{{short description|French pornographic film actress}} {{Unreliable sources|date=November 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Céline Tran | image = Katsuni 2010.jpg | caption = Tran in 2010 | birth_date = {{birth year from age at date|34|2013|Sep}}<!--See WP:BLPPRIVACY before adding full date of birth--> | birth_place = | years_active = {{plainlist| * 2001–2013 (pornography) * 2014–present (mainstream) }} | height = | website = {{official URL}} | other_names = Katsuni }} '''Céline Tran''' (born {{birth year from age at date|34|2013|Sep|noage=y}}<ref name="gazette">{{cite web |url=http://www.lanouvellegazette.be/803125/article/regions/charleroi/actualite/2013-09-08/entretien-exclusif-celine-tran-katsuni-en-tournage-a-charleroi-j-arrete-le |title=Entretien exclusif: Céline Tran (Katsuni), en tournage à Charleroi: 'J'arrête les films X pour d'autres défis' |trans-title=Exclusive interview: Céline Tran (Katsuni), currently filming in Charleroi: 'I'm quitting adult films for other challenges' |lang=fr |work=La Nouvelle Gazette |last=Dellicour |first=Jonathan |date=9 September 2013 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729235758/http://www.lanouvellegazette.be/803125/article/regions/charleroi/actualite/2013-09-08/entretien-exclusif-celine-tran-katsuni-en-tournage-a-charleroi-j-arrete-le |url-status=dead}}</ref>) is a French actress, writer, martial artist, blogger, and former pornographic film actress who performed under the stage names '''Katsuni'''<ref name="Alvarez 2011">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.complex.com/girls/2011/09/the-top-50-hottest-asian-porn-stars-of-all-time/katsuni |title=The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time |access-date=31 August 2013 |first=Gabriel |last=Alvarez |date=19 September 2011 |magazine=Complex |archive-date=6 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106181625/http://www.complex.com/girls/2011/09/the-top-50-hottest-asian-porn-stars-of-all-time/katsuni |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://twitchfilm.com/2014/12/watch-celine-tran-slit-throats-and-kick-ass-in-burst-gallery.html |title=Watch Celine Tran Slit Throats And Kick Ass In ''Burst'' |work=Twitch Film |last=Marsh |first=James |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=31 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325064020/http://twitchfilm.com/2014/12/watch-celine-tran-slit-throats-and-kick-ass-in-burst-gallery.html |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and '''Katsumi'''.<ref name="Complex 2010" /> She started her adult film career in 2001,<ref name="KatsuniExpress"/> working first in France, then in the United States.
She received numerous awards in the course of the adult career, most notably the AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year which she has won three times.
She retired from pornography in 2013 and returned to France to pursue a career in mainstream entertainment under her real name. Tran has appeared in films such as the French comedy ''Porn in the Hood'' (2012), and Cambodian action film ''Jailbreak'' (2017). She also released an autobiography, ''Ne dis pas que tu aimes ça'', in 2018.
