Tera Patrick a.k.a (Brooke Thomas, Sadie Jordan, Tera Hopkins, and Tara Patrick)
Tera Patrick was born in Great Falls, Montana to a Jewish father and Thai mother. Her legal name (birth name) is Linda Ann Hopkins Shapiro. While Tera was quite young, her mother moved back to Thailand to live permanently, and her father moved with her to San Francisco, California and raised her there himself.
She was discovered in San Francisco by a talent scout for the Eileen Ford Modeling Agency, and at the age of 13 she was signed to a contract to be a model. She moved to New York City shortly thereafter and her career as a runway and catalog model began. At 18, she left the world of modeling and enrolled in college, where she received her associate's (two year) degree in Microbiology. She is a registered nurse.
In the late 1990s, Patrick began modeling again, this time nude and in soft-core features. In 2000, she made the transition to hard-core porn in Andrew Blake's Aroused.
Since that time, she has become one of the most popular and recognized porn stars in the world, having graced the pages of Playboy and Penthouse, where she was a "Pet of the Month" and was selected as "Pet of the Year" runner-up.
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.
Tera is noted for her sultry voice and her aroused and enthusiastic portrayals of sex. Because of this, she has won several awards from the adult-movie business organizations. Today, she hosts the popular webcast The Tera Patrick Show and she is active in the adult film community, raising money for both the Free Speech Coalition and A.I.M Healthcare.
Tera has been a frequent and favorite guest of Howard Stern on his TV and radio programs. She was featured on the cover of the July 2006 edition of the more mainstream FHM, revealing candid details in an interview inside. Patrick, who had been named #57 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement, was the first porn star to grace the cover.
On January 9, 2004, Patrick married Evan Seinfeld, a singer/bassist for the hardcore heavy metal band Biohazard and an actor best known for his appearance in the series Oz. They married privately in a small ceremony. The two have made five movies for Vivid and two for Teravision (with Seinfeld appearing under the name "Spyder Jonez").
In 2005 Tera and Evan launched a talent agency representing models and actors/actresses. According to a quote on the agency's website, Tera's goal, "is to help girls (and guys) in the business to be treated with respect, and realize their true potential..." She also owns a production company called "Teravision" which along with Vivid Video released its first feature Desperate starring Tera and Evan.
She was featured in famous films like
Island Fever, Island Fever 2, Island Fever 3
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I was kind of dipping my feet in the water the 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.
And for all the guys who ask me if I prefer anal? Hhhmmm, maybe. Doggy is best and to answer the other question... my favorite guys to work with are Joel Lawrence, Bobby Vitale, Marc Davis and Evan Stone and maybe you perhaps?
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