Tera Patrick

About Tera Patrick

Tera Patrick is an American former porn star, adult model, businesswoman and writer. She was one of the most popular pornstars of the early 2000s.

She was born July 25, 1976 in Great Falls, Montana and raised near San Francisco, California. Her mother is Thai and her father is of English, Irish and Dutch descent. When she was just ten, her mother left her and she grew up with her father David Hopkins, a carefree hippie.She took weekend classes at the Barbizon Modeling and Acting School for two years. She always loved the way she looked. 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". Later, she spent two years in Tokyo, where "she became addicted to Valium and alcohol and spent her paychecks on shopping sprees".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". At age 18, she obtained a GED, briefly studied nursing at Boise State University, then received EMT certification from a local vocational school.

Although she performed in many lesbian scenes, Patrick insisted she was straight and "gay for pay". She is the owner of porn production company Teravision. In the mid-2000s, she had her naturally D cup breasts enlarged to DD, which became a subject of controversy among porn fans.

In her career as pornstar, she has created clips with other personalities from the world of hard such as Aria Giovanni, Sunny Leone, Veronika Zemanova, Masuimi Max and Alexis Amore.

Freeones.com ranked her as the 7th best pornstar of the 00s.