==Early life== Tran is of French/Vietnamese heritage.<ref name="Alvarez 2011" /><ref name="Sullivan 2006">{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/6832.html |title=Digital Playground Signs Katsumi |first=David |last=Sullivan |date=28 December 2006 |work=AVN |access-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722030120/http://business.avn.com/articles/6832.html |archive-date=22 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="Complex 2010">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.complex.com/girls/2010/05/the-50-prettiest-porn-stars-of-all-time/katsuni |title=The 50 Prettiest Porn Stars of All Time |access-date=31 August 2013 |date=18 May 2010 |magazine=Complex |archive-date=11 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111163600/http://www.complex.com/girls/2010/05/the-50-prettiest-porn-stars-of-all-time/katsuni |url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father is Vietnamese and her mother's family is French.<ref name="Fleshlight Girls">{{cite web |last1=<!--anonymous author(s)--> |title=Katsuni before she was a fleshlight girl |url=http://www.hot-fleshlight-girls.com/katsuni-before-she-was-a-fleshlight-girl/ |website=Fleshlight Girls |access-date=3 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044519/http://www.hot-fleshlight-girls.com/katsuni-before-she-was-a-fleshlight-girl/ |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Anthony |title=Porn Star Interview – Katsuni |url=http://www.hush-hush.co.uk/porn-star-interviews/porn-star-interview-katsuni/ |date=28 October 2010 |website=Hush-Hush Adult Directory |access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="21Sextury">{{cite web |title=Katsuni |url=http://21sextury.com/model/Katsuni/757 |publisher=21Sextury Productions |archive-date=12 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512232301/http://21sextury.com/model/Katsuni/757 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
She studied for a year at Grenoble Institute of Political Studies.<ref>[http://www.sofoot.com/katsuni-je-recois-beaucoup-de-messages-de-joueurs-120449.html Katsuni : « Je reçois beaucoup de messages de joueurs » ], ''Sofoot'', 31 December 2009</ref> Finding herself ill-suited for political science,<ref name="20minutes">[http://www.20minutes.fr/culture/899685-20120316-katsuni-je-impression-etre-enfermee-porno Katsuni : «Je n'ai pas l'impression de m'être enfermée dans le porno»], ''20 Minutes'', 13 March 2012</ref> she dropped out and then studied literature for three years,<ref>[http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2007/12/01/391893-katsuni-ai-aussi-fait-sciences-po-fac-lettres.html Katsuni : «J'ai aussi fait Sciences Po' et fac de lettres »], ''La Dépêche'', 1 December 2007</ref> 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.<ref name="Masculin">[http://www.masculin.com/love-sex/1837-katsuni-interview/ Katsuni : « Le live, l'avenir du porno »], ''Masculin.com'', 30 mars 2012</ref> Tran accepted ''Penthouse'''s proposal for a shoot as a manner of challenge and because she thought it might be an exciting experience.<ref name="20minutes"/>
== Career ==
===Adult film career in France and in the United States=== Having enjoyed her first experience, she decided to pursue a career in the adult film industry.<ref name="Masculin"/> 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.<ref name="20minutes"/>
She joined the pornography industry in 2001.<ref name="KatsuniExpress"/> In 2004, she was voted "the French's favorite porn actress" in a readers' poll organized by trade journal Hot Vidéo.<ref>[http://hotvideo.fr/magazine-en-kiosque/164 Katsumi : l'actrice X préférée des Français. Hot Vidéo n°164] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202065844/http://hotvideo.fr/magazine-en-kiosque/164 |date=2 February 2017 }}, mai 2004 sur hotvideo.fr</ref> She also appeared in several Italian and Spanish productions, working for directors such as Mario Salieri. She performed alongside Rocco Siffredi in ''Who fucked Rocco ?'', ''Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge'' and ''Fashionistas Safado: Berlin'', the latter two being directed by John Stagliano.
