Asia Carrera
| Asia Carrera | |
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Carrera in 2003.
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| Born |
Jessica Steinhauser August 6, 1973 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | St. George, Utah, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Asia Lemmon |
| Education | Rutgers University |
| Home town | Little Silver, New Jersey |
| Height | 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (174 cm) |
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) |
| Spouse(s) |
Bud Lee (1995–2003; divorced) Don Lemmon (2003–2006; widowed) |
| Website | Official website |
| No. of adult films | 407 (per IAFD) |
Asia Carrera Lemmon (born Jessica Steinhauser, August 6, 1973) is an American former pornographic actress.
Asia Carrera was born Jessica Steinhauser in New York City to a German mother and Japanese father, the eldest of four siblings. She was raised on Lippincott Road 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 Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan.
Carrera won a National Merit Scholarship for scoring over 1440 on the SAT, as well as a Garden State Scholarship for her grades. She attended Rutgers University on full academic scholarship, where she majored in Japanese and business, but did not graduate. Carrera is a member of Mensa, with an IQ of 156.
Carrera's adult film career ran from 1993 to 2003 and included over 400 films and video features. According to interviews, she chose her stage name surname from actress Tia Carrere, changing the spelling for legal reasons.
Carrera was the first Asian performer ever to win the award AVN Female Performer of the Year Award. Carrera retired from the film industry in 2003, following her marriage to Don Lemmon.
Carrera lent her voice to several erotic hentai OVAs for publisher Pink Pineapple, such as Inmu (2001) and Shusaku (1999). 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.
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