Asia Carrera
Birthdate:	August 6, 1973 (1973-08-06) (age 34)
Birth location:	New York City, New York, United States
Birth name:	Jessica Steinhauser
Measurements:	36C-26-36
Height:	5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Weight:	110 lb (50 kg/7.9 st)
Eye color:	Brown
Hair color:	Brunette
Natural breasts:	No
Orientation:	heterosexual
Ethnicity:	Japanese and German
Alias(es):	Asia Carera Asia Carerra Asian Carrera Jessica Bennett
No. of films:	370 (approx.)
Official web site
Asia Carrera at IMDb
Asia Carrera at IAFD
Asia Carrera at AFDB

Asia Carrera (born Jessica Steinhauser^[1][2] on August 6, 1973 in New York City) is a former American pornographic actress. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (425 × 640 pixels, file size: 95 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... For other uses, see Birthday (disambiguation). ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the state. ... Stature redirects here. ... Weight, in the context of human body weight measurements in the medical sciences and in sports is a measurement of mass, and is thus expressed in units of mass, such as kilograms (kg), or units of force such as pounds (lb). ... Look up pound in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Kg redirects here. ... The stone is a unit of mass in the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries. ... Brown eyes redirects here. ... Hair color is the result of pigmentation due to the presence of the chemicals of melanin and phaeomelanin. ... Sexual orientation refers to the direction of an individuals sexuality, usually conceived of as classifiable according to the sex or gender of the persons whom the individual finds sexually attractive. ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ... This is a list of ethnic groups. ... For other uses, see Alias. ... Pornographic films are motion pictures that explicitly depict sexual intercourse and other sexual acts, typically for the purpose of sexual arousal in the viewer. ... is the 218th day of the year (219th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star (also spelled as pornstar) is somebody who appears in pornographic films or photographs, live sex shows or peep shows. ...

Early life and education

Asia Carrera was born in New York City to a Japanese father and German mother^[3] and is the oldest of four siblings.^[4] She was raised in Little Silver, New Jersey, attending Little Silver Public Schools and Red Bank Regional High School. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Little Silver is a borough located in Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... The Borough of Red Bank is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey incorporated in 1908. ...

She studied piano as a child, and performed at Carnegie Hall twice before the age of 15. By 16 she taught English at Tsuruga College in Japan.^[5] When she was 17, she ran away from home because she felt her parents put too much pressure on her to succeed academically. Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Tsuruga (Japanese: 敦賀市, Tsuruga-shi) is a city located in southern Fukui Prefecture, Japan. ...

She won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University and is a member of Mensa.^[5][6] “Rutgers” redirects here. ... Mensa is the largest, oldest, and most famous high-IQ society in the world. ...

Adult film career

Carrera worked during the early 1990s as a dancer at several go-go bars in her home state of New Jersey. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

After doing at least one photoshoot for an adult magazine, she put together a demo porn tape in 1993. At the end of that year she relocated to California to break into the pornography business and she announced her retirement at the end of 2003. She is sometimes credited as Asia or Jessica Bennett. Porn redirects here. ... Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Carrera has also been involved in writing, producing, and directing movies, as well as doing all her own make-up and hair-styling, and doing much of the hair and make-up for other actresses in the same movies.

As is common practice among adult film actresses, the name "Asia Carrera" is a pseudonym. According to interviews, she chose the stage name surname from actress Tia Carrere, intentionally misspelling it for legal reasons.^[7] For other uses, see Alias. ... A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... Tia Carrere (born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo on January 2, 1967) is a Hawaiian actress, model, and singer, most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the feature film Waynes World and in the TV series Relic Hunter. ...

After her contract with Vivid expired in the mid 1990s, Carrera had her right labia minora pierced and has henceforth had a variety of 1/2" gold rings affixed there ever since. At this time she also had her first breast enlargement, going from a medium B to at least a full C cup. She has had at least one subsequent breast surgery and is now a D cup or larger.^[8] The labia minora (singular: labium minus) or nymphae[1] are two longitudinal cutaneous folds, that normally vary widely in size from woman to woman. ...

Carrera performed only a few anal sex scenes during her career because she didn't want to be considered an "anal queen". Her first scene in the movie A is for Asia (a film to which she owned all the rights) which occurred after her contract with Vivid finished.^[9] Roman men having anal sex. ...

