Tera Patrick is an American porno entertainer as well as a model. The real name of Tera Patrick is Linda Ann Hopkins, She was one of the most well known pornography stars of her age. She has been profoundly successful in the entertainment world and has won many honors. For 2000 years, she also got the title of Penthouse Pet and is an inductee of the AVN, NightMoves, and XRCO Halls of Fame. She is also honored with the Hot d’Or Award, AVN Award, NightMoves Award, Venus Award, XRCO Award, Eroticline Award, Adam Film World Guide Award, FOXE Award, XBIZ Award, FAME Award, Fanny Award, ASACP Service Recognition Award.
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Tera Patrick Early Life
Tera Patrick age is 48 years now. She was born on 25th July 1976, to a Thai mother and an American Army doctor. Tera’s real name is Linda Ann Hopkins later she chooses Tera Patrick as her stage name. Her mother moved to Thailand when Patrick was just 10 years old, so she grew up in San Francisco with her father, David Hopkins.
After studying at Barbizon Modeling and Acting School for two years, she always loved how she looked. Once at her photo-shoot, she was sexually assaulted by the photographer, who” was feeding champagne and Valium” until she “was getting wasted”. She lived for 2 years in Tokyo, where “she became addicted to alcohol and Valium and spent her paychecks on shopping sprees”.
When her father got to know about her sexual activities, he complained to her agency, pointing out she was underage. Tera was returned to the United States, ” 16 years old and formerly a washed-up model”. At 18 years old, she concentrated on nursing at Boise State College and got an EMT certificate from a nearby professional school.
Tera Patrick Career
Tera Patrick has been seen in Playboy and Penthouse, where she was selected as ” Pet of the Year” runner-up and also was the “Pet of the Month” for February 2000. In 2003, she became Genesis’s masthead publisher.
In 2006, Tera and her husband, Evan Seinfeld, started a talent company representing actors and models. Her goal is to help women in their businesses, be treated with respect, and realize their great potential. Also, she owns a production company, named ” Teravision.” In April 2006, Tera hosted the Exotica Miami convention, which got great popularity.
TV production
In November 2006, Tera starred in a TV production titled “Tera Patrick’s Fashion Underground” where she appeared with Jean Val Jean and Tommy Gunn. In the same film, her husband performed with Lanny Barby under the name Spyder Jonez. Tera says she is OK with him doing scenes with other girls performers In an interview .
In February 2007, Patrick said she would only continue to work in front of the camera for 2 more years but planned on releasing her starring adult titles over the coming decade, during a podcast with the Adult Film Database.
In April 2007, Teravision INC production company took legal action against Jenna Jameson (the new owners of Club Jenna) and Playboy Enterprises for failing to properly account for and give royalties on money earned by Patrick’s Website clubtera.com.
Tera hosted ‘School of Sex,’ the Playboy TV erotic instructional show In 2008. She also hosted the 25th AVN Awards ceremony.
Retirement
In 2008, Tera announced her retirement from appearing in adult films but continued to operate her production company and website and pursue other business ventures. She licenses her movie catalog worldwide.
In January 2013, Tera was the host of the annual XBIZ Awards. She played a character in an Indonesian mainstream horror movie ‘Rintihan Kuntilanak Perawan’ which was presented countrywide from October 14, 2010, through November 16, 2010.
Tera Patrick Body Measurements
Tera Patrick height is 5 feet 9 inches tall, with Brown eyes and Black hair. She weighs about 55 kilograms. Her figure size is 36D-24-36. Her weight is 55 kg.
Hobbies
Watching movies and dancing is her favorite thing to do in free time. She is also obsessed with branded clothes such as Levi Strauss & Co. & Calvin Klein. Patrick adores her digital gadgets such as camera, smartphone, laptop, and smartwatch. She finds joy in discovering new trends and the rearmost technologies.
Tera Patrick Net worth
Tera Patrick is a role model for people who are struggling for business success. She worked hard and stayed determined to earn a net worth of $ 10 Million. This shows her strong commitment to making her dreams come true.
Patrick also appeared in the movie ” Blades of Glory” in a cameo capacity. She has made a fantastic appearance on the reality TV show ” Secret Lives of Women.” In 2010, she published a memoir called” Sinner Takes All.”
Personal Life
In 2004, Tera Patrick and Evan Seinfeld officially tied up after a great relationship of 3 years. The couple together appeared in 10 movies produced by Teravision INC wherein Seinfeld credited as Spyder Jonez and another 5 films produced by Vivid Video. In 2009, after her divorce from Seinfeld, she became the single owner of Teravision INC.
Since 2010, Tera has been dating Tony Acosta, a popular Hollywood actor, who has been associated with movies, such as ‘300’ and ‘Dawn of the Dead’. Tera Patrick has a daughter, her name is Sophia. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughter Sofia, Tony Acosta, and a cute pet dog Chopper.
On 6th September 2018, during an interview with Holly Randall (a podcast host), Tera said she moved to Italy with her daughter, where she married an Italian defense attorney. In 2015, she came to the country after getting an offer to do feature dance shows. After returning home to the United States when her job finished, she ultimately decided to move back.
Book
‘Sinner Takes All’, a memoir of love and porn by Patrick, co-written by Carrie Borzillo a popular author and journalist, published on January 5, 2010, by Penguin imprint Gotham Books. The book chronicles Patrick’s path to stardom, along with many other life experiences she had along the way. During the writing procedure, which she describes as” cathartic”, Tera discusses how she and her mother repaired their relationship. She told how she addressed problems within her relationship with her former husband, Evan Seinfeld. She said that I wanted the book to end happily. I knew there were issues with our marriage obviously, and the decision to separate him came about relatively suddenly.
Appearances
- The adult film performer appeared and gave her voice in Episode 63 of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force animated series. It was first cast on 19 November 2006.
- Some of her famous TV appearances are Last Call with Carson Daly, Telemundo, Fox News, MSNBC, Chelsea Lately, and The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
- Tera was on the cover of the American edition of July 2006 of FHM.
- In the video game Backyard Wrestling 2, Tera was into a playable character.
- Tera was also in the music video for” I Can not Move” by Everlast.
- In 2007, Tera had a cameo role in the Will Ferrell comedy Blades of Glory.
- She appeared with her husband, Evan Seinfeld(a.k.a. Spyder Jonez), on the E! Channel’s True Hollywood Story RockStar Wives.
- Tera hosted the 2007 Spike channel Guys Choice Awards.
- In 2008, Tera Patrick appeared in 4 episodes of the ‘Secret Lives of Women’, WE network’s reality series.
- Tera Patrick also promoted the Saints Row 2 video game. She also gave her voice in its first episodic expansion pack Ultor Exposed.
- In 2011, she ranked number 2 on the list by Complex magazine of “The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time.”
- Tera appeared on the 10th episode of season 1 of the Showtime series Girls of Sunset Place In 2012, .
- In 2014, Tera appeared in two mainstream movie productions. In the Andy Dick and Dave Foley comedy Live Nude Girls, she appeared along with fellow adult industry performers Bree Olsen and Asa Akira. Tera also appears in the horror movie Angel of Darkness The Legend of Lilith
- In August 2014, Tera announced hosting an hour-long weekly radio show on the Sirius/ XM network.