Kayden Kross

Kimberly Nicole Rathkamp (born September 15, 1985)[3] is an American pornographic actress, who goes by the stage name Kayden Kross.[4]
Kross has won multiple awards for her adult film work.
== Biography ==
=== Adult film career ===
Kross was born and raised in Sacramento, California. She grew up in the foothills between Sacramento and Placerville.[5] She is of mostly Swedish ancestry.[2] She has described herself as "the book nerd" during her time as a high school student.[6] Kross began stripping at Rick's Showgirls in Rancho Cordova, California when she was eighteen years old to earn extra money to rescue a pony from a slaughter house, which she kept for eight months.[7] She was later contacted by an agent, whose business relationship provided Kross with the opportunity of modeling in adult magazines.[8]
Her movies with Vivid included Kayden's First Time, Hard Time, and Be Here Now. Unhappy with the company, she became a free agent one year later when she did not renew her contract.[6] She signed an exclusive contract with Adam & Eve after one month of being a free agent.[8] She was named Penthouse Pet of the Month for September 2008.[9] Kross' official website, ClubKayden.com, was launched on September 2, 2008. Kross has hosted a blog at UnKrossed.com, and has written regular updates and opinion columns for MikeSouth.com, an adult industry gossip blog, among other sites.[10]
Kross became exclusive to Digital Playground under a multi-year contract on January 1, 2010. Her first movie with the company, The Smiths, topped sales charts immediately and has continued to be a best seller. She was given the lead in their big budget feature, Body Heat, in her third month in contract. She won two Best Actress Awards for the role.[11][clarification needed]
Kross hosted the 2010 AVN Awards show, along with porn actress Kirsten Priceand comedian Dave Attell.[12] She was Penthouse magazine's "Cover Girl" for September 2008 and 2010.[13] Kross starred in the 2010 AVN Best Feature The 8th Day and portrayed the role of Elin Nordegren, wife of Tiger Woods, in Adam & Eve Pictures' film Tyler's Wood.[14]
In 2012, she hosted the Xbiz awards for the second time, and appeared in the ceremony alongside Wicked Pictures/Wicked.com contract star, Jessica Drake, and on the AVN red carpet with co-hosts Jesse Jane and guitarist Dave Navarro.
=== Appearances in other media ===
Kross has made appearances in the FX's comedy series ‘’The League", the G4 reality series ‘’The Block", and Family Jewels.[15] In 2011 she was cast as Tara in Gregory Hatanaka's drama Blue Dream[16] In 2011, Kross briefly co-hosted a regular videocast, Kayden's Review, for Triggla TV[17][18] alongside the comedian Dane Hanson.[19] From 2012 - 2013, Kross portrayed a main character in the second season of Tucky Williams' lesbian-themed web series Girl/Girl Scene.[20]Starting from January 2013 Kross hosts the weekly call-in show Krossfire on Playboy Radio.[21] In 2013, Kross also appeared in the featurette "Chicks 'N Guns" on the Breaking Bad 5th season DVD as a stripper. The scene takes place during the season 5 episode "Gliding Over All." Kross also appeared in two music videos from the band Nekrogoblikon, "No One Survives"[22] in 2012 and "We Need a Gimmick"[23] in 2015.
=== Writing ===
Kross writes columns regularly for publications such as Complex magazine, XBIZ magazine, and a blog for xcritic.com.[24][25] She has also contributed to Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and her short story "Plank" appeared in the 2012 short story collection Forty Stories: New Writing from Harper Perennial, an e-book. As of August 2012, she was writing an autobiographical book about the porn industry.[26]
=== Adult industry activism ===
In 2008, she was among those testifying against a proposed tax in California on all producers and distributors of adult entertainment.[27] In February 2012, she and conservative pundit Wendy Murphy appeared on Stossel, with host John Stossel, to discuss legislation in California that would require that condoms be used during the production of adult movies.[28]
== Personal life ==
