Tera Patrick
Birthday:
25 July 1976, Great Falls, Montana, USA
Birth Name:
Linda Ann Hopkins
Height:
177 cm
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 h...
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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 to San Francisco shortly thereafter. Her mother soon left the family to go back to Thailand, and she was raised in San Francisco by her father. While strolling around that city's famed Fisherman's Wharf one day she was spotted by a talent scout for Morning Sun, an international division of the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency, and at the tender age of 13 was signed to a contract. At 18 she quit modeling and returned to school, getting a degree in microbiology. Although she found employment as a nurse, her curiosity about nude modeling (something she had always wondered about) got the best of her, and she was soon appearing in men's magazines. By 1999 she felt ready to dive into porn. After appearing in a few specialty B&D tapes she went full-time into mainstream porn, and began her meteoric rise to the top. Her smoldering looks, mind-boggling (and all-natural) body and enthusiastic performances made her an instant favorite with fans tired of the typical bored, silicone-inflated porn queens.She married actor Evan Seinfeld (Oz (1997)) and was preparing to leave the adult-film business, but instead--in an unprecedented move--successfully broke out of her agreement with Digital Playground and started her own production company, Teravision Inc., and signed a contract with Vivid Video in which the only boy/girl work she will do is with her husband (they have since divorced), although she will work with other women. That news may have come as a major disappointment to her legions of fans, but a little Tera Patrick is still far better than no Tera Patrick at all. Show less «
[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 ...Show more »
[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. Show less «
[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 ...Show more »
[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. Show less «
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, bein...Show more »
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. Show less «
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...Show more »
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. Show less «
[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," an...Show more »
[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. Show less «
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