Katsuni
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Katsuni at the 2010 AVN Expo
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| Born |
Céline Tran 9 April 1979 Lyon, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Katzumi, Jayda, Atsumi, Belgazoo, Katsumi |
| Years active | 2001-2013 |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 116 lb (53 kg) |
| Website | http://www.clubkatsuni.com |
| No. of adult films | 390 as a performer & 3 as a director (per IAFD) |
Katsuni (born Céline Tran on 9 April 1979) is a French former pornographic actress and featured dancer. She started her adult film career in 2001, working both first in France, then in the United States. She retired from porn in 2013 and returned to France to pursue a career in mainstream entertainment under her real name.
Katsuni is of French/Vietnamese heritage. Her father is Vietnamese and her mother's family is French. She is fluent in French and English.
She studied for a year at Grenoble Institute of Political Studies. Finding herself ill-suited for political science, she dropped out and then studied literature for three years, envisioning a career as a teacher. During her studies, she did gigs as a go-go dancer, which led her to be spotted by a photographer working for Penthouse. The magazine's French branch was then looking for actresses who would appear in its adult pictures. Tran accepted Penthouse's proposal for a shoot as a manner of challenge and because she thought it might be an exciting experience.
Having enjoyed her first experience, she decided to pursue a career in the adult film industry. For two years, she shot movies while continuing her studies but eventually renounced becoming a teacher and decided to pursue a career as a full-time adult actress. During her adult film career, which she began in 2001, she appeared in over 350 releases. In 2004, she was voted "the French's favorite porn actress" in a readers' poll organized by trade journal Hot Vidéo.
Having found success in France's adult film industry, she decided to pursue an international career by working in the United States. During the next few years, she divided her time between France and the US. In December 2006, she signed an exclusive performing contract with Digital Playground.
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