Asia Carrera was born August 6th , 1973 in New York City to a Japanese father and German mother, she is the eldest of four siblings. She was raised 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. By 16 she taught English at Tsuruga College in Japan. Asia Carrera won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University and is a member of Mensa, with an IQ of 156. Her adult film career ran from 1993 to 2003 and included over 250 films and video features that PornMd.com can help you locate. According to interviews, she chose her stage name surname from actress Tia Carrere, changing the spelling for legal reasons. In 1998, she appeared in an un-credited cameo role in the cult film The Big Lebowski in the faux pornographic movie Logjammin' within the film. Carrera was a guest reviewer for Maximum PC magazine and also lent her voice to several erotic hentai OVAs for publisher Pink Pineapple,. In October 2001, she attended the Big Apple Anime Fest in New York City for her voice roles and along with Kobe Tai . Carrera was featured in the book Part Asian, 100% Hapa by artist Kip Fulbeck. She also provided one of three quotes on the book jacket. She was also in After Porn Ends in 2010 documentary about life after being a pornstar. Carrera has an active presence on the Internet and describes herself as "the nerd of porn." She states that she created her own Web site in the late 1990s, including writing the code and editing the pictures