a.k.a. Katya Kassin, Katja Kassen, Katja Kasin, Kaytcha Kayson, Katja

Katja Kassin (born September 24, 1979 in Leipzig, Germany) is a German porn star who has become quite famous in American porn.

Katja was born in the city of Leipzig in the German Democratic Republic, the former eastern communist part of Germany. She was 10 years old when the wall came down and Germany reunited. 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 6 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. Over time her modeling career became more professional and successful and she came in contact with German porn star Drew Berrymore who had been living and working in the San Fernando Valley, near Los Angeles for several years. Katja was introduced to Mark Spiegler of the talent agency Spiegler Girls for whom she worked for three and half year. Recently she switched to the biggest talent agency in the San Fernando Valley "L.A. Direct Models" which is owned by male adult star Ben English.

Before moving to the United States Katja was studying Political Science at university of Leipzig in Germany. She claims to have earned a degree equivalent to an Associate's Degree. She also studied German Language and Literature. Katja started porn in March of 2003 when she first came over to the US, her first US scene was "Straight to the A 4" by Vince Vouyer for Red Light District. She permanently moved to the Los Angeles area in late 2004 and married male performer Sledge Hammer in January 2005. According to Katja's recent MySpace page entries, she and Sledge Hammer are divorced and she is seeing a man named "Adam."

Katja's specialty is rough anal sex, including double anal, though she has since ceased filming creampies after the HIV outbreak in 2004. She is well known for her derrière and face. In Germany Katja is known for her appearances at the German erotic TV show "Wa(h)re Liebe".

She has appeared in over 350 adult movies and has been featured on some 80 box covers. In 2004 she was nominated for XRCO's Female Performer of the Year Award and for the AVN's "Female Foreign Performer of the year" award and in 2005 AVN's "Female Performer of the year"

Note: Official Porn Star Website of Katja Kassin.