Other interests

Carrera has an active presence on the Internet and describes herself as "the nerd of porn". She proudly proclaims that she created her own Web site in the late 1990s, including writing the code and editing the pictures. For other uses, see Nerd (disambiguation). ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

She is also 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 that frequented the chatroom that she has hosted on her site since 1997. She is also a Corvette aficionado but traded hers in after starting a family. Unreal Tournament, abbreviated UT, (sometimes referred to as UT99, UT Classic, UT1, or UT:GOTY to differentiate from Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Unreal Tournament 3) is a popular first-person shooter video game. ... G4 is a United States cable and satellite television channel geared toward viewers aged 12–34 and devoted to the world of video games and the people who play them. ... The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car that has been manufactured by Chevrolet since 1953. ...

Carrera is an outspoken atheist. "I've always been an atheist, Science explains everything."^[10]

Asia also lent her voice to a number of hentai movies, such as Inmu and Shusaku. Hentai tankōbon on display in Japan Hentai )   is a Japanese word that can be used to mean metamorphosis or abnormality. In Japan hentai has a strong negative connotation, and is commonly used to mean sexually perverted. In the West the term is used as slang for sexually explicit or...

Personal life

Carrera on a film set in 2002

In 1995, Carrera married adult film director Bud Lee. They divorced in 2003 after a long separation, but continue to remain good friends. Carrera dated Clarke, a former grip from her porn sets, for a few years until his visa expired and he returned to England. Soon after, 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.^[11] While she was almost 8 months pregnant with their second baby, Don was killed in a car accident near Las Vegas on June 10, 2006. In an expression of concern about her livelihood and worries of not being able to support their two children on her own, Carrera began to solicit donations on her personal web site.^[12][13] Eventually, though, Carrera got a message from an insurance company that a life insurance policy she had forgotten about did exist for her husband and after mandatory investigation she was granted it and thus announced that the financial crisis was over.^[14] Image File history File links Asia_Carrera_02102492_cropped. ... Image File history File links Asia_Carrera_02102492_cropped. ... Bud Lee (born Cameron Lyndon Bennett in 1955) is an adult film director. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Settled 1861 Incorporated 1862 Government  - Mayor Dan McArthur  - City Manager Gary Esplin Area  - City  64. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Life insurance or life assurance is a contract between the policy owner and the insurer, where the insurer agrees to pay a sum of money upon the occurrence of the insured individuals or individuals death. ...

Their son, who was born on July 31, 2006, was initially to be named Devin; but she decided, after Lemmon's death, to name him Donald Edward Lemmon III.^[15] She gave birth to her son at home unassisted. She and Don had planned for the birth to be unassisted, but after his death she was offered free midwifery services; she was unsure whether she wanted to give birth alone without her husband. The birth occurred 11 days before the estimated due date, while a midwife was en route. is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

On May 13, 2007, she announced on her web site 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 however made an error in changing his name and kept the "III" after his name. ^[16] Devin Renee DeVasquez is an American model and actress. ...

She grew tired of all the impostors and posted her own authentic profile at MySpace.^[17]

On March 18, 2007 she announced on her Blog that once her merchandise inventory is gone she "will probably" shut down her website. "I've got to give my kids their anonymity. I need to back away from being famous so my kids can grow up without being ostracized by their peers for who their mommy was." is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Commentary on the Susan Russell pornography case

In 2006, Carrera was asked for commentary by The Spectrum, a St. George-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 Miller v. California Supreme Court case. Carrera opined: The Wachovia Spectrum (formerly known as the Spectrum, CoreStates Spectrum and First Union Spectrum) is an indoor arena located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Nickname: Settled 1861 Incorporated 1862 Government  - Mayor Dan McArthur  - City Manager Gary Esplin Area  - City  64. ... Holding Obscene materials are defined as those that the average person, applying contemporary community standards, find, taken as a whole, appeal to the prurient interest; that depict or describe, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law; and that, taken as a whole, lack serious...

"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 explained,

"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 nor, by implication, the arrest of people distributing movies in which she may herself have starred.^[18]

Awards

• 1995 AVN Female Performer of the Year^[19]
• 2000 AVN Best Couples Sex Scene - Film for Search for the Snow Leopard^[19]
• AVN Hall of Fame^[20]

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