In October 2008, Kross was charged with grand theft and violations of the California Civil Code, involving contracts for purchases of home equitymortgages, allegedly conning a disabled veteran and his family.[29][30] In July 2009, the grand-theft charge was dismissed, and the real-estate-fraud charge was reduced to a misdemeanor; Kross pleaded no contest to the resulting charges and was sentenced to one day in custody and three years of probation.[31] She blamed her involvement in the situation on her naïveté and being scammed by the broker and mortgage lender.[32]
Kayden Kross and Manuel Ferrara have one daughter, born in January 2014.[33]In 2013, Ferrara asked her to no longer perform with other men.[4]
== Filmography ==
2018 Stadium Anthems 
Patty O'Toole
2018 Icons No. 1 (Video) 
Carter -NonSex Role (uncredited)
2018 The Core (TV Series) 
Morella
- Glenn Danzig (2018) ... Morella
2018 Cheater, Cheater (Video) 
Chrissie
2018 The Female of the Species (Video) 
2018 Bare (Video) 
Dresser -NonSex Role (uncredited)
2018 MILF Private Fantasies 3 (Video) 
Shrink -NonSex Role (uncredited)
2017 Sun-Lit 2 (Video) 
2017 How to Blow! Job (Video) 
Kayden Kross
2017 Sacrosanct (Video) 
2017 Tushy (TV Series) 
- Eva: Part 4 (2017)
2017 After School Special 
Mrs. Hanks
2017 Highway to Havasu 
Kayden
2017 Le Hard Corner (TV Mini-Series) 
- Le Hard Porner? - Hard Corner spécial 5 ans! (2017)
2016 Sexual Athletics (Video) 
2016 Kayden Kross' Casting Couch 2 (Video) 
2015 Dirty Talk (Video) 
2015 Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance 
Milena / Jennifer
2015 Raw 23 (Video) 
2015 Jesse: Sex Machine (Video) 
2015 Carter Cruise Wide Open (Video) 
2015 Manuel Creampies Their Asses 3 (Video) 
2015 Screwing Wall Street (Video) 
Kayden
2015 Filth (Video) 
2014 Slutty & Sluttier 23 (Video) 
2014 Misha Cross: Wide Open (Video) 
2014 Fluid 2 (Video) 
2014 Crave (TV Series) 
- Episode #1.6 (2014)
- Episode #1.2 (2014)
2014 Evil Anal 22: Raw Edition (Video) 
2014 The Hungover Games 
Chastity
2013 Jurassic: Stoned Age 
Sally
2013 Raw 16 (Video) 
2013 Jack Attack 5 (Video) 
2013 Lost and Found (Video) 
2013 Spread (Video)
2013 Hacked (Video)
2013 My Sister's Husband (Video) 
Kayden
2013 [Girl]² (Video) 
2013 Community Sex (Video)
2013 Secret Sleepover (Video) 
2013 Disconnected (Video) 
2013 Bridesmaids (Video) 
Kayden
2013 Chicks 'N' Guns: Behind the Scenes (Video short) 
Krystal
2013 Slice of Heaven (Video) 
Kayden
2013 Falling Out (Video) 
2013 Don't Fuck My Sister (Video) 
2012-2013 Girl/Girl Scene (TV Series) 
Avery
- Episode #2.8 (2013) ... Avery
- Episode #2.7 (2013) ... Avery
- Episode #2.6 (2013) ... Avery
- 205 (2013) ... Avery
- Episode #2.4 (2012) ... Avery
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2013 La boutique (Video) 
2013 Blue Dream 
Tara
2013 Code of Honor
 2013 Code of Honor (Video) 
2013 Booty Call (Video) 
2013 Don Jon 
Porn Actress (uncredited)
2012 Home Wrecker 2 (Video) 
2012 Losing Kayden (Video) 
2011-2012 The League (TV Series) 
Kayden
- 12.12.12 (2012) ... Kayden
- The Lockout (2011) ... Kayden
2012 Old Friends (Video) 
2012 Wild Side (Video) 
2012 Orgasm (Video) 
2012 Nekrogoblikon: No One Survives (Short) 
Kayden
2012 Time for Change (Video) 
2012 Private Collection: Book One (Video) 
2012 Swingers (Video) 
2012 Nurses 2 (Video) 
2012 The Con Job (Video) 
Fake Amnesiac Kayden
2012 Cooking with Kayden (Video) 
2012 The Turn On (Video) 
Kayden
2012 Mothers & Daughters (Video) 
2012 She's Living for This (TV Series) 
Various
- The Peppermint Episode (2012) ... Various
2012 Bad Girls 8 (Video) 
2012 Glamour Solos (Video) 
2011 Riding Solo (Video) 
2011 Not Airplane XXX: Cockpit Cuties (Video) 
Flight Attendant Kelly
2011 Escort (Video) 
Kayden
2011 Sex and Corruption Episode 3 (Video) 
Judge
2011 Fighters (Video) 
Kayden
2011 Kayden's Review (TV Series) 
Kayden
- Boyfriends (2011) ... Kayden
- Contract (2011) ... Kayden
- Interns (2011) ... Kayden
- A Hard Day's Night (2011)
- Craft Service (2011) ... Kayden
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2011 The Masseuse 3 (Video) 
2011 Cooking with Kayden (Video short) 
2011 Babysitters 2 (Video) 
Kayden The Babysitter
2011 Kayden Kross: Payment (Video) 
2011 Betrayal (Video) 
2011 Life on Top (TV Series) 
Delilah / Delillah
- Exhibitionist (2011) ... Delilah
- The Angelina Effect (2011) ... Delilah
- Blackout (2011) ... Delilah
- Ladies Night (2011) ... Delilah
- Vajazzled (2011) ... Delillah
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2011 Playing Tarzan and Jane (Video short) 