She shot her first American films in 2003. In 2005, she decided to focus on her work in the United States whose industry offered better opportunities. During the next few years, she divided her time between France and the US, working mostly in the latter country. In December 2006, she became the first French actress to sign an exclusive performing contract with Digital Playground.<ref name="Sullivan 2006" />
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 in January 2007 from using the name, after a woman named Mary Katsumi sued over the resemblance to her own name.<ref name="Alvarez 2011" /><ref name="Complex 2010" /> Although she had informed the websites that she had changed her stage name, many outlets kept referring to her as "Katsumi". She was eventually sued again a few months later<ref>[http://www.20minutes.fr/france/176951-20070828-femme-reclame-82000-euros-a-star-porno-utilise-nom Une femme réclame 82.000 euros à une star du porno qui utilise son nom], ''20 minutes'', 28 août 2007</ref> and, in September 2007, was fined €20,000, having been deemed responsible for various violations of the ban.<ref>{{cite web |last1=AFP |title=Porn star Katsumi ordered to pay 20,000 euros to a homonymous |url=http://www.liberation.fr/actualite/2007/09/12/la-star-du-porno-katsumi-condamnee-a-verser-20-000-euros-a-une-homonyme_7598 |work=Libération}}</ref>
Tran also modelled for the cover of ''Marquis'' magazine, a leader in fetishism. She also continued working and touring as an exotic dancer in nightclubs of various countries.<ref name="lopinion">{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.lopinion.fr/13-juin-2014/katsuni-redevenue-celine-tran-s-attaque-a-bd-13341 Katsuni, redevenue Céline Tran, s'attaque à la BD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227235454/http://www.lopinion.fr/13-juin-2014/katsuni-redevenue-celine-tran-s-attaque-a-bd-13341 |date=27 February 2017 }}, ''L'Opinion'', 13 June 2014</ref><ref name="Sullivan 2006" />
In July 2008, Tran released ''My Fucking Life'', a French-language film made for Marc Dorcel Studios. The movie is partly a documentary on Tran'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.<ref>[http://www.ecranlarge.com/films/interview/901211-katsuni-my-fucking-life Interview – Katsuni (My fucking life)], ''Ecranlarge.com'', 21 June 2008</ref> In 2008, she was part of the cast of ''Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge'', one of the most expensive pornographic films ever produced. In 2012, she directed another feature for Dorcel, ''In bed with Katsuni''.<ref name="20minutes"/> In 2011, ''Complex'' ranked Tran fourteenth on their list of "The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars Right Now"<ref name="Cantor 2011">{{cite magazine |first=Paul |last=Cantor |date=8 July 2011 |title=The Top 100 Hottest Porn Stars (Right Now) |url=http://www.complex.com/girls/2011/07/the-top-100-hottest-porn-stars/katsuni |magazine=Complex |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-date=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210095315/http://www.complex.com/girls/2011/07/the-top-100-hottest-porn-stars/katsuni |url-status=dead}}</ref> and third on their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time".<ref name="Alvarez 2011"/>
===Other media=== In the mid-2010s, Tran hosted the weekly French TV show ''En attendant minuit'', broadcast by TPS Star.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Julian |title=Katsuni: "I leave the TV come to me" |url=http://www.programme-tv.net/news/tv/10740-katsuni-je-laisse-la-tele-venir-a-moi-video/ |date=13 September 2010 |website=Tele-Loisirs.fr |access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref>
