Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic novel staring a college graduate and a business magnate.
Fifty Shades of Grey . It is the first instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate , Anastasia Steele , and a young business magnate , Christian Grey . Fifty Shades of Grey (film) . The film is based on the eponymous 2011 novel by British author E. L. James and stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele , a college graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey , played by Jamie Dornan .