Tera Patrick's height (5'9"), exotic look (her mother is Thai and her father was an American Army doctor of English and Dutch descent) and spectacular body would seem more suited to a high-fashion model--which is exactly what she was, having spent five years as a model with the world-famous Ford Agency. She was born in Montana, and her family moved...
[on informing her family of her porn career] Actually the conversation was last year at Christmas. I was like "Dad, I'm in the business," and he actually already knew. He had an idea because I started out doing nude modeling and I started out doing softcore, so it was kind of a [slow] transition. It was something that he kind of expected.
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I'm absolutely not repulsed by women; I'm not sexually attracted to women - there's a difference. I love men. I love making love to men, and in my personal life I've never been bisexual, and I have no desire to be bisexual. I do like beautiful women like everybody else.
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To be really honest with you, I'm not really a fan of porno. It was definitely something I had fantasized about, like being in a movie, being in a porno movie. I just never thought that it would get this big. I hadn't even seen a porno till I was like 18, and I just remember the guy in it was Tom Byron, and I was like, "He's hot!" And to this day I've never worked with Tom. God bless you, Tom. But he's a nice guy and I'd really like to work with him if my contract and his contract permits.
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[Interview with Roger T. Pipe, July 2000] I did the fashion modeling in New York until I was 18, then I took four years off to go to school in Idaho. I got my degree in nursing. I'm an RN and have a BS in Microbiology. I wanted to attend the University of Southern California. That's why I moved out here. I got into modeling for financial reasons. I started doing the adult side after I was introduced to Suze Randall. I was a Penthouse Pet and I was in Playboy as well. I just started getting covers and centerfolds and it was a natural progression into videos. I had always had a fantasy about working in front of the camera. My first movie was by a man named Andrew Blake and it was a very softcore-type movie. I was easing my way into things and did some simulated stuff with other girls.
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[Interview with Roger T. Pipe, July 2000] I was kind of dipping my feet in the water with the Andrew Blake film. Then I decided I wanted to work with men. In my personal life I am not attracted to women at all. I can admire a beautiful woman, but I didn't feel comfortable working with women on that level. I treat the business like a business because I have a business mind. I really enjoy my work and my scenes and I think that's part of the reason why I haven't gotten burned out. I've been able to pick and choose to a great extent and that helps. Since I do have a nursing career to fall back on, I am not really forced to be in the business. I stay because I truly enjoy the work.
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Fact
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 35, a daughter named Sophia Evelia Acosta on February 25, 2012. Child's father is her boyfriend, Tony Acosta.
2
Is in a relationship with Tony Acosta since 2010. They have a daughter together.
3
Received an undergraduate degree in biology from Boise State University.
4
Trained to become an emergency medical technician from the American Institute of Health Technology.
5
Named #57 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
6
Began modeling when she was discovered at age 13 in San Francisco.
7
Has opened an agency "The Tera Patrick Agency."
8
Started her own production company, "Teravision."
9
Returned to the adult film industry after a one-year break by signing with Vivid Video. The deal calls for her to appear in three movies for Vivid over the next two years and she will perform with her husband Evan Seinfeld and other women only. (December 2003)
10
Caused quite a stir in the adult film industry in December 2002 when she announced her retirement from performing in adult movies, despite having roughly 5 years left on contact with adult film company Digital Playground.
11
Engaged to rock star/actor, Evan Seinfeld in October 2002.
12
Presented the 2nd Empire Awards Show on 22 February 2002.
13
Can speak fluent Hungarian.
14
(12/1/01) Teamed up with Salma Hayek for an appearance at Edwards Air Force Base (CA) to entertain the officers.
15
Started her own internet talk-show, "The Tera Patrick Show", during the fall of 1999. She invites adult-film stars, directors and producers on to talk about the porn business.
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Is a registered nurse
17
Has a degree in Microbiology
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Mother is Thai; father is Caucasian (English/Dutch).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Collision Course
2005
Video
Reign of Tera
2005
Video
Tera Patrick Roarke
Centerfold Fetish
2005
Video
Desperate
2005
Video
Mary
Big Tit Super Sluts
2004
Video
Island Fever 3
2004
Video
Tera
Soul Plane
2004
Cake Carrier (uncredited)
Island Fever 2
2003
Video
Tera
Jaw Breakers
2003
Video
Private Reality 14: Girls of Desire
2003
Video
Penthouse Video: Virtual Harem
2002
Video
Foot Bottom Festival
2002
Video
Night Calls: 411
2002
TV Series
Peds from the Past
2002
Video
Hogtied!
2002
Video
Helpless Heroines Volume 3: Girls Will Bind Girls
2002
Video
Hostage
Helpless Heroines, Volume 2
2002
Video
Forbidden Tales
2001
Video
Narrator / Queen Lira / Jezebel / ...
Toe Talk
2001
Video
Break-In Bondage
2001
Video
Sole Indulgence
2001
Video
Struggle Pretty Captive
2001
Video short
Personals: College Girl Seeking...