Kayden
2011 Top Guns (Video) 
2011 Jack's POV 18 (Video) 
2010 Cheerleaders Academy (Video) 
2010 Kayden's College Tails (Video) 
2010 Kayden Unbound (Video) 
2010 Kiss Me Deadly (Video) 
2010 The Perfect Secretary: Training Day (Video) 
Charity James
2010 Girl Talk (Video) 
2010 Naughty MIB's Subdued (Video short) 
Tall Brunette
2010 Love & Marriage (Video) 
Kayden
2010 Body Heat (Video) 
Kayden
2010 Family Matters (Video) 
Kayden
2010 My Boss' Daughter (Video) 
Hannah
2010 Lovers Tied in Knots (Video) 
Home Invasion Victim
2010 Intimate Touch 3 (Video) 
2010 The Smiths (Video) 
Jane
2009 Headmaster 3 (Video) 
2009 Kayden and Rocco Make a Porno (Video) 
Kayden
2009 Krossing the Bar (Video) 
2009 Rawhide II: Dirty Deeds (Video) 
Jessica
2009 The Warden's Daughter (Video) 
2009 Tyler's Wood (Video) 
11in
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) 
Stripper / Convention Attendee
- Death and the Maiden (2009) ... Stripper (uncredited)
- A Space Oddity (2009) ... Convention Attendee (uncredited)
2009 Flight Attendants (Video) 
Flight Attendant Kelly
2009 The 8th Day (Video) 
Samantha Alexander
2009 Triple Threat Bondage (Video) 
2009 Binding Miss Thomas (Video short) 
Tough Chick
2009 Swing Time (Video) 
2009 Hot Girls Trapped and Wrapped (Video) 
2009 Tightly Roped Coeds (Video) 
Kayden
2009 Rules of Engagement (TV Series) 
Hot Girl at Softball Game
- Old Timer's Day (2009) ... Hot Girl at Softball Game (uncredited)
2009 Dangerous Diva's Triple Threat (Video) 
2009 Costume Bondage Starlets (Video) 
2009 Struggling Starlets' Bondage Peril (Video) 
2009 Tape Bound, Volume 2 (Video) 
2009 Gagged and Bound Barefoot Prisoners (Video) 
2009 Male/Female Bondage Captives (Video) 
2009 Kayden's Frisky Business (Video) 
2009 Heaven and Hell (Video) 
2008 Merry Christmas: You're Bound and Gagged (Video) 
2008 Double Krossed (Video) 
Kyra / Kayden
2008 Veronica's Private Tickle Hell (Video) 
2008 Gagged and Trussed Costume Captives (Video) 
Superheroine
2008 The Surrender of O (Video) 
Regina
2008 Home Office Hostages (Video) 
2008 Masculine MIB's Mistreated by Menacing Women (Video) 
2008 Case Studies of Men and Women in Bondage (Video short) 
2008 Kayden Exposed (Video) 
2008 Pretty Girls Stripped for Bondage (Video) 
2008 Roller Dollz (Video) 
Merry Malice
2008 Chloroform Bondage Silences Feisty Females (Video) 
2008 Bound and Gagged Costume Beauties (Video) 
Girl in Leather Jacket
2008 Screen Dreams 3 (Video) 
2008 Working Women Bound and Gagged by Thieving Men (Video) 
2008 No! Please Don't Tickle Me There (Video) 
2008 Costume Fantasy Meets Bondage Reality (Video) 
Athlete
2008 Bare-Skinned New Girls' Scary Bondage Surprise! (Video) 
Girl Bound in Couch
2008 Shocking Bondage Captivity for Sexy Execs! (Video) 
Intern
2008 Battle of the Hogtied Maids (Video) 
Rookie Cop
2008 Busting the Babysitter (Video) 
Babysitter
2008 Rescue Me from My Wrappings (Video) 
2008 Soloerotica 10 (Video) 
2008 Bree & Kayden (Video) 
2008 Kayden's Krossfire (Video) 
2008 Dangerous Diva's Revenge! (Video) 
2008 Bree's Slumber Party (Video) 
2008 Scenes from a Cell (Video) 
Tiffany Lunt
2008 Stalker (Video) 
2008 Deeper 9 (Video) 
2008 The Adventures in Babysitting (Video) 
Multiple Roles
2007 Meet Kayden (Video) 
2007 Love Life (Video) 
2007 Hard Time (Video) 
Tiffany Lunt
2007 Be Here Now (Video) 
2007 Kayden's First Time (Video)
== Awards ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Film
2009	Hot d'Or 	Best American Starlet[34][35] 	N/A
2010	Venus Award 	Best Actress International[36] 	N/A
2010	Erotixxx Award 	Best U.S. Actress[37] 	N/A
2010	NightMoves Award	Best Female Performer (Fan's Choice)[38] 	N/A
2011	AVN Award 	Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene[39] 	Body Heat
2011	AVN Award 	Wildest Sex Scene (Fan Award)[39] 	Body Heat
2011	XBIZ Award 	Acting Performance of the Year (Female)[40] 	Body Heat
2012	AVN Award 	Hottest Sex Scene (Fan Award)[41] 	Babysitters 2
2013	XBIZ Award 	Best Scene - All-Girl[42] 	Mothers & Daughters
2014	XBIZ Award 	Best Scene - Feature Movie[43] 	Code of Honor
2015	XBIZ Award 	Director of the Year - Non-Feature Release[44]	Misha Cross Wide Open (with Manuel Ferrara)
2015	XBIZ Award 	Best Scene - All-Girl[44] 	Misha Cross Wide Open (with Misha Cross)
2018	AVN Award 	Best Director – Non-Feature[45] 	Sacrosanct