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BIOGRAPHY
of Tera Patrick
Birthdate:
July 25, 1976 (1976-07-25) (age 31) Birth location: Great
Falls, Montana, United States Birth name: Linda Ann Hopkins
Shapiro Measurements: 36DD-24-34 Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight: 121 lb (55 kg)
Tera
Patrick -
was
born in Great Falls, Montana to an English father and Thai
mother; her parents had originally met in Vietnam during the
Vietnam War. While Tera was young, her mother moved back to
Thailand, and her father moved with her to San Francisco,
California and raised her there himself.
Tera
Patrick
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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 at Boise State University where she
earned an AAS degree in nursing and a BS in Microbiology.
She then transferred to University of California, Santa Barbara,
where for financial reasons she began modeling again.
Pornography
career -
In the late-1990s, Patrick transitioned
to appearing in nude and soft-core features. In 2000, she
made the transition to hard-core porn in Andrew Blake's Aroused.
She also appeared in bondage and foot fetish films around
that same time under the name Brooke Thomas. Since that time,
she has become one of the most popular and recognized porn
stars in the world. She has appeared in Playboy and Penthouse,
where she was the "Pet of the Month" for February 2000 and
was selected as "Pet of the Year" runner-up, and has appeared
in more than 70 adult features. Patrick 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. In an interview with the Adult Film
Database in February of 2007, Patrick stated she will only
continue to work in front of the camera for two more years,
but plans on releasing her starring adult titles over the
next decade. The March 2007 DVD release, 'inTERActive' set
the record as the fastest selling Hustler release ever.
AWARDS
2007 Venus Berlin - "Best American Actress"
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2007 AVN Award - "Best Interactive Movie" - InTERActive"
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2007 E-Line Awards, Venus Berlin - "Best Performer, Best Businesswoman"
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2008 AVN Award- "Best Cinematography: Fashion Underground"
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2008 AVN Award - "Best High End All Sex Release: Broken" #
2008 AVN Award - "Best Interactive Movie: InTERActive"
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2008 F.A.M.E. Awards - Favorite Female Starlet
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