Katja Kassin

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name = Katja Kassin
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location = Leipzig, East Germany
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eye color = Green
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orientation = Heterosexualcite web | url=http://lukeisback.com/bloglukeisback/?p=54 | title=Katja Kassin Interview | accessdate=2007-06-17 | author=Luke Ford | last=Ford | first=Luke | authorlink=Luke Ford | date=2007-03-29 | year=2007 | month=3 | publisher=lukeisback.com | language=English]
ethnicity = German
alias = Katja Kassim / Katja Kassan / Katja Kassen / Katja / Katya
number of films = 395 (per IAFD)iafd name|id=KatjaKassin. Retrieved on October 27 2007.]
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Katja Kassin (born September 24, 1979 in Leipzig, then East Germany) is the stage name of a German pornographic actress.

Biography

Kassin is the eldest of three children.cite web | url=http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=20340 |title=Katja Kassin Interviewed | accessdate=2007-05-19 | author=Gene Ross | last=Ross |first=Gene | date=2006-12-05 | publisher=AdultFYI ] She was 10 years old when the Berlin Wall came down.cite web |url=http://www.aetoday.com/2007/02/26/qa-with-katja-kassin | title=Q&A with Katja Kassin |accessdate=2007-05-19 | author=Tom J | last=J | first=Tom | publisher=Adult Entertainment Today ] When she was 15 years old she had her first job selling ice cream at an Italian restaurant after school and on the weekends. She was a waitress for six years during her high school and college time. In September 2000 she started working as a nude model posing for local amateur photographers and websites. After three years, she moved into softcore shoots [cite web|url=http://adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=4408|title=Katja Kassin the German Dream|accessdate=2007-06-26|author=Gene Ross|date=2004-06-30|publisher=AdultFYI] and eventually came in contact with German porn star Dru Berrymore. Kassin was introduced to Mark Spiegler of the talent agency "Spiegler Girls" for whom she worked for three and a half years. On September 9 2006, she signed with LA Direct Models.cite web | url=http://www.ladirectmodels.com/index2-begin.php | title=LA Direct Models | accessdate=2007-05-19 | publisher=LA Direct Models ]

Before moving to the United States Kassin studied Political Science, German Language, and Literature at the University of Leipzig. She has stated that she earned a degree equivalent to an Associate's degree.

Her first film scene in the United States was "Straight to the A 4" by Vince Voyeur for "Red Light District". This was filmed in March 2003; before that she had only done two scenes in Europe. [cite web|url=http://adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=1372|title=Katja Kassin: An Asshole is Not a Pussy; You Cannot Just Stick It In|accessdate=2007-06-26|author=Gene Ross|date=2003-12-01|publisher=AdultFYI] She permanently moved to the Los Angeles area in late-2004 and married a fellow male performer in January 2004. [http://www.iwadult.com/katjakassin.html "Good things come in small packages: An interview with German anal princess Katja Kassin"] , by Troy Michael, 2006 IWAdult. Originally published in "Genesis Magazine". Retrieved 2007-06-26.]

On June 1, 2007 she got breast augmentation surgery from Dr. Jacobs in New York City. The 350cc silicone implants were inserted through the nipple and under the muscle. Her first shoot after recovery was on June 26, 2007. [myspace|katjakassin blog entries, May 15, 2007 through June 5, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2007.]

Kassin speaks six languages with "relative fluidity": English, German, Russian and three others. [cite web|url=http://adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=14105|title="Katja Kassin Speaks Six Languages"|accessdate=2007-06-26|author=The Movable Buffet|date=2006-01-20|publisher=AdultFYI] She adopted the first name "Katja" as her pseudonym at the suggestion of the photographer at her first nude shoot, after his niece.

Awards

*2003 – Adam Film World Award – Actress of the Year
*2004 – Venus (Europa) – Jury Award for Best International Actress
*2005 – XRCO – Best Orgasmic Analist cite web | url=http://www.bwdl.net/xrco-2/2005win/index.htm#anal | title="XRCO 2005 Award Categories & Winners" | accessdate=2007-05-19 | date=2006-04-20 | publisher=XRCO ]
*2006 – AVN – Best Solo Sex Scene ("Anal Showdown") cite web | url=http://www.avnawards.com/2006winners.php | title="2006 AVN Awards Winners!!!" | accessdate=2007-05-19 | date=2007-01-13 | publisher=AVN ]

References

External links

*MySpace|clubkatja|Katja Kassin
*YouTube channel|clubkatja|Katja Kassin
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* [http://blog.awmdb.com/9/interview:_katja_kassin.html Interview] at AWMDB
* [http://blog.freeones.com/2007/12/17/exclusive-interview-with-katja-kassin/ Exclusive Interview at FreeOnes]