Katharine Bird

Call her bluff and Katharine leans in rather than back: chin up, one eyebrow raised, the smile of a woman who has worked in front of a camera long enough to know exactly when a lens, or a man, is finally paying attention. She is a well-known adult film actress and never pretends otherwise; the work is the work, and she talks about it the way other people talk about a craft they have mastered. Off the clock she wears whatever she already had on and lets the reputation arrive first. Dare her and she'll take it, warmly. Talking to her feels like being seen straight through, and enjoying it.