Rayveness

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Rayveness
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Rayveness attending the AVN Expo, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 9, 2010
Born
Gina-Raye Carter

(1972-06-19) June 19, 1972 (age 49)[1][2]
Jamestown, North Carolina, U.S.[2]

Rayveness (on June 19, 1972)[1][2] is an American pornographic actress. She is an inductee of both the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.

Career[]

Rayveness started in the porn industry at age 18 appearing in photos spreads for magazines like Hustler and Swank and initially performed only with her then-husband (who went by the pseudonyms of Red Bone and Red Boan)[3] and other female stars.[2] Her stage name is of Indian origin and means "of the spirit".[1] In 1997, she divorced Red Bone and started working with other male performers.[2] By 2000, she had remarried, this time to porn actor Tod Alexander, but they divorced by 2003.[4]

In 2000, she took a break from the adult film business to pursue acting in the mainstream film industry. She dyed her hair red and wore brown contact lenses to minimize the chance of someone recognizing her. She appeared in a speaking role on NYPD Blue and was in Path to War as President Lyndon B. Johnson's eldest daughter, Lynda. She returned to the Adult industry in 2003 after the death of John Frankenheimer, who was her primary connection to the mainstream industry.[1]

In July 2009, she became the first contract star for the all-female studio Girlfriends Films, although the contract allowed her to continue boy-girl work elsewhere.[5] She has since left Girlfriends Films.[6]

Rayveness appeared alongside Lisa Ann and Cory Chase in the Showtime series Billions season 4 episode 7 titled Infinite Game.[7]

In 2011, became a member of the XRCO Hall of Fame;[8] in 2015, she became a member of the AVN Hall of Fame.[9]

In 2004, she filed a petition with Congressman Brad Sherman requesting that the age requirement for pornography performers be raised from 18 to 21, saying that "People right out of high school in this country don't seem to have the foresight to make such life-altering decisions."[10]

Personal life[]

Rayveness grew up in the Quaker faith and married a year before she left high school. After she and her husband saw a show on amateur porn films on the Sally Jessy Raphael show, they proceeded to send one in.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Dan Miller (2010-06-22). "AVN - RayVeness Celebrates 20 Years". AVN. Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e "My Bio". rayveness.com. Retrieved 2008-12-14.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Profile: Rayveness". AVN. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  4. ^ "RayVeness Returns to Porn". AVN. 2003-07-25. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  5. ^ "Girlfriends Films Makes RayVeness First-Ever Contract Girl". AVN. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  6. ^ Apache Warrior. "RayVeness interview". xcritic.com. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
  7. ^ Sean T. Collins (April 28, 2019). "Billions' Season 4, Episode 7: Garbage People". New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Peter Warren (2011-02-22). "XRCO Announces 2011 Nominations". AVN. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  9. ^ AVN Staff (2014-12-24). "Class of 2015: Meet the AVN Hall of Fame Inductees". AVN. Retrieved 2014-12-24.
  10. ^ Gretchen Gallen (2004-04-20). "RayVeness Petitions Congressman". xbiz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  11. ^ Don Kavanagh (2005-03-10). "Actress mixes porn and prayers". The Dominion Post. Archived from the original on 1 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-14.

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