Carrera's adult film career started in 1993.[14] In 1995, she became the first
Asian performer ever to win the
AVN Female Performer of the Year Award.[15] Carrera retired from the film industry in 2003, following her marriage to Don Lemmon.[2]
Carrera lent her voice to several erotic
hentaiOVAs for publisher
Pink Pineapple, such as Inmu (2001)[16] and Shusaku (1999).[17] 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.[18]
Carrera was also in the 2012 documentary After Porn Ends, which documents the lives of actors after they leave the adult film industry.[19] In the documentary, she discusses her membership in
Mensa. Despite being a
celebrity member of the group, the organization refused to link to her website because it contained pornographic elements.[20]
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.[21][22]
Carrera was a guest reviewer for Maximum PC magazine.[23]
Personal life
Carrera is an
atheist.[24] In November 2014, she wore a
colander on her head for her Utah driver's license photograph. State law normally prohibits the wearing of hats in driver license photos, but there is an exception for religious headwear and Carerra's colander was worn in honor of the religion of the
Flying Spaghetti Monster.[1][3] She is one of about a dozen "Pastafarian" Utahns who have worn a colander in their official state ID photos.[25]
In September 1995, Carrera married adult film director
Bud Lee. They divorced in 2003, but remain good friends.[2] She married
nutritionist and author Don Lemmon on December 19, 2003.[26] The couple moved to
St. George, Utah, where she gave birth to a daughter on March 4, 2005. On June 10, 2006, Lemmon was killed in a car accident outside of
Las Vegas. Seven weeks later, on July 31, Carrera gave birth to the couple's second child.[2][27][28][29] In June 2012, she gave birth to a boy whom she later placed for adoption.[30]
In 2015, she was arrested for
DUI with "a reported blood alcohol content of .254 percent – more than three times Utah’s .08 legal limit." She pleaded
no contest in exchange for avoiding jail time and was sentenced to
house arrest.[31]
She identified investor
Warren Buffett as her hero on her website, which Buffett was pleased to learn.[32]
In 2017, Carrera began studies at
Dixie State University with her daughter.[33] At 11 years old, Carrera's daughter was the youngest student to ever attend college at Dixie State University and the youngest full-time college student in the state of Utah at the time.[34]
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ab"Ex-porn star wears colander in driver's license photo". USA Today. Associated Press. November 17, 2014. p. 1. Retrieved November 18, 2014. Asia Lemmon, whose legal name appears on her driver's license as Jessica Steinhauser, said the pasta strainer represents her beliefs in the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
^June 2, 2003 appearance on the
TechTV show "Unscrewed with Martin Sargent"
^Carrera-Lemmon, Asia (December 7, 2016).
(Untitled). Facebook. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
^"The Top 10 Porn Stars From New Jersey",
WCHR-FM, November 1, 2016. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Asia Carrera - Born in NYC, but grew up in Little Silver, going to Red Bank Regional High School."
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ab"The Women of Porn", Playboy, March 2002, page 128
^"They're Accomplished, They're Famous, and They're Mensans". Mensa Bulletin (476). American Mensa: 23. July 2004.
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