Kirsten Price (born November 13, 1981) is an American

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, model, and feature dancer.

Early life

Price, whose real name is Katherine and goes by Kate, was born in

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and is of

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and

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descent. She was raised in

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. She studied criminal justice while attending Fisher College in Massachusetts, and she has also lived in

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, where she worked as a

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and

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Career

Price chose the first name Kirsten for her stage name because it was the true name of her best friend, who was also an adult entertainer. She has stated that, as a child, she wanted to be a

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on ''

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'', which is how she came up with the last name Price. She began her adult career doing nude modeling and stripping. Her first two scenes were in ''Dressed for Sex'' for Original Sin Films and ''Wet Teens 7'' for Simon Wolf Productions. She eventually signed a contract with

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in 2005. She also competed in Miss

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pageants before entering the

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industry in 2004. In 2006, Price appeared as one of four finalists (and the eventual winner) on the first season of the

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program '' My Bare Lady''. In March 2006,

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and Price became the hosts of

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's most popular live show, '' Night Calls'', and Price has previously hosted the Playboy TV series ''The Bang''. Price also played a small role in an episode of the television series '' Weeds''. She had her breasts augmented in late 2009. Price co-hosted the 2010 AVN Awards show, along with porn actress

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and comedian

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. In 2010 and 2011, Price appeared several times, including as an

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correspondent, on the

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late-night program "Rated A For Adult". She has worked for both ''

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'' and Showtime as a red-carpet reporter, and she has co-hosted (with

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) the

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event for several years.

Personal life

Price married fellow porn actor Barrett Blade on October 9, 2004, but they have since divorced. She took a break from adult films for a while after she got divorced from Blade. She is now married to pornographic actor

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and has three children with him.

Awards

* 2007

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– Best Supporting Actress (Film) – ''Manhunters'' * 2007 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene (Film) – ''FUCK'' (with

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, Katsumi, Mia Smiles, Eric Masterson, Chris Cannon, Tommy Gunn, &

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) * 2010 AVN Award – Best Group Sex Scene – ''2040'' (with Jessica Drake, Alektra Blue, Mikayla Mendez,

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, Tory Lane, Jayden Jaymes, Kayla Carrera, Randy Spears, Brad Armstrong, Rocco Reed,

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, Mick Blue, & T.J. Cummings) * 2018

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Kirsten 1981 births Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Boston Actresses from New York City American people of French descent American people of Italian descent American pornographic film actresses Actors from Providence, Rhode Island Fisher College alumni Pornographic film actors from Massachusetts Pornographic film actors from New York (state) Pornographic film actors from Rhode Island