Tera Wray

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name= Tera Wray
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birth= 14 April
location= Louisville, Kentucky
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measurements= 36C-24-36
height= height|ft=5|in=7
weight= convert|110|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on
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hair color= Brown
natural bust= No
ethnicity= Caucasian
spouse= Wayne Static
(Jan. 2008 - present)
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homepage= http://www.terawray.com
iafd=TaraWray
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afdb=45409
afdb name= Tera Wray
films= 17 (per IAFD)

Tera Wray (born 14 Aprilcite web | title = 20 Question E-Mail Fun With: Tera Wray | publisher = qlimax.com|url =http://qlimax.com/tera-wray.php|date =2007-03-07| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] Sources of unknown reliability suggest she may have been born in 1982.] in Louisville, Kentucky) is a retired pornographic actress.cite web | title = Personal Bio Tera Wray | publisher = IAFD.com|url =http://www.iafd.com/person.asp?perfid=TaraWray&gender=F| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] Her stage name is derived from her real first name, Tera, and her best friend's middle name, Wray.cite web | title = Pleasure Productions Contract Girl Tera Wray Visits KSEX | publisher = adultfyi.com|url =http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=21912|last=Ross|first =Gene | date = 2007-02-17| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ]

She has said “I’ve wanted to do porn since I was in the fourth grade. I would always tell people that I wanted to be a porn star." [cite web|url= http://adultstarsmagazine.com/index.php/articles/asm/60-asm/334-tera-wray-interview/|title= Tera Wray Interview |accessdate= 2008-07-15|author= Mikey Fresh|date= 2008-06-11|publisher= adultstarsmagazine.com] Her first job was as an umpire for a youth softball league. When she was 17, she had ovarian cancer, which was able to be removed by lasers and without chemotherapy.

While working as a Hooters Girl, she applied to be an erotic actress with the film company Pleasure Productions, through contacts at her local adult store.cite web | title = Inside Tera Wray | publisher = xrentdvd.com|url =http://www.xrentdvd.com/Porn_Star_Interviews/Tera_Wray.html| date = 2007-03-07| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] In summer 2006, the company signed her as their first contract performer in two years.cite web | title = Tera Wray Stars in Runaway Brat for Pleasure Productions | publisher = avn.com|url =http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectId=DB7BF463-D912-FB85-B64CBCE1A7F791EA|first=David |last=Sullivan | date = 2006-12-28| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] Her first scene was with Lee Stone in "Naughty Auditions", the second of her films to be released. Her first film released was "Sweet Smokin' Hotties", on 8 March 2007. Her first lesbian scene was with Nicki Hunter.

Wray often appears in movies of the alt-porn genre, and in the summer 2007 film "Tattooed & Tight", she probably became the first person to perform a hardcore sex act on film while their partner received a tattoo.cite web | title = Ouch! Damn That Looks Like It Hurts!!!! | publisher = xcitement.com|url =http://www.xcitement.com/content/naked_truth/naked_truth_aug_13_17_07.html|first=Cindi |last=Loftus | date = 2007-08-15| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] cite web | title = Tattooed & Tight | publisher = eros-la.com|url =http://www.eros-la.com/articles/2007-07-10/dvdreviews0710/|first=Johnny |last=Homicide | date =| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ]

She is a fan of heavy metal music, and hosted Matt Zane'sMatt and Mark Zane are brothers.] adult-oriented music series, Radium, during which she interviewed bands and attended concerts, as well as performing in sex scenes.cite web | title = Heavy Metal & Hardcore Sex Collide | publisher = thegauntlet.com|url =http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/7753/.html | date = 2007-03-12| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/712/Society-1.html|title=Society 1 Interview with Matt Zane|publisher=The Gauntlet|date=2007-10-22|accessdate=2007-10-22]

Later, she travelled with Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest Summer Tour 2007 (as a model for the tour's sponsors, Hustler Lingeriecite web | title = Tera Wray Tours With Hustler Lingerie at Ozzfest | publisher = ainews.com|url =http://ainews.com/Archives/Story12134.phtml | date = 2007-07-24| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] ). During the tour, she began dating Static-X frontman Wayne Static,cite web | title = Static-x Vocalist Drops By Metal Skool | publisher = thegauntlet.com|url =http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/422/10222/Static-x.html | date = 2007-09-26| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ] On his [http://static-x.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6676083791/m/6911078842/p/4 blog] on 9 Nov 2007, Mr Static states: "I met Tera Wray during Ozzfest and we have been together since then."] and on 10 January 2008 the couple married in Las Vegas. [http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=GLS=299854&c4nvi=3&str=17021&styp=clbi&nbc1=1 This page] , dated 12 Jan 2008, (and of unknown reliability), states they are married.] The article [http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/422/11263/Static-x.html "Wayne Static Gets Hitched to Adult Starlet"] , 2008-01-14, states: "The pair tied the knot in Las Vegas before the AVN Awards which took place on Saturday, Jan 12, 2008".] [cite web|url= http://www.avn.com/performer/articles/3355.html|title= Tera Wray Weds Static-X Frontman|accessdate= 2008-01-18|author= David Sullivan|date= 2008-01-17|publisher= AVN] She announced her retirement from the industry in August 2008. [cite web | title = Performer Tera Wray Announces Retirement| publisher = XBIZ|author= Tod Hunter| url = http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=97888 | date =2008-08-13| accessdate = 2008-08-14 ]

Wray is a keen snowboarder, but once suffered a compound fracture of her arm during a downhill run.cite web | title = Tera Wray’s Roadtrip with Ozzfest | publisher = pornvalleynews.com|url =http://www.pornvalleynews.com/home/archives/2007/08/tera_wrayas_roa.html | date = 2007-08-17| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ]

Awards

*2007 FAME Award nominee – Favorite Female Rookie [cite web | title = FAME Nominees List | publisher = thefameawards.com|author=| url = http://www.thefameawards.com/nominees.aspx| date =| accessdate = 2007-12-18 ]
*2008 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet
*2008 AVN Award nominee – Most Outrageous Sex Scene – "Tattooed & Tight" (with Mark Zane) [cite web | title = AVN Award Nominees | publisher = AVNAwards.com|author=| url = http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=nominees | date =| accessdate = 2007-12-18 ]
*2008 XBIZ Award nominee – New Starlet of the Year [cite web | title = 2008 XBIZ Awards Official Nominees Announced| publisher = xbiz.com|author=| url = http://xbiz.com/news/web/88459| first=Steve | last=Javors| date =2008-01-04| accessdate = 2008-01-10 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.xstarsnews.com/tera-wray-1156.html Video interview at Xstarsnews.com]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=166310993 Tera Wray official MySpace page]