Katsuni
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KatsuniKatsuni (born April 9, 1979 in Lyon
, France
) is a French
pornographic actress
.
/Vietnamese
heritage. Her father is Vietnamese and her mother's family is French. She is fluent in both English and French.
After studied political sciences a year at Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, she entered the adult film industry in 2002 at about the age of 23, and has since appeared in over 200 films. In December 2006, Katsuni signed an exclusive performing contract with Digital Playground. She originally performed using the stage name Katsumi (a common given name in Japan for both sexes), but she was barred by a French judge in January 2007 from using the name after a woman named Mary Katsumi sued over the resemblance to her own name. In October 2007, Katsuni was fined €20,000 for violations of the ban on using the name "Katsumi".
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
pornographic actress
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
.
Biography
Katsuni is of FrenchFrench people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
/Vietnamese
Vietnamese people
The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...
heritage. Her father is Vietnamese and her mother's family is French. She is fluent in both English and French.
After studied political sciences a year at Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, she entered the adult film industry in 2002 at about the age of 23, and has since appeared in over 200 films. In December 2006, Katsuni signed an exclusive performing contract with Digital Playground. She originally performed using the stage name Katsumi (a common given name in Japan for both sexes), but she was barred by a French judge in January 2007 from using the name after a woman named Mary Katsumi sued over the resemblance to her own name. In October 2007, Katsuni was fined €20,000 for violations of the ban on using the name "Katsumi".
Awards
- 2004: European X Award for Best Actress (France)
- 2004: AVN Award for Best Anal Sex Scene – Multiple P.O.V. (with Gisselle & Michael StefanoMichael StefanoMichael Stefano is a retired Italian-American pornographic actor and director. Before entering pornography, Michael held a variety of jobs in the restaurant and hotel industries. While working as a bartender in 1997, he met a couple with a connection in porn and would appear in his first film...
) - 2005: AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year
- 2005: AVN Award for Best Anal Sex Scene – Lex Steele XXX 3 (with Lexington SteeleLexington SteeleClifton Todd Britt , better known as Lexington Steele, is an American award-winning pornographic actor, director and owner of Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc. He is the first actor to have won the AVN Male Performer of the Year Award three times.- Education, career prior to...
) - 2006: AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year
- 2006: AVN Award for Best Interactive DVD – Virtual Katsuni
- 2006: AVN Award for Best Anal Sex Scene – Cumshitters (with Manuel FerraraManuel FerraraManuel Ferrara is a prolific French pornographic actor and adult film director.Ferrara was originally a protégé of Rocco Siffredi, and had an award winning acting career, making his American acting debut in John Stagliano’s Fashionistas. In 2002 he appeared in Snoop Dogg's Hustlaz: Diary of a Pimp...
) - 2006: AVN Award for Best Tease Performance – Ass Worship 7
- 2007: AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year
- 2007: AVN Award for Best Supporting Actress (Video) – Fashionistas Safado – The Challenge
- 2007: AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene (Film) – FUCK (with Carmen HartCarmen HartCarmen Hart is an American pornographic actress from North Carolina.She grew up in a Christian home, but she says that her family was not very strict. At fifteen, she lost her virginity...
, Kirsten Price, Mia SmilesMia SmilesMia Smiles is an American porn star of Asian heritage. She has appeared in many features for companies like Wicked, Adam & Eve, Penthouse, Playgirl, VCA, Vivid, Hustler, Sin City...
, Eric Masterson, Chris Cannon, Tommy Gunn & Randy SpearsRandy SpearsRandy Spears is a well-known pornographic actor, having appeared in approximately 1000features. Sometimes credited as Greg Ory or Greg Slavin....
) - 2007: AVN Award for Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Film) – FUCK (with Jessica DrakeJessica DrakeJessica Drake is an American pornographic actress.-Early life:Drake spent much of her early life growing up around the state of Texas in different cities including San Antonio and El Paso. While majoring in psychology at a college in El Paso, Drake took a job as a house dancer at a local strip club...
, FeleciaFeleciaFelecia Danay is an American pornographic actress, nude model, and feature dancer.Felecia features in a comic book entitled Adult Star Stories: Felicia by Hippy Comix.- Awards :AVN Awards* Hall of Fame Inductee...
, Clara G.) - 2007: Ninfa Prize for Best Actress – French Connection
- 2008: AVN Award for Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production – Furious Fuckers Final Race (with nine others)
- 2009: Hot d'OrHot d'OrHot d'Or was an adult film industry Pornographic award, awarded annually from 1992 to 2001 in Cannes, France by the French magazine Hot Vidéo. It has been described as the porn equivalent of the Palme d'Or or the Academy Awards. The analogous American honor is the AVN Award...
for Best French Actress – Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge - 2009: Hot d'Or for Best Actress Blog
- 2011: AVN Award for Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene – Body Heat
- 2011: AVN Award (The Fan Awards) for Wildest Sex Scene – Body Heat
- 2011: XBIZ AwardXBIZ AwardXBIZ Awards are given annually to honor "individuals, companies, performers and products that play an essential part in the growth and success of adult entertainment". Organized by the adult industry trade magazine XBIZ, the awards were first given in 2003...
for Foreign Female Performer of the Year