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.

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)