Tera Patrick was born on July 25, 1976, in Great Falls, Montana to an English father and Thai mother, who had originally met in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Tera Patrick was discovered in San Francisco by a talent scout for the Eileen Ford Modeling Agency, and at the age of 13, she was signed to a contract to be a model. She moved to New York City shortly thereafter and her career as a runway and catalog model began.

At 18, she left the world of modeling and enrolled at Boise State University where she received her associate’s degree in nursing and a BS in Microbiology. She then transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where for financial reasons she began modeling again.

In the late 1990s, Tera Patrick transitioned to appearing in nude and soft-core features. In 2000, she made the transition to hard-core porn in Andrew Blake’s Aroused.

Since that time, she has become one of the most popular and recognized porn stars in the world. During the span of her porn star career, Tera Patrick has also used the following stage names …. Brooke Thomas, Linda Shapiro, Sadie Jordan, and Sara Jordan.