Katsuni

Katsuni

Katsuni at the 2011 AVN Awards
Born Celine Tran[1]
April 9, 1979[2]
Lyon, France[2][3]
Nationality French[2]
Other names Katzumi, Jayda, Atsumi, Belgazoo, Katsumi[2]
Ethnicity Asian[2]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Weight 116 lb (53 kg)[2]
No. of adult films 390 as a performer & 3 as a director (per IAFD)[2]
Website
http://www.clubkatsuni.com

Celine Tran, know commonly by her stage name Katsuni (born April 9, 1979) is a former French pornographic actress and featured dancer.[2][4][5][6]

Biography

Katsuni is of French/Vietnamese heritage.[7][4][8] Her father is Vietnamese and her mother's family is French. She is fluent in French and English.[9][10]

After studying political science for a year at Grenoble Institute of Political Studies, she entered the adult film industry in 2002 at around the age of 23 and has since appeared in over 350 films.[2] In December 2006, Katsuni signed an exclusive performing contract with Digital Playground.[7] 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 Créteil, France in January 2007 from using the name, after a woman named Mary Katsumi sued over the resemblance to her own name.[4][8] In September 2007, Katsuni was fined €20,000 for violations of the ban on using the name "Katsumi".[11]

In 2011, she promoted Hentai during a comic convention in Angoulême, France.[12]

In May 2006, she got breast implants.[2] Her first film with her new breasts, French ConneXion of Marc Dorcel Productions, came out at the beginning of 2007. In the meantime, Katsuni also graced the cover of Marquis magazine, a leader in fetishism, and hosted the weekly program, En attendant minuit, broadcast by TPS Star, a TV show in France.

In July 2008, Katsuni released My Fucking Life (Marc Dorcel Studios). The movie is partly a documentary on Katsuni's daily life over a year, with a look at her shoots in Las Vegas, on set during filming in Porn Valley, along with a bit of her personal life.

Complex magazine ranked Katsuni at #3 on their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time",[4] #14 on their list of "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now)",[3] and #48 on their list of "The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time".[8]

In March 2013, Katsuni won a lawsuit against Bow Wow for using footage of her pole dancing in his video "Drank In My Cup".[1]

On August 14, 2013, Katsuni announced that she was retiring from porn in order to focus on her acting career.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bow Wow Ordered to Pay French Porn Star $80,000". TMZ. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 "Katsuni". IAFD.com. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paul Cantor (2011-07-08). "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now)". Complex. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Gabriel Alvarez (2011-09-19). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "KATSUNI - By the way I announce you that this week-end is...". facebook.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/katsuni''. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 David Sullivan (2006-12-28). "Digital Playground Signs Katsumi". AVN. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. 2010-05-18. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  9. ↑ Porn Star Interview: Katsuni
  10. ↑ http://www.iamcelinetran.com/en/biographie/
  11. ↑ "La star du porno Katsuni condamnée à verser 20.000 euros à Mary Katsumi" (in French). AFP. 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-10-16.
  12. ↑ Katsuni and Hentai - Angouleme France 2011 2011 - Katsuni promoting Hentai at a comic convention in France
  13. ↑ "2002 FICEB Award Winners & Nominees". archive.org. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "AVN - 2014 AVN Awards Show - History". Avnawards.avn.com. 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  15. ↑ "2004 Award winners & nominees". archive.org. Archived from the original on 11 October 2004. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Festival De L‘Erotisme und European-X-Awards 2004". German-Adult-News.com. 2004-03-10. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  17. ↑ "XRCO 2004 Winners!". 2 June 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Jared Rutter (2005-01-09). "The 22nd Annual AVN Awards: A Jenna Jameson Kinda Night". AVN. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2006-01-09. Retrieved 2007-07-22.
  20. ↑ "Venus-Paris parte II: Awards". VM18News. 2006-05-12. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "2007 AVN Award Winners Announced". AVN. 2007-01-16. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  22. ↑ Joanne Cachapero (2007-10-09). "Barcelona Film Fest Winners". XFanz. Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  23. ↑ "Winners of the 2007 FICEB Ninfa Awards", h.b., October 10, 2007, xstarsnews.com. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  24. ↑ "X Stars aux Ninfa Awards 2008: Les Gagnants!". 27 June 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  25. ↑ Rutter, Jared (2008-01-12). "2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced". AVN. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Paul Fishbein (2009-10-21). "Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d’Or Awards". AVN. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Hot d’Or archives presse x, articles sur les Hot d’or". Hot-dor.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2011 AVN Awards". AVN.com. 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  29. ↑ "2011 XBIZ Awards Announced Last Night". AVN.com. 2011-02-10. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  30. ↑ XBIZ Award Winners, XBIZ, January, 2012
  31. ↑ "AVN Announces 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN. 2013-12-26. Retrieved 2014-01-06.

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