Asia Carrera
Asia Carrera (lahir dengan nama Jessica Steinhauser pada tanggal 6 Agustus 1973) adalah mantan bintang film porno Amerika Serikat.
Asia Carrera | |
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Lahir | Jessica Steinhauser[1] 6 Agustus 1973[2] New York City[2] |
Kebangsaan | American |
Pendidikan | Rutgers University |
Kota asal | Little Silver, New Jersey |
Tinggi | 5 ft 85 in (3,68 m)[2] |
Berat | 128 pon (58 kg; 9,1 st) |
Suami/istri | Bud Lee (1995–2003; divorced) Don Lemmon (2003–2006; widowed) |
Situs web | asiacarrera.com |
Penghargaan
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Masa Muda
Asia Carrera lahir di New York dari seorang ayah berdarah Jepang dan ibu berdarah Jerman.,[3] the eldest of four siblings.[4] She was raised in Little Silver, New Jersey, attending the Little Silver School District and Red Bank Regional High School. She studied piano as a child and performed at Carnegie Hall twice before the age of 15. At the age of 16, she taught English at Tsuruga College in Japan.[5]
She won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University, where she majored in Japanese and Business but from which she did not graduate,[6][7] and is a member of Mensa,[5][8] with an IQ of 156.[9]
Career
Adult film career
Carrera's adult film career ran from 1993 to 2003 and included over 400 films and video features.[10] According to interviews, she chose her stage name surname from actress Tia Carrere, changing the spelling for legal reasons.[11]
Carrera was the first Asian performer ever to win the award AVN Female Performer of the Year Award.[12]
Carrera lent her voice to several erotic hentai OVAs for publisher Pink Pineapple, such as Inmu (2001)[13] and Shusaku (1999).[14] In October 2001, Carrera attended the Big Apple Anime Fest in New York City for her voice roles and along with Kobe Tai was an Opening Night Guest of Honor at the fest's Midnight Anime Concourse.[15]
Carrera was also in the 2010 documentary After Porn Ends, which is about about life after being a porn actor.[16]
Other work
In 1998, she appeared in an uncredited cameo role in the film The Big Lebowski in the faux pornographic movie Logjammin' within the film.[17][18]
Carrera was a guest reviewer for Maximum PC magazine.[19]
Carrera was featured in the book Part Asian, 100% Hapa by artist Kip Fulbeck. She also provided one of three featured quotes on the book jacket.
Personal life
After growing tired of impostors claiming to be her on MySpace, Carrera posted her own authentic profile.[20]
Carrera is an avid player of Unreal Tournament. She designed her own game skins and was featured in the show Players on the G4 games cable channel, where she revealed that her screen name is "Megabitchgoddess." Carrera hosted her own Unreal Tournament server that featured custom maps designed by fans who frequented the chatroom that she has hosted on her site since 1997.[butuh rujukan]
She identified investor Warren Buffett as her hero on her website,[21] which Buffett was pleased to learn.[22]
Relationships
In September 1995, Carrera married adult film director Bud Lee. They divorced in 2003, but remain good friends.[2] Carrera dated a former grip from her porn sets for a few years until his visa expired and he returned to England. She married nutritionist and author Don Lemmon on December 19, 2003. The couple moved to St. George, Utah, where Carrera gave birth to her first daughter, Catalina, on March 4, 2005.[24] Lemmon was killed in a car accident near Las Vegas on June 10, 2006. At the time, Carrera was almost eight months pregnant with their second child.[25] Concerned about her livelihood and worries of not being able to support her two children on her own, Carrera began to solicit donations on her personal web site.[26][27] Eventually, Carrera got a message from an insurance company that a life insurance policy she had forgotten about did exist for her husband, and she was granted it after mandatory investigation.[27]
On May 13, 2007, she announced on her website that she had filed a request to legally change her son's name to Devin D'Artagnan Lemmon, in honor of Devin DeVasquez, the woman who first introduced her to Donald. She explained that "He's not Don, he never will be Don, and it made me want to start crying every time a random stranger would say, 'Oh he's so cute, what's his name?'" The state made an error in changing his name, however, keeping the "III".[28]
On April 14, 2010, Carrera confessed on her blog that she became an alcoholic after the death of her husband, Donald, that she had joined Alcoholics Anonymous, and was in her third week of sobriety. She emphasized that she still did not believe in God, and that it is "actually not mandatory for joining AA."[29]
Commentary on the Susan Russell pornography case
In 2006, Carrera was asked for commentary by The Spectrum, a St. George, Utah-area newspaper, on the local case of Susan Russell, who was charged with 15 counts of third-degree felony distribution of pornographic material. Russell allegedly sold pornographic materials and sex toys from a back room in her Earrings and More store, potentially violating the "community standards" of the Mormon-dominated town per the Supreme Court case Miller v. California. Carrera opined:
- "I deliberately moved to St. George with my husband so we could raise our kids in a conservative atmosphere, in a low-crime, family friendly state. I do appreciate that the laws are there, and will make it harder for my kids to get into trouble when they get older."