During her adult career, Tran's personality and success in the United States attracted the attention of French mainstream media.<ref name="KatsuniExpress">{{cite news |type=interview |author=Camille |title=Katsuni : « Les prostituées et les actrices porno sont en quelque sorte cousines » |trans-title=Katsuni: 'Prostitutes and porn actresses are kind of like cousins.' |url=http://blogs.lexpress.fr/sexpress/2012/02/22/katsuni-les-prostituees-et-les-actrices-porno-sont-en-quelque-sorte-cousines/ |work=L'Express |department=Sexpress |date=22 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113511/http://blogs.lexpress.fr/sexpress/2012/02/22/katsuni-les-prostituees-et-les-actrices-porno-sont-en-quelque-sorte-cousines/ |archive-date=9 January 2017 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Libé2007">{{cite news |author1=<!--anonymous author(s)--> |title=Critique Katsuni |url=https://www.liberation.fr/week-end/2007/11/17/katsuni_106520/ |access-date=3 November 2025 |work=Libération |date=17 November 2007 |language=fr |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In October 2009 she was a guest in the popular talk show ''On n'est pas couché''. In the early 2010s, she wrote articles about the pornography industry for the magazines ''Les Inrockuptibles'' and ''Le Nouvel Observateur''.<ref name="KatsuniExpress"/>
In 2010–2011, she hosted on the French channel MCM ''Katsuni's sexy mangas'', a TV show dedicated to hentai.<ref>{{cite web |title=Les mangas sexy de Katsuni : découvrez l'univers des hentaï avec l'actrice dès vendredi sur MCM |url=http://www.premiere.fr/TV/News-Tele/VIDEO-Les-mangas-sexy-de-Katsuni-decouvrez-lunivers-des-hentai-avec-lactrice-des |website=premiere.fr |date=18 September 2010 |access-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> The show was eventually canceled in March 2011 due to a decision of France's Superior Council of Audiovisual content.<ref>[http://www.programme-tv.net/news/tv/14971-le-csa-choque-par-les-mangas-sexy-de-katsuni-sur-mcm/ Le CSA choqué par les mangas sexy de Katsuni sur MCM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202062040/http://www.programme-tv.net/news/tv/14971-le-csa-choque-par-les-mangas-sexy-de-katsuni-sur-mcm/ |date=2 February 2017 }}, ''{{Ill|Télé-Loisirs|fr}}'', 22 March 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.manga-sanctuary.com/news/10525/katsuni-et-ses-mangas-sexy-c-est-fini.html Katsuni et ses mangas sexy, c'est fini], ''Mangas Sanctuary'', 23 March 2011</ref> Among other appearances in French mainstream media, she played herself in the successful comedy film ''Porn in the Hood'' (2012). In 2013, she was one of the porn stars interviewed in the American documentary film ''Aroused'', directed by photographer Deborah Anderson.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/movies/aroused-a-documentary-by-deborah-anderson.html Sex Stars as People, With Dreams and Worries], ''The New York Times'', 2 May 2013</ref>
===Retirement from pornography=== On 14 August 2013, Tran announced that she was retiring from pornography to focus on "a new kind of entertainment".<ref>[http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2013/08/15/97001-20130815FILWWW00133-l-actrice-katsuni-arrete-le-porno.php L'actrice Katsuni arrête le porno], ''Le Figaro'', 15 August 2013</ref> She relocated to France and has been using since then her birth name, Céline Tran.<ref>[http://www.lesinrocks.com/2014/01/04/actualite/celine-tran-katsuni-11457187/ Céline Tran (Katsuni) "Le porno n'est plus un monde de fantasmes"], ''Les Inrockuptibles'', 4 January 2014</ref> A few months after her retirement, she was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.<ref name="AVN 2013">{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-2014-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-539515.html |title=AVN Announces 2014 Hall of Fame Inductees |magazine=AVN |date=26 December 2013 |access-date=6 January 2014 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230024951/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-2014-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-539515.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Post-pornography career=== Tran has since appeared in several mainstream productions. In 2014, she played a recurring character in the French web fiction ''Le Visiteur du futur''.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.madmoizelle.com/katsuni-le-visiteur-du-futur-197184 "Katsuni dans la saison 4 du Visiteur du Futur !"], ''Madmoizelle.com'', 4 September 2013</ref> Also in 2014, she wrote the script for ''Heart Breaker'', the sixth volume of the French comic book horror series ''DoggyBags''.