American pornographic actress
This article is about the adult film star. For the model and actress whose real name is Tara Patrick, see
Carmen Electra
.
Tera Patrick
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Tera_Patrick_2010.jpg/220px-Tera_Patrick_2010.jpg) Patrick attending the
AVN Expo
in Las Vegas, 2010
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Born
| (
1976-07-25
)
July 25, 1976
(age 47)
[2]
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Other names
| Tera Patrick, Brooke Thomas, Linda Shapiro, Sadie Jordan, Sara Jordan
[3]
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Years active
| 1999?present
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Height
| 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
[3]
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Spouse
|
(
m.
2004;
div.
2009)
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Partner
| Tony Acosta (2010?2015)
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Children
| 1
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Website
| terapatrick
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Tera Patrick
(born
Linda Ann Hopkins
; July 25, 1976)
[2]
is an American former
pornographic actress
who was the
Penthouse
Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee of the
NightMoves
,
AVN
and
XRCO
Halls of Fame. She is a recipient of the
Hot d'Or Award
,
NightMoves Award
,
AVN Award
,
XRCO Award
,
Venus Award
,
Adultcon Award
,
Adam Film World Guide Award
,
Eroticline Award
,
FOXE Award
,
FAME Award
,
Fanny Award
,
XBIZ Award
, and
ASACP Service Recognition Award
.
Early life
[
edit
]
Tera Patrick was born July 25, 1976
[4]
in
Great Falls, Montana
and raised near
San Francisco, California
. Her mother is Thai and her father is of English, Irish and Dutch descent.
[5]
[6]
When she was just ten, her mother left her and she grew up with her father David Hopkins, a carefree
hippie
.
[5]
She took weekend classes at the
Barbizon Modeling and Acting School
for two years. She always loved the way she looked.
[1]
[7]
She claimed she was sexually assaulted at one of her first photo shoots by the photographer. She said he "was feeding [her] champagne and Valium" until she "was getting wasted".
[7]
Later, she spent two years in Tokyo, where "she became addicted to Valium and alcohol and spent her paychecks on shopping sprees".
[8]
When her father learned she had become sexually active, he complained to her agency, pointing out she was underage. She was sent back to the United States, "sixteen years old and already a washed-up model".
[9]
At age 18, she obtained a GED, briefly studied nursing at
Boise State University
, then received
EMT
certification from a local vocational school.
[10]
Career
[
edit
]
Patrick has appeared in
Playboy
and
Penthouse
, where she was the "Pet of the Month" for February 2000
[11]
and was selected as "Pet of the Year" runner-up. In 2003, Patrick became the masthead publisher of
Genesis
.
In 2006, Patrick and her then-husband,
Evan Seinfeld
, launched a talent agency representing models and actors. According to a quote on the agency's website, Patrick's goal "is to help girls (and guys) in the business to be treated with respect, and realize their true potential...." Additionally, she owns a production company called "Teravision", which along with Vivid Video released its first feature,
Desperate
, starring Patrick and Seinfeld. In April 2006, it was announced that she would host the
Exxxotica
Miami convention.
[12]
In November 2006, Patrick starred in a
Vivid
/Teravision production titled "Tera Patrick's Fashion Underground" where she performed with Jean Val Jean and
Tommy Gunn
. In the same film her husband, under the name Spyder Jonez, performed with Lanny Barby. In an interview, Tera Patrick says she's OK with him doing scenes with other girls.
[13]
The two made five movies for Vivid and ten for Teravision (with Seinfeld appearing under the name "Spyder Jonez"; he has also directed some features).
In an interview with the
Adult Film Database
in February 2007, Patrick stated she would only continue to work in front of the camera for two more years, but planned on releasing her starring adult titles over the next decade.
[14]
Patrick promoting her character in the video game
Backyard Wrestling 2
in 2004
In 2008, Patrick began hosting the
Playboy TV
erotic instructional show,
School of Sex
.
[15]
She was also the host for
25th AVN Awards
ceremony.
[16]
Patrick retired from shooting scenes in the adult industry in 2008 but continues to operate her website, production company, and pursue other business ventures. She licenses her movie catalog worldwide.
[17]
In January 2013, Patrick hosted the annual
XBIZ Awards
.
[18]
Appearances
[
edit
]
- Patrick appeared and voiced herself in
episode 63
of
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
animated series, which first aired November 19, 2006.
[19]
- Her television appearances include
Chelsea Lately
,
Last Call with Carson Daly
,
The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch
,
MSNBC
,
Fox News
, and
Telemundo
.
