She was born in Montana, on July 25 1976 . She gets her exotic looks from her Thai Mother and English father. They moved to San Francisco soon after she was born. Her mother left the family to go back to Thailand and Tera was raised in SF by her father. Before plunging into the adult world, Tera did 5 years modeling with the very renowned Ford Agency who discovered her at the young age of 13. She quit modeling at 18 and returned to school where she got a degree in microbiology. She then was employed as a nurse but her curiosity about nude modeling wasn?t satisfied. She soon found herself appearing in many men?s magazines. By 1999, she felt ready to take the big step into porn. Tera appeared in a few B&D movies, then went full time into mainstream porn and began her ascension to the top! Her very first film was Andrew Blake?s soft core ?Aroused?. Her first boy/girl scene was in ?Fire&Ice?. With her 36DD-24-34 figure on her 5?9 body, Tera Patrick is all about curves! That?s exactly what audiences and producers were looking for. She then became the most in demand female performer from all over the world! She landed the Hot d?Or award at the Cannes Erotic Film Festival as the Best New American Starlet. To this day, she?s the starlet who has received the most awards in her career, including AVN best new starlet, Xrco Fan favourite and best American actress.