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.planetebd.com/interview/celine-tran-katsuni-et-run/675.html "interview Comics Céline Tran (Katsuni) et Run"], ''Planète BD'', 13 June 2014</ref> In 2016, she started working as a DJ<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.villaschweppes.com/article/celine-tran-la-derniere-recrue-de-tete-d-affiche_a22009/1 "Céline Tran, la dernière recrue de Tête d'Affiche"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234705/http://www.villaschweppes.com/article/celine-tran-la-derniere-recrue-de-tete-d-affiche_a22009/1 |date=4 January 2017 }}, ''Villaschweppes.com'', 15 May 2016</ref> and writing a blog focusing on cultural and sexual themes.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.madmoizelle.com/celine-tran-blog-693171 "Le tout nouveau blog perso de Céline Tran, à mettre d'urgence dans vos favoris"], ''Madmoizelle'', 28 December 2016</ref> She also underwent three years of martial arts training to secure roles in action films.<ref name="CinéAsie">[http://www.cine-asie.fr/2017/01/11/jailbreak-interview-avec-celine-tran-katsuni/ "Jailbreak : Interview avec Celine Tran (ex-Katsuni)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116195132/http://www.cine-asie.fr/2017/01/11/jailbreak-interview-avec-celine-tran-katsuni/ |date=16 January 2017 }}, Ciné-Asie.fr, 11 janvier 2017</ref><ref name="Impactonline">[http://www.impactonline.co/film/10608-celine-tran-jailbreak/ "EXCLUSIVE: Celine Tran – From Heartbreaker to Jailbreak-er…"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619145937/http://www.impactonline.co/film/10608-celine-tran-jailbreak/ |date=19 June 2016 }}, ''Impact Online'', 18 June 2016</ref> In 2017, she hosted on Facebook Live, for the French community website ''NextPLZ'' a show about sexuality aimed at youngsters,<ref>{{in lang|fr}}[http://nextplz.fr/actualite/content/2382078-plz-yourself-l-emission-facebook-live-avec-celine-tran-ex-katsuni "PLZ Yourself : l'émission facebook live avec Céline Tran (ex-Katsuni)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304035419/http://nextplz.fr/actualite/content/2382078-plz-yourself-l-emission-facebook-live-avec-celine-tran-ex-katsuni |date=4 March 2017 }}, ''NextPLZ'', 2 February 2017</ref> published a second graphic novel in the ''DoggyBags'' collection,<ref>[http://www.planetebd.com/comics/ankama/doggybags-presente/heartbreaker/33328.html Doggybags présente Heartbreaker], ''Planetebd.com'', 4 June 2017</ref> and created a YouTube channel dedicated to sports.<ref>[http://www.maviedeninja.com/2017/06/26/ma-vie-de-ninja-la-chaine-youtube/ "Ma Vie de Ninja: la chaîne YOUTUBE!"], maviedeninja.com, 26 June 2017</ref>
Also in 2017, she made her debut in an action feature film by playing the main villainess in the Cambodian film ''Jailbreak''.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.eklecty-city.fr/cinema/jailbreak-celine-tran-en-mode-badass-dans-le-trailer/ Jailbreak : Céline Tran en mode badass dans le trailer], eklecty-city.fr, 30 December 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/34955/jailbreak-busts-out-as-satisfying-khmer-action-film/ Jailbreak busts out as satisfying Khmer action film], ''Khmer Times'', 1 February 2017</ref><ref name="Impactonline"/> ''Screen Anarchy'' reviewed her performance positively, commenting that she "displayed tremendous ability to handle the choreography and swordplay" and praising her fight scene with the film's female protagonist, Tharoth Sam.<ref>[http://screenanarchy.com/2017/07/fantasia-2017-review-jailbreak.html Fantasia 2017 Review: JAILBREAK, An Exceptional Addition to Martial Arts Cinema Coming Out of Southeast Asia], ''Screen Anarchy'', 23 July 2017</ref>
