The boudouir of Greek porn stars… Enter at your own risk (Warning: Risque pics)

In its Eighties heyday, Greek pornography employed around a thousand people with surreal sex films created in remote locations. These sex videos were usually dubbed straight into English for export abroad . These days, the porn industry has gone downhill with stiff competition from Eastern Europe and internet porn available for free. Still, there are the natural talents and bright sparks despite the doom and gloom…

Best woman

Julia Alexandratou is a Greek socialite-model-cum-porn star. Strikingly beautiful from a young age with modeling work from the age of four, Alexandratou could have been the Greek response to Brigitte Bardot, but instead she chose to overexpose herself through doing anything she was offered from B-grade singing appearances in hick towns to two controversial sex tapes in 2010 and 2011.

Best straight man

Star Kenzo began his career when he was spotted by a stripping agent at a martial arts contest contest when aged just 16 years. One thing led to another, and soon he was a porn star. He has admitted to taking viagra and other pills in order to achieve the best possible “performance”.

Best gay man

Dean Monroe is an iconic gay porn star who has starred in over 30 hardcore movies. He fashioned his surname after Marilyn Monroe… but he was born Dean Stathis in Athens in July 1972. He lives in London but comes to Greece to take part in shows and hob-nose with the local talent.

Best transexual

Jenny Hiloudaki, born Yiannis in 1968, was a transexual model, brothel keeper and porn star. She attracted Greek media attention after an affair with Greek District Attorney George Sakellaropoulos who gave up his family and position because of her only to be dumped. Now, the retired porn star says she hates sex and leads a quiet life.

Best retro male

Kostas Gousgounis is a legendary figure of the 1970s and 1980s and greek pornography owes a great deal to him. He prefered in surrealist sexual comedy with films such as Sex… 13 beaufort! and Kinky from Birth.

Best retro female

Anna Fonsou is known for classic films from the golden age of Greek cinema, however she shocked Greek audiences in the seventies due to her participation in a handful of softcore movies.

Best director

Omiros Efstratiadis has over 100 films to his name, however he began in the Sixties with soft-porn films before moving on to the mainstream with shows n Greek TV. Later, he even joined the political scene as a member of the right-wing anti-austerity Independent Greeks (ANEL) party.