Katja Kean

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Katja Kean (2014)

Katja Kean , usually short Katja K , (born February 7, 1968 in Frederiksberg , Denmark , real name Sussi La Cour Jakobsen ) is a former Danish porn actress .

Life

Her past prior to her debut as a porn actress is known to have worked in the hospitality industry and had breast implants placed in 1996 . In the same year she also celebrated her wedding. Katja Kean's older sister, Jeanette La Cour, also worked as a photo model, but not in the hardcore scene.

Between 1997 and 2003 she made pornographic films. She gained popularity through her roles in the feminist porn films Constance and Pink Prison , which were filmed by the independent production company Zentropa, founded by Lars von Trier , according to the pussy power manifesto drawn up by him .

In addition to her appearances in some porn films, Kean also played in several episodes of a Danish sitcom called Langt fra Las Vegas ( German Far from Las Vegas) and various feature films; she also worked as a designer for lingerie. There is also a detour into music: in 2001 she sang a duet with the artist on an album by the Danish singer Dario Campeotto ; it was also performed live at the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen .

Katja Kean (2006)

The popularity of Kean in Denmark had brought a resident family with the same name to the scene years ago, which in 2002 court forced Katja to change her alias . Since then, is their official artist name Katja K . Katja Kean wrote her biography Katja KXXX - Stjerne i syndens by (Eng. "Star in the place of sin") with the Danish journalist Henrik List . KXXX is an allusion to the word sex , which is often indicated in the Anglophone world with a triple X ( triple X ).

In 2004 Kean founded an underwear company with the label Katja K Underwear - based on a true story , and in 2006 she opened the lingerie store Katja K Studio in Copenhagen, which was closed again in 2009.

Sussi La Cour came out in 2008 that she is behind the stage name Katja K, but this has remained her brand name to this day. In 2009 she did her Master of Business Administration at Roskilde University . She founded a consulting company with a focus on professional changes in private and business life.

Awards

In 2000, Kean was nominated for the AVN Award for Best New Starlet and Best Actress in a Video for her work on the film Millennium. In 2001 she received two other nominations in the category Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Film for her appearances in the films Virtuoso and Watchers . In 2003 Katja Kean hardcore strip was Pink Prison (dt Title:. Pink Prison ), which in 1999 under the auspices of their famous compatriot Lars von Trier had arisen with the Venus Award awarded for the best film. Like its predecessor Constance, it is considered to be one of the few pioneering women-friendly porn films and is preferably sold in erotic stores for an exclusively female customer base.

Books

Katja Kean (2014)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: Private Solid Gold
  • 1998: Triple X Files 6: Do you know Katja Kean?
  • 1998: Fatal Orchid I & II
  • 1998: Constance
  • 1999: Pink Prison
  • 1999: ritual
  • 1999: Pin Ups
  • 1999: Sara

literature

  • Knud Vilhelmsen: Katja har bukserne på . In: Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten . Aarhus March 3rd 2001.
  • Anne Witthøfft: Pornoprinsesse fik nok . In: Det Fri updates . Copenhagen February 24th 2001.

Web links

Commons : Katja K  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Erika Lust : X - Porn for women. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2009, p. 185. ISBN 978-3-453-67572-8
  2. ↑ Bo Norström Weile: Katja K: Nu hedder jeg Sussi. Berlingske Media, September 19, 2012, accessed August 25, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Kean, Katya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES La Cour Jakobsen, Sussi (real name); Katja K (pseudonym); Kean, Katia (pseudonym); Kean, Katie (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish porn actress
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Frederiksberg , Denmark