2001
TV Movie
Sara (as Tera Hopkins)
Real Female Masturbation 8
2001
Video
Please Cum Inside Me 2
2001
Video
Angel Dust
2000
Video
Angel
Behind the Scenes 2
2000
Video
Behind the Scenes 3
2000
Video
Caribbean Undercover
2000
Video
Paige / Sophia (as Tara Patrick)
Fast Lane to Vegas
2000
Video
WIB #2 (as Tera Hopkins)
Foot Lovers Only 2
2000
Video
Las Vegas Revue 2000
2000
Video
My Plaything: Tera Patrick
2000
Video
Nice Rack 4
2000
Video as Tara Patrick
Open Wide and Say Ahh! 6
2000
Video
Payback: Marciano's Revenge
2000
Video
Tara Patrick AKA Filthy Whore
2000
Video as Tara Patrick
The Seduction of Maxine
2000
Video
Naomi
Up and Cummers 80
2000
Video
Caught in the Act
2000
Video
Penthouse: Harlots of Hell
2000
Video
Fire and Ice
2000/II
Video
Paradise Hotel
2000
Video as Sadie Jordan
Belle de jour
2000
Video
Ecstasy Girls 2
2000
Video
Filthy Fuckers #194: Suck My Handle
2000
Video
Shades of Sex
2000
Video
18 and Nasty 11
1999
Video
Aroused
1999
Video
Asian Street Hookers 6
1999
Video
Blind Date
1999
Video
Laura (as Sadie Jordan)
Farmer's Daughters Do Beverly Hills
1999
Video
Anna Mae
Foot Lovers Only
1999
Video
Gallery of Sin
1999
Video
Melody (as Sadie Jordan)
Loose Screw
1999
Video
Of Time and Passion
1999
Video
Pick-Up Lines 44
1999
Video
Pick-Up Lines 46
1999
Video
Please 5: Fireworks!
1999
Video as Tara Patrick
Real Golden Showers Video 1
1999
Video
Real Sex Magazine 22
1999
Video as Brooke Thomas
Real Sex Magazine 23
1999
Video
Tara Patrick (as Tara Patrick)
Sex Island
1999
Video
Georgine James (as Tara Patrick)
Sex Offenders #8
1999
Video
Tera Patrick
1999
Video
The Tera Patrick Show
1999
TV Series
Host
The Video Adventures of Peeping Tom 22
1999
Video
White Panty Chronicles 10
1999
Video
North Pole #11
1999
Video as Tara Patrick
Pick-Up Lines 45
1999
Video
Sex Court
1999
TV Series
Sandy Craycroft
Crossroads
1999/II
Video
Suzie (as Tara Patrick)
Asian Street Hookers 7
1999
Video
Up and Cummers 73
1999
Video
Talking Blue
1995
TV Series
Madhouse Mecca
2016
post-production
Romie
Angel of Darkness: The Legend of Lilith
post-production
Vicky
Barbarella XXX: An Axel Braun Parody
2015
Video
Dianthus
Live Nude Girls
2014
Nancy
Grab and Bind of Tera Patrick: The Perils of Tera
2013
Video
Tera
Extreme Gagging
2013
Video
Nagging Wife
This Ain't the Expendables XXX
2012
Video
Trench
Girls of Sunset Place
2012
TV Series
Tera Patrick
Rintihan kuntilanak perawan
2010
Alice
Reign of Tera 3
2009
Video
Porndogs: The Adventures of Sadie
2009
Trisha (voice)
Sex in Dangerous Places
2009
Video
Teradise Island 2
2008
Video
Porn Star Pool Party
2008
Video
Non Sex
Tera Goes Gonzo
2008
Video
Tera Patrick AKA Living Legend
2008
Video
Where the Boys Aren't 19: Arabian Nights
2008
Video
Spread TV
2007
TV Series
World's Biggest Sex Show 4
2007
Video
Flawless
2007
Video
Where the Boys Aren't 18
2007
Video
Tera Patrick on Fire
2006
Video
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2006
TV Series
Tera Patrick
Teradise Island: Anal Fever
2006
Video
Tera
Fashion Underground
2006
Video
Tera
Reign of Tera 2
2006
Video
Test Drive
2006
Video
Jack's Playground 25
2005
Video
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ferocious!
2007
Video executive producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Katie Morgan's Sex Tips 2: Any More Questions?
2009
TV Movie documentary additional footage
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Katie Morgan's Sex Quiz
2009
TV Movie special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Dr. Susan Block Show
2011-2014
TV Series
Herself
The Naughty Show
2011-2013
TV Series
Herself
2011 AVN Awards Show
2011
TV Special documentary
Herself
2011 AVN Red Carpet Show
2011
TV Special
Herself
Adult Entertainment Expo '10
2010
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Rated A for Adult
2010
TV Series documentary
Herself
Street Customs
2009
TV Series
Herself
Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry
2009
Documentary
Herself - Owner, Teravision
2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards Show: Red Carpet PreShow