[17]
- Patrick was on the cover of the July 2006 American edition of
FHM
.
[20]
- Patrick was made into a playable character in the video game
Backyard Wrestling 2
.
[21]
- Patrick was also in the music video for "I Can't Move" by
Everlast
.
[22]
- Patrick had a cameo role in the 2007
Will Ferrell
comedy
Blades of Glory
.
[16]
- She appeared with her then-husband, Evan Seinfeld (a.k.a. Spyder Jonez), on the
E! Channel
's
True Hollywood Story
Rock Star Wives
.
[23]
- Patrick hosted the 2007
Spike channel
Guys Choice
awards.
[16]
- In 2008, Patrick appeared as herself in four episodes of the
WE
network's reality series
Secret Lives of Women
.
[24]
- Patrick was involved in promotion for the 2008 video game
Saints Row 2
, and also gave her own voice in its first
episodic expansion pack
Ultor Exposed
.
[25]
[26]
- In 2011,
Complex
magazine ranked her at #2 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time."
[27]
- In 2012, Patrick appeared in the tenth episode of season one of
Showtime
series
Girls of Sunset Place
.
[28]
- In 2014, Patrick appeared in two mainstream movie productions. In the
Dave Foley
and
Andy Dick
comedy
Live Nude Girls
, she was cast along with fellow adult industry performers
Bree Olsen
and
Asa Akira
.
[29]
[30]
Patrick also appears in the horror movie
Angel of Darkness: The Legend of Lilith
[31]
[32]
- In August 2014, Patrick announced hosting an hour-long weekly radio show on
Vivid radio
on the
Sirius/XM
network.
[33]
- In May 2018, she appeared in
Time
magazine as a model in artist
Nika Nesgoda
's 2002 photographic series,
Virgin
, portraying the
Virgin Mary
along with
Stormy Daniels
and other adult film actresses.
[34]
[35]
Overseas career
[
edit
]
Tera Patrick starred in an
Indonesian
mainstream horror film
Rintihan Kuntilanak Perawan
(
Moaning of Virgin Ghost
),
[36]
which was presented countrywide from October 14, 2010, through November 16, 2010.
[37]
Book
[
edit
]
Patrick's memoir,
Sinner Takes All
,
[1]
co-written by journalist and author
Carrie Borzillo
, was published by Penguin imprint
Gotham Books
on January 5, 2010. The book chronicles Patrick's path to stardom, along with various other life experiences she had along the way. During the writing process, which she describes as "cathartic", Patrick discusses how she and her mother repaired their relationship, and how she addressed problems within her relationship with her former husband, Evan Seinfeld. Patrick commented, "I wanted the book to end happily. I knew there were problems with our marriage obviously, and the decision to leave him came about quite suddenly."
[38]
Personal life
[
edit
]
Patrick with then-husband Evan Seinfeld in 2006
After a three-year relationship, Patrick married musician and fellow porn actor
Evan Seinfeld
in a small ceremony in
Las Vegas
on January 9, 2004, where they were attending the 2004
AVN Awards
show. On September 30, 2009, the couple announced that they were ending their marriage.
[39]
Tera remains sole owner of her production company, TeraVision Inc.
[40]
Patrick gave birth to a girl on February 25, 2012.
[41]
The father is Hollywood special effects artist Tony Acosta, known for his work on
300
,
Dawn of the Dead
and
Man of Steel
.
[42]
In an interview with
Holly Randall
on September 6, 2018, Patrick stated that she moved to Italy with her daughter, where she married an Italian defense attorney. She first visited that country in 2015 after getting an offer to do feature dance shows with a company based there.
[43]
Awards and honors
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
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.
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.
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a
b
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.
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.
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Sinner Takes All: A Memoir of Love and Porn
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.
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ISBN
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.
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.
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.
- ^
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"
Real Detroit Weekly
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- ^
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.
- ^
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.
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c
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.
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. Adult Video News
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.
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b
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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- ^
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- ^
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
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.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
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"
.
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. Retrieved
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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External links
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Juliet Cariaga
January:
| Nicole Marciano
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April:
| Cristi Taylor
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July:
| Megan Mason
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October:
| Linn Thomas
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February:
| Tera Patrick
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May:
| Nikki Anderson
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August:
| Orchidea Keresztes
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November:
| Mercedes Lynn
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March:
| Kyla Cole
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June:
| Tracie Carmichael
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September:
| Aria Giovanni
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December:
| Suzette Spencer
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