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Grey grew up in a working-class family in Sacramento, California and her mother worked for the state of California. Her parents divorced before Grey finished middle school, and her mother remarried in 2000 when Grey was 12. She attended four high schools before graduating, unhappy in each one. In autumn 2005, she attended junior college and took classes in film, dance, and acting. During this time, she waited tables at a steak house through March 2006 and saved $7,000 for a move to Los Angeles. In May 2006 Grey moved to Los Angeles and started her career in adult films just after turning 18. Originally she toyed with the name Anna Karina (after the French New Wave actress) before deciding on her present name. She has stated the name "Sasha" was taken from Sascha Konietzko of the band KMFDM, and "Grey" represents Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the Kinsey scale of sexuality. Her first scene was an orgy with Rocco Siffredi for The Fashionistas 2 by John Stagliano. When she was younger, prior to her video career, she had earlier dated a cook at the steak house where she worked, who had, during sex, introduced her to slapping, and other kinds of consensual degradation. Nearly six months after entering the adult industry, Grey was featured in the November 2006 edition of Los Angeles where she was flagged as a potential major star, perhaps the next Jenna Jameson. Less than a year after entering the industry Grey was the recipient of awards for Best Three Way Sex Scene and Best Group Scene at the AVN adult movie awards. She was also nominated as Best New Starlet, but lost to Naomi. Grey was named Pet of The Month for July 2007 by Penthouse Magazine and was photographed by fashion photographer Terry Richardson. In 2008, she became the youngest person to win the AVN Female Performer of the Year award. In February 2007, she appeared on The Tyra Banks Show to participate in the topic of teenagers in the sex industry. Grey was also profiled in the Rolling Stone "Hot Issue" for the December 2008 edition. Grey currently represents herself in the adult industry through her own agency, L.A. Factory Girls, while The Spread Group manages her mainstream affairs. Since 2006 she has been developing a documentary that illustrates her experiences from the age of 18 to 21. Fleshbot announced in January 2009 that Grey is engaged to her photographer, Ian Cinnamon. Grey also claims to have a strong interest in existentialism to which she boasts, "how many 18 year-old porn stars are existentialist?" She cites Jean-Luc Godard and David Bowie as the biggest influences on her life and career.