The adult film industry is an established one all over the world, and Katie Morgan or Sarah Lyn Carradine is a well-known name in it. The very versatile Katie is an exotic dancer, pornographic actress, ex-radio talk show host, movie actress, and a podcast host.
She is one of the very few actresses in the adult film industry that has been able to manage the transition into Hollywood successfully. The adult film industry Hall of Famer was “forced” into the industry due to her circumstances, but she has grown in the industry becoming a household name.
Katie Morgan is a very interesting gal and one who many believe that they know. Here are 7 very interesting facts about her that you will not believe:
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Hot facts about Katie Morgan you didn’t know
1. Early childhood and upbringing
Katie surprisingly was born into a very religious and God-fearing family in Los Angeles. Somewhere along the line, she became a very rebellious child who defied her parents most times, and she decided to deviate from the path she was brought up in.
She became an exotic dancer and somehow got mixed up in the drug carrier trade before she ventured into featuring in adult movies.
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2. Entry into the pornographic industry.
Katie did not choose to feature in the adult movie industry as a career from the beginning, one can say that her circumstances led her into the industry,
Sometime in 2000, Katie found herself running afoul of the law when she was apprehended at the border by the authorities while she was trying to smuggle about 45 kilograms of Marijuana into the United States from Mexico.
Word has it that she was actually incarcerated for about 4 months in the Douglas County jail in Arizona. She entered into a plea bargain with the authorities and was desperately seeking for a way out to pay her bail. She at this time, began to explore a lot of money-making avenues and thought about joining the porno industry; so she began watching a lot of porno tapes and was introduced to an agent who introduced her to Ed Powers.
She made her adult film debut in his 2001 release titled “Dirty Debutantes 197”. Katie soon became a household name in the industry and appeared in more than 400 films before she voluntarily retired from the industry in 2008.
3. Relationships and marriage.
After Katie retired from the adult movie industry in 2008, she transitioned to mainstream film acting in Hollywood.
While on the set of a movie production, she met Jim Jackman and they got married sometime in 2009, which officially marked the end to her adult film career.
Rumors have it that her marriage to Jackman wasn’t her first one and the grapevine has it that she was previously married to another man whose identity remains a mystery to date.
4. Mainstream movie debut.
Once Katie quit the adult film industry, she decided to make a transition to featuring in Hollywood movies.
She featured in the movie “Zack and Miri make a Porno” starring as Stacey; while also appearing in a few more films over the next couple of years.
5. Origin of the moniker “Katie Morgan”
To those who know Katie in the film industry, she is simply known as Katie Morgan, but many do not realize that that name is just a moniker. Her real is Sarah Lyn Carradine and she was born in the Reseda area, Los Angeles, California.
She adopted the alias “Katie”, being the real first name of one of her favorite characters – Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone with the Wind”. She equally coined the alias “Morgan” from the name of one of her best alcoholic beverages – Captain Morgan’s Rum.
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6. Her net worth
Katie has been very active in the porno industry and in Hollywood for several years and her sterling performances over the years have brought her both fame and fortune.
She has amassed a net worth of $ 4.5 million, and with her return back to the porno industry, it is only a matter of time before her worth increases.
7. Nominations and awards
Katie has been recognized severally for her contributions to the adult film industry, which she joined in 2001.
In 2003, she was nominated for the AVN Best New Starlet award at the Adult Videos News awards.
In 2005, she won the “Unsung Siren” award at the XRCO awards and in 2009, she won the “Crossover Star of the Year” award organized by AVN and the “Best Porn Star Gone Hollywood” award by Mr. Skin Anatomy Awards. In 2013, Katie was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.
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