In 2018, her autobiography, titled ''Ne dis pas que tu aimes ça'' (Don't say you like it) was released in France.<ref name="Topaloff 2018">{{cite news |last1=Topaloff |first1=Anna |title=Katsuni ou le féminisme jouisseur et badass |trans-title=Katsuni, or hedonistic and badass feminism |url=https://www.vice.com/fr/article/katsuni-ou-le-feminisme-jouisseur-et-badass/ |access-date=3 November 2025 |work=Vice |date=7 March 2018 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="lci">{{cite news |last1=Faure |first1=Justine |title=Vidéo - Céline Tran, ex-Katsuni : 'Il est plus décent de dire "J'ai fait du X mais j'ai souffert" que "J'en ai tiré du plaisir{{" '}} |trans-title=Video - Céline Tran, ex-Katsuni: 'It's more decent to say "I did porn but I suffered" than "I enjoyed it{{" '}} |url=https://www.tf1info.fr/societe/video-katsuni-il-est-plus-decent-de-dire-j-ai-fait-du-x-mais-j-ai-souffert-que-j-en-ai-tire-du-plaisir-2081486.html |access-date=3 November 2025 |work=TF1 INFO |date=13 March 2018 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Rue89">{{cite news |last1=Rouillier |first1=Henri |title=Céline Tran : 'Quand j'ai abandonné Katsuni, on m'a dit que je m'étais suicidée' |trans-title=Céline Tran: 'When I left Katsuni, people told me I had committed suicide' |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/nos-vies-intimes/20180314.OBS3557/celine-tran-quand-j-ai-abandonne-katsuni-on-m-a-dit-que-je-m-etais-suicidee.html |access-date=3 November 2025 |work=Le Nouvel Obs |department=Rue89 |date=14 March 2018 |language=fr}}</ref> At the same time, she started working as a publisher for Glénat Editions.<ref name="lci"/><ref name="Rue89"/>
In 2022, she is announced in the credits of the series ''The Witcher: Blood Origin'' as the stunt double of the actress Michelle Yeoh.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Witcher : Céline Tran dans le spin-off Blood Origin |url=https://www.eklecty-city.fr/series/the-witcher-celine-tran-dans-le-spin-off-blood-origin/ |website=Eklecty-City |access-date=17 February 2022 |date=16 February 2022}}</ref>
==Awards== * 2002 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Starlette (''L'Affaire Katsumi'' – Marc Dorcel / International Film Grup)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ficeb.com/english/premiados_2002.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609031435/http://www.ficeb.com/english/premiados_2002.htm |title=2002 FICEB Award Winners & Nominees |archive-date=9 June 2007 |work=archive.org |url-status=usurped |access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> * 2004 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene, Video (''Multiple P.O.V.'') <small>with Gisselle & Michael Stefano</small><ref name=avn04>{{cite web |url=http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2004 |title=AVN – 2014 AVN Awards Show – History |website=Avnawards.avn.com |date=18 January 2014 |access-date=24 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205023920/http://avnawards.avn.com/past/winners/2004 |archive-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> * 2004 AVN Award – Best Sex Scene in a Foreign-Shot Production (''L'Affaire Katsumi'') <small>with Steve Holmes</small><ref name=avn04/> * 2004 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (''PokerWom'' – Harmony), Best Lesbian Sequence (''Las reinas de la noche'' – International film grup) <small>with Rita Faltoyano</small>, and Best Anal Sequence (''Slam it – In deeper'' – Harmony)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ficeb.com/ing/ninfai.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011221734/http://ficeb.com/ing/ninfai.htm |title=2004 Award winners & nominees |archive-date=11 October 2004 |work=archive.org |access-date=30 November 2014 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> * 2004 European X Award – Best Actress (France)<ref>{{cite web |title=Festival De L'Erotisme und European-X-Awards 2004 |website=German-Adult-News.com |url=http://www.german-adult-news.com/erotik/artikel/669-festival-de-lerotisme-und-european-x-awards-2004.html |date=10 March 2004 |access-date=17 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310122331/http://www.german-adult-news.com/erotik/artikel/669-festival-de-lerotisme-und-european-x-awards-2004.html |archive-date=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2004 XRCO Award – Best Sex Scene, Couple (''Lex Steele XXX 3'' – Mercenary Pictures) <small>with Lexington Steele</small><ref name="XRCO Award winner">{{cite web |url=http://www.xrco.com |title=XRCO 2004 Winners! |date=2 June 2005 |access-date=30 November 2014}}</ref> * 2004 Venus Award – Best European actress<ref name=venus04>{{cite web |url=http://www.venus-berlin.com/2004/en/presse/download/venus.2004.news.2004-10-22.award-gewinner.en.pdf |title=VENUS AWARD Winner 2004 |access-date=11 December 2014 |date=22 October 2004 |website=Venus-berlin.