Cast

SASHA GREY – Chelsea / Christine

Sasha Grey, born March 14, 1988, in Sacramento, California is an American actor, writer, photographer, porn star, transgressive artist and experimental musician. She has a strong interest in the films of the French New Wave and before deciding on her present stage name, she toyed with the name of Jean-Luc Godard’s ex-wife Anna Karina.   In interviews she has stated that the name Grey represents two things: Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Grey and the Kinsey scale of sexuality (homosexual to heterosexual, a grey scale in-between).

Sasha began college in August of 2005, balancing school and work seven days a week, and soon after moved to LA to pursue a career as a porn star. Around this time she started thinking about pornography as a career opportunity. Sasha has a huge appetite for sex and self-exploration.

Sasha is a genuinely smart, funny, ambitious, and daring person. She does the work she does because she wants to — because she not only enjoys the sex in all its myriad forms but also because she likes doing, as she calls it, performance art.

Star of more than 80 porn films, Grey was featured in the November 2006 edition of Los Angeles Magazine, which flagged her as a potential major star, the next Jenna Jameson. Grey was chosen as Penthouse Pet of The Month for July 2007 where the spread is still considered to be the most radical change for the magazine when renowned fashion photographer Terry Richardson conducted the shoot, a previously unprecedented move. In 2008, she won Female Performer of the Year at the 25th Annual AVN awards. Her work also includes featuring as part of the artwork for The Smashing Pumpkins 2007 album Zeitgeist and modeling for American Apparel and Vice Magazine, as well as starring in Lee Demarbre’s horror film, SMASH CUT. Grey’s achievements put her into the 2009 Rolling Stone Magazine Hot List. Marking her mainstream feature film debut in THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, Grey’s career path has taken her from the average porn actress to an international super star.

Awards

• 2006 RRFF Best Newbie
• 2007 AVN Award for Best Three-Way Sex Scene
• 2007 AVN Award for Best Group Sex Scene
• 2007 XRCO Award for Best New Starlet
• 2007 Adultcon Top 20 Adult Actresses
• 2008 AVN Award - Best Oral Sex Scene
• 2008 AVN Award - Female Performer of the Year
• 2008 XRCO Award for Female Performer of the Year

CHRIS SANTOS – Chris

Santos was born on May 21, 1978 in Long Island, NY, and moved to Los Angeles in 2007. Chris Santos is making his feature film debut in Steven Soderbergh’s THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE.  He calls on his athletic experience as a trainer and triathlete for the lead role of ‘Chris,’ a trainer whose high-end escort girlfriend provides the titular experience for her clients.

STEVEN SODERBERGH – Director

Director Steven Soderbergh won an Academy Award for Best Director for his 2000 ensemble drama TRAFFIC. He had earned dual Best Director Oscar nominations that year, also receiving one for ERIN BROCKOVICH, starring Julia Roberts in her Oscar-winning performance. Soderbergh had earlier gained an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE, which marked his feature film directorial debut. The film also won the Palme d’Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.

Most recently, he directed THE INFORMANT, starring Matt Damon. Among his other credits are CHE, OCEAN’S THIRTEEN, THE GOOD GERMAN, BUBBLE, OCEAN’S TWELVE, SOLARIS, FULL FRONTAL, OCEAN’S ELEVEN, THE LIMEY, OUT OF SIGHT, GRAY’S ANATOMY, SCHIZOPOLIS, THE UNDERNEATH, KING OF THE HILL AND KAFKA.

He also wrote, directed, photographed and edited EQUILIBRIUM, starring Alan Arkin, Robert Downey, Jr. and Ele Keats, which was one of a trio of short eroticism-themed films released as Eros. Michelangelo Antonioni and Wong Kar-wai directed the other two segments. The film had its premiere at the 2004 Venice Film Festival.

In addition, Soderbergh has produced or executive produced a wide range of features. Most recently he produced SOLITARY MAN, directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien and executive produced I’M NOT THERE, directed by Todd Haynes and starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw; MICHAEL CLAYTON, directed by Tony Gilroy and starring George Clooney and the documentary ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED, directed by Marina Zenovich.

Other producer or executive producer credits include Gregory Jacobs’ films WIND CHILL AND CRIMINAL; George Clooney’s GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK and CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND; A SCANNER DARKLY, directed by Richard Linklater; RUMOR HAS IT… directed by Rob Reiner; SYRIANA, directed by Stephen Gaghan; Lodge Kerrigan’s KEANE, which played at the Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals; John Maybury’s THE JACKET; FAR FROM HEAVEN, directed by Todd Haynes; INSOMNIA, directed by Christopher Nolan; Anthony and Joseph Russo’s WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD; Gary Ross’ PLEASANTVILLE and Greg Mottola’s THE DAYTRIPPERS.