult film industry, she also ventured into a modeling career. In July 2007, she was named the Pet of the Month by the Penthouse magazine. Over the next few years, she has modeled for various clients such as American Apparel, Flaunt, and Max Azria’s Manoukian.
Sasha Grey became successful through her many transformations within show business. Since leaving the adult film industry behind, she has entered the dramatic film industry. Her first appearance was on the Canadian independent film comedy/horror Smash Cut from late 2009.
Around the same time, she made sporadic appearances on music videos for artists such as The Smashing Pumpkins, The Roots, Eminem, and David J. In 2010, she joined her first television show – the HBO comedy-drama Entourage where she worked as herself.
As the 2010s progressed, Sasha continued to star in a variety of projects. She appeared in her own documentary titled Durch die Nacht hit. The documentary was created by Arte television, one of the leading German networks and to discuss her life, she was joined by the Russian recording artist Mary Ocher.
Starting the new decade, the former pornographic actress also became a singer. She has co-founded several bands such as aTelecine, Current 93, X-TG, Infected Mushroom, Death in Vegas, and PIG. Throughout the decade, she finally landed several roles in successful and mainstream films – I Melt With You, Would You Rather and The Scribbler.
Grey’s Total Net Worth
Sasha Grey has earned estimated total career income of $6.5 million dollars. As Grey lives in the state of California, she will have had to pay around 46% in taxes on her career income. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $3.51 million dollars, having paid $2.99 million dollars in taxes.
Sasha Grey is not married and has no children. In her personal life she has likely spent $1 million dollars of her career earnings but also earned $500,000 from her investments. She will have also had to pay around $400,000 in business costs. Therefore, it is estimated that Sasha Grey has a net worth of around $2.5 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Sasha Grey is a former pornographic actress that began her career in the mid-2000s just before she could graduate college. Although it didn’t last more than five years, her work in the industry did help her gather attention and earn an estimated net worth of $2.5 million. Since the past decade or so, she has ventured into other professions within the entertainment business. She’s an actress, model, novelist, and singer that recently began hosting her own show on the VENN Network called Grey Area.
