Kat Von D

She got married to Oliver Peck, her fellow tattoo artist at True Tattoo, in 2003. However, their relationship ended in a divorce in 2007.

She started dating Nikki Sixx, a bassist in American rock band Mötley Crüe, in 2008, but broke off the relationship in January 2010.

She got engaged to West Coast Choppers CEO and reality TV personality, Jesse James, in January 2011. The two broke up and patched up in the next eight months before finally announcing their break-up in September 2011.

Katherine Von Drachenberg was born on March 8, 1982 in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, to Argentinean couple, Rene Drachenberg and Sylvia Galeano.

While her father is of German descent, her mother is from Italian-Spanish ancestry. She shares a close bond with her siblings – brother Michael von Drachenberg and sister Karoline von Drachenberg.

She migrated to Los Angeles, with her family when she was four, and settled in Colton, California.

She received classical training in piano when she was six years old, developing a liking for Ludwig van Beethoven’s masterpieces.

Her grandmother's love for music and art, along with the Latin culture and punk rock scene prevailing in Los Angeles, helped her realize her artistic interests, which later reflected in her tattoo arts and styles.

She dropped out of school at 16 to work as a tattoo artist and was employed at a local professional shop, Sin City Tattoo, in 1998.

Over the next few years, she spent time in various shops, such as Blue Bird Tattoo and Inflictions, gaining experience and polishing her talent.

She landed at True Tattoo, where she worked with Tim Hendricks, Clay Decker and Chris Garver, who recommended her to try her luck at ‘Miami Ink’.

She was hired at 305 Ink, Miami, as a replacement to injured Darren Brass, in 2005. She worked for two seasons on ‘Miami Ink’, a reality television series on TLC network, but her differences with owner Ami James forced her to leave.

She returned to Los Angeles and opened her own shop, High Voltage Tattoo, in Hollywood, California, in 2007. This helped her telecast her own reality series ‘LA Ink’ on TLC, which features tattoo stories of various clients.

She rose to fame in 2005 with her appearance in two seasons of ‘Miami Ink’, a reality television series on TLC network, displaying her realistic tattoo portraits. However, her constant verbal clashes with the owner led to her termination.

Her 2007 reality television series ‘LA Ink’ became one of the highest-rated programs on TLC channel, handling distinguished celebrity clientele, including actor Stephen Baldwin, comedienne Margaret Cho and rocker Dave Navarro.

While working on ‘LA Ink’, she set a Guinness World Record for making the most tattoos in a given period of 24 hours, in 2007, totaling 400. However, the record was outnumbered by her then-husband, Oliver Peck, in 2008 with 415 tattoos.