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323214946/http://www.venus-berlin.com/2004/en/presse/download/venus.2004.news.2004-10-22.award-gewinner.en.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2006}}</ref> * 2005 AVN Award – Female Foreign Performer of the Year<ref name=avn05>{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/19222.html |title=The 22nd Annual AVN Awards: A Jenna Jameson Kinda Night |access-date=4 August 2007 |first=Jared |last=Rutter |date=9 January 2005 |magazine=AVN |archive-date=18 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100418123923/http://business.avn.com/articles/19222.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2005 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene, Video (''Lex Steele XXX 3'') <small>with Lexington Steele</small><ref name=avn05/> * 2005 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene, Film (''Dual Identity'') <small>with Savanna Samson & Alec Metro</small><ref name=avn05/> * 2005 AVN Award – Best Foreign All-Sex Release (''Lost Angels: Katsumi'')<ref name=avn05/> * 2005 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (''Who Fucked Rocco'')<ref name="Fleshlight Girls"/> * 2006 AVN Award – Female Foreign Performer of the Year<ref name=avn06>{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/24701.html |title=AVN Award Winners Announced |access-date=22 July 2007 |date=9 January 2006 |magazine=AVN |archive-date=14 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414010212/http://business.avn.com/articles/24701.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2006 AVN Award – Best Anal Sex Scene, Video (''Cumshitters'') <small>with Manuel Ferrara</small><ref name=avn06/> * 2006 AVN Award – Best Tease Performance (''Ass Worship 7'')<ref name=avn06/> * 2006 AVN Award – Best Interactive DVD (''Virtual Katsumi'')<ref name=avn06/> * 2006 Venus Paris Fair / Euroline Awards – Best Actress (France)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vm18news.com/articolo.lasso?code=20060512093626 |title=Venus-Paris parte II: Awards |website=VM18News |date=12 May 2006 |access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref> * 2007 AVN Award – Female Foreign Performer of the Year<ref name=avn07>{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/7037.html |title=2007 AVN Award Winners Announced |access-date=19 June 2007 |date=16 January 2007 |magazine=AVN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307010050/http://business.avn.com/articles/7037.html |archive-date=7 March 2009}}</ref> * 2007 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actress - Video (''Fashionistas Safado: The Challenge'')<ref name=avn07/> * 2007 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene, Film (''Fuck'') <small>with Carmen Hart, Kirsten Price, Mia Smiles, Eric Masterson, Chris Cannon, Tommy Gunn & Randy Spears</small><ref name=avn07/> * 2007 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Sex Scene, Film (''Fuck'') <small>with Jessica Drake, Felecia & Clara G</small><ref name=avn07/> * 2007 FICEB Ninfa Award – Best Actress (''French Connection'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.xfanz.com/news/84958 |title=Barcelona Film Fest Winners |access-date=9 October 2007 |first=Joanne |last=Cachapero |date=9 October 2007 |website=XFanz}}</ref><ref name=FICEBAward2007>[http://www.xstarsnews.com/ninfas-awards-ficeb-1818.html "Winners of the 2007 FICEB Ninfa Awards"], h.b., 10 October 2007, xstarsnews.com. Retrieved 12 October 2010.