However, she also said,
- "Do I have a problem with porn being sold here? No, not per se. I have no problem with porn at all. Trust me, they don't exploit women, and watching porn has never been scientifically shown to lead to any increase in crime rates, be it rape, pedophilia, or any other sexual crimes."
Nevertheless, she reiterated that the community's conservatism was the reason she moved there, and that she had no plans to challenge it.[30]
Awards
References
- ^ McDonagh, Maitland. "Question: Is Barbara Carrera, ..." TVGuide.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 8 January 2013. Diakses tanggal 8 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Bio". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal April 8, 2010. Diakses tanggal 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Asia Carrera: Why I do porn".
- ^ "House of Truth: Asia Carrera interview". House of Truth. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal June 8, 2007. Diakses tanggal 2007-06-12.
- ^ a b "The Women of Porn", Playboy, March 2002, page 128
- ^ "Home". Asia Carrera Fanclub.
- ^ "Asia Carrera: Interview". Elite Streets Magazine.
- ^ "They're Accomplished, They're Famous, and They're Mensans". Mensa Bulletin. American Mensa (476): p. 23. 2004. ISSN 0025-9543. [pranala nonaktif]
- ^ Cosmin Turcu, Dana Chiru (30 May 2011). "Căutătorii de genii au recrutat 173 de români". adevarul.ro. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 10 November 2012. Diakses tanggal 9 January 2013.(Rumania)
- ^ Carrera, Asia. Filmograpy, AsiaCarrera.com. Retrieved September 10, 2012
- ^ Asia Carrera. "How did you pick your name?". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal May 20, 2007. Diakses tanggal 2007-05-19.
- ^ Steve Javors (2013-02-27). "Interview: AVN Female Performer of the Year Asa Akira". AVN. Diakses tanggal 2013-12-20.
- ^ Clements, Jonathan (2006). The Anime Encyclopedia (Revised & Expanded Edition). Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. hlm. 301. ISBN 1-933330-10-4.
- ^ "Shusaku and Inmu Details". Anime News Network. May 8, 2001. Diakses tanggal 2010-05-20.
- ^ "BAAF Wrap-up PR". Anime News Network. November 14, 2001. Diakses tanggal 2010-05-20.
- ^ "'After Porn Ends' Documentary Reveals The Dark Side of the Industry and Life After Porn". Diakses tanggal 22Sep2012.
- ^ Green, Bill; Peskoe, Ben (2007). I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski: Life, the Big Lebowski, and What Have You. Will Russell and Scott Shuffitt. New York, NY: Bloomsbury USA. hlm. 75–76. ISBN 978-1-59691-246-5.
- ^ Tyree, Joshua M.; Walters, Ben (2007). The Big Lebowski. BFI Film Classics. London, England: British Film Institute. hlm. 70. ISBN 978-1-84457-173-4. OCLC 156919357.
- ^ Maximum PC. July 2002. p. 72.
- ^ Carrera, Asia. "Blog posting of June 28, 2007". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2008-04-05. Diakses tanggal 2007-06-28.
- ^ Carrera, Asia. "MORE USELESS TRIVIA!". asiacarrera.com. Diakses tanggal July 25, 2013.
- ^ Schroeder, Alice (2008). The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life. Bloomsbury. p. 729
- ^ Carrera, Asia (July 13, 2006). "ASIA'S BULLETINS!". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal August 29, 2007.
So me, the completely unsuperstitious atheist, goes and posts on a message board that 'no, I don't believe in bad luck on Friday the 13th'.
- ^ Asia Carrera. "Asia's Bulletins". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal March 6, 2005. Diakses tanggal 2007-06-12.
- ^ "Obituaries: Lemmon Jr., Donald". Las Vegas Review-Journal. June 16, 2006. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal March 7, 2009. Diakses tanggal 2008-06-26.
- ^ "What You Are Getting Today Is a Glimpse Inside My World..."
- ^ a b "Asia's Bulletins!". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 15 March 2007. Diakses tanggal 9 January 2013.
- ^ Asia Carrera (May 13, 2007). "Asia Carrera Bulletin". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal June 1, 2007. Diakses tanggal 2007-10-27.
- ^ Asia Carrera (April 14, 2010). "Asia Carrera Bulletin". asiacarrera.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal April 21, 2010. Diakses tanggal 2007-06-28.
- ^ "Pornography case puts privacy rights at odds with set public standards". Diakses tanggal 2007-01-20.[pranala nonaktif]
- ^ a b "Past AVN Award Winners". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal February 24, 2008. Diakses tanggal 2008-01-21.
- ^ "AVN 2000 Nominations". AVN. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal January 23, 2000. Diakses tanggal 2008-11-24.
- ^ "AVN Hall of Fame". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal February 24, 2008. Diakses tanggal 2008-01-21.
External links
- Situs web resmi
- Asia Carrera di Facebook
- Asia Carrera di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Asia Carrera di Internet Adult Film Database
- Asia Carrera di Adult Film Database
- Nakamura, Eric. "Big Money Shot: Asia Carrera" Interview at Giant Robot; 1999
- Pollard, Nate. "Interview: Asia Carrera" Interview at Verbicide Magazine; 2011