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| Birthdate | December 06, 1970 |
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| Birth location | Eschweiler, Germany |
| Measurements | 93-62-88 cm |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Eye colour | Blue/green |
| Hair colour | Blonde (Brown by nature) |
| Ethnicity | German |
| Alias(es) | Gina Wild |
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| Michaela Schaffrath at IMDb | |
| Michaela Schaffrath at IAFD | |
Michaela Schaffrath (born in Eschweiler, Germany) is a German television actress. She gained international notoriety during her former (short-lived) career as a pornographic actress under the stage name Gina Wild.
Schaffrath was born to a working class family in Eschweiler where she grew up. Her father was a mason while her mother was a homemaker. After gaining her degree in nursing she lead a seemingly quiet life; getting married at twenty-five, enjoying her hobbies of in-line skating, reading and physical fitness. She applied her nursing skills to work with disable children, which she did for a decade before becoming one of Germany's most popular hardcore porn stars in 1999 and 2000.
Shaffrath and her husband were swingers. In 1999, Harry S. Morgan, a notable pornographic film director in Europe, discovered Schaffrath and her husband Axel on an amateur porn video. Morgan tracked down and hired Schaffrath, producing several well-received videos with Shaffrath in the star role under the name Gina Wild.
She won two Venus Awards (for Best New Starlet in1999 and Best German Actress in 2000)[1]). In 2001 Schaffrath retired from pornography and moved into mainstream acting,[2] and has since appeared in numerous German television series, such as TV total, In aller Freundschaft and Wer wird Millionär?.[3] After being recognised by a fan, she admitted in 2003 that she was working in a Frankfurt brothel, but stated it was because she was addicted to sex, rather than to make money.[2] In 2005 she put the rights to her stage name and the brand Gina Wild up for sale, in an attempt to shed her porn star past.[1] She is managed by her former husband, and as of 2009 she lived in both Frankfurt and Hamburg.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Rhett Pardon (2005-09-05). "Porn Star Gina Wild Selling Her Stage Name". XBiz.com. http://www.xbiz.com/news/10192. Retrieved on 2008-11-02.
- ^ a b Rhett Pardon (2003-07-21). "Germany's most famous ex-porn star Gina Wild has is addicted to sex.". AINews.com. http://ainews.com/Archives/Story5256.phtml. Retrieved on 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Michaela Schaffrath". IMDB.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928341/. Retrieved on 2008-11-02.
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