</ref> * 2008 FICEB Ninfa Award – Most Original Sex Scene (''The Fashionistas Safado Berlin 1'') <small>with Melissa Lauren & Nacho Vidal</small><ref name="X Stars aux Ninfa Awards 2008">{{cite web |url=http://www.xstarsnews.com/ninfa-awards-2973.html |title=X Stars aux Ninfa Awards 2008: Les Gagnants! |date=27 June 2008 |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> * 2008 AVN Award – Best Three-way Sex Scene (''Fashionistas Safado: Berlin'') <small>with Melissa Lauren & Rocco Siffredi</small><ref>{{cite magazine |title=2008 AVN Awards Winners Announced |magazine=AVN |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html |date=12 January 2008 |access-date=18 December 2007 |first=Jared |last=Rutter |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228062450/http://business.avn.com/articles/2759.html |archive-date=28 February 2009}}</ref> * 2009 Hot d'Or Award – Best French Actress (''Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge'')<ref name=hot09>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Fishbein |title=Pirates II, Evil Angel Big Winners at 2009 Hot d'Or Awards |work=AVN |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/36568.html |date=21 October 2009 |access-date=21 October 2009 |archive-date=25 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025142729/http://business.avn.com/articles/36568.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="hot-dor2">{{cite web |url=http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 |title=Hot d'Or archives presse x, articles sur les Hot d'or |website=Hot-dor.fr |access-date=9 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316035017/http://hot-dor.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=4 |archive-date=16 March 2014}}</ref> * 2009 Hot d'Or Award – Best Actress Blog<ref name=hot09/><ref name="hot-dor2" /> * 2010 XFANZ Award – Asian Star of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |title=XFANZ Awards 2010 Winners Announced |url=https://www.xbiz.com/news/121657/xfanz-awards-2010-winners-announced |access-date=18 August 2025 |website=XBIZ |date=11 June 2010 }}</ref> * 2011 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene (''Body Heat'') <small>with Raven Alexis, Jesse Jane, Kayden Kross & Riley Steele</small><ref name=avn11>{{cite web |title=AVN Announces the Winners of the 2011 AVN Awards |website=AVN |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2011-AVN-Awards-421782.html |date=9 January 2011 |access-date=9 January 2011 |archive-date=10 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110172712/http://business.avn.com/articles/video/AVN-Announces-the-Winners-of-the-2011-AVN-Awards-421782.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2011 AVN Award – Wildest Sex Scene (Fan Award) – ''Body Heat''<ref name=avn11/> * 2011 XBIZ Award – Foreign Female Performer of the Year<ref>{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/company-news/2011-XBIZ-Awards-Announced-Last-Night-426415.html |title=2011 XBIZ Awards Announced Last Night |access-date=11 February 2011 |date=10 February 2011 |website=AVN |archive-date=13 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413211932/http://business.avn.com/company-news/2011-XBIZ-Awards-Announced-Last-Night-426415.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2012 XBIZ Award – Crossover Star of the Year<ref>[http://www.xbizawards.com/winners.php XBIZ Award Winners], ''XBIZ'', January 2012</ref> * 2014 AVN Hall of Fame Inductee<ref name="AVN 2013"/>
==Non-pornographic appearances== * 2006 : ''Destricted'', segment ''We fuck alone'', directed by Gaspar Noé * 2009 : ''Lascars'', directed by Emmanuel Klotz and Albert Pereira-Lazaro (voice only) * 2011 : ''Xanadu'' (television series) * 2012 : ''Porn in the Hood'', directed by Franck Gastambide * 2014 : ''Métal Hurlant Chronicles'' (season two, one episode) * 2014 : ''Le Visiteur du futur'' (web fiction), directed by François Descraques * 2015 : ''Epic fitness'' (web fiction) * 2015 : ''Les Tutos : le noël de Camille'' (web fiction) * 2017 : ''Jailbreak'', directed by Jimmy Henderson
==Comics== * 2014 : ''DoggyBags volume 6 : Heartbreaker'', (co-wrote the script with Run; art by Jérémie Gasparutto, Florent Maudoux and Guillaume Singelin), Ankama Éditions * 2017 : ''Doggybags présente : Heartbreaker'', (co-wrote the script with Run and Hasteda; art by Sourya, Maria Llovet and Chariospirale), Ankama Éditions
==Autobiography== * 2018 : ''Ne dis pas que tu aimes ça'', Fayard
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commonscat}} * [http://www.maviedeninja.com/ Personal blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917012922/https://www.maviedeninja.com/ |date=17 September 2022 }} * {{iafd name|id=Katsumi|gender=female|name=Katsuni}}
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