From steamy encounters in big-city hotels to peeling it off below phoney palms in a California desert, Katrina B. rarely works in the same place — or with the same people — twice.

Plying her trade as an international porn star and nude model, the 24-year-old Russian- born Montrealer has appeared in 100 adult films, 40 magazine spreads and on hundreds of websites.

As an independent performer, she also calls the shots.

“I don’t work with the agencies or anyone, I just work with myself, so I choose the people I want to work (with) on the projects I’m interested in,” said Katrina, who speaks fluent English and French through her conspicuous Russian accent.

“I choose my own schedule, I decide where I want to go. Do I want to go to Paris or do I want to go to L. A.?”

The ambitious performer, who moved to Montreal with her mother from St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1997, makes the most of opportunities on different platforms of the adult entertainment world.

When it comes to online porn, Katrina lists Montreal among the world’s big three — ranking behind only Los Angeles and Amsterdam — and the ideal city to base her business.

“I really enjoy it, I have a lot of fun, I love to travel,” she said in an interview at her mother’s apartment in Montreal.

“It’s very lucrative, it’s very easy to get jobs, well, if you look nice and you’re not stupid and on drugs or anything.”

The Montreal-based starlet said the city is the top spot in the country to find porn talent.

“We have lots of girls here … who are willing to do adult stuff,” said Katrina, who also works in Toronto’s adult entertainment scene.