{{short description|American pornographic actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox adult biography | image = RayVeness 2010.jpg | caption = Rayveness in 2010 | birth_name = <!--See WP:BLPPRIVACY before adding birth names--> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1972}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Pornographic film actress | spouse = | height = | alias = }}
'''Gina-Raye Carter''' (born 1972{{r|Miller 2010}}), known professionally as '''Rayveness''',{{r|Collins 2019}} is an American pornographic and mainstream film actress. She is an inductee of both the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame.
==Career== Rayveness's first appearance in a pornographic film was a homemade tape she made with her then-husband at the age of 18, after seeing an episode of ''The Sally Jessy Raphael Show'' about amateur pornography.<ref name="Kavanagh 2005">{{cite news |title=Actress mixes porn and prayers |first=Don |last=Kavanagh |date=2005-03-10 |newspaper=The Dominion Post |publication-place=Morgantown, W. Va. |oclc=1026435208}}</ref> Rather than becoming a full-time pornographic performer right away, she sold flowers in nightclubs and worked as a waitress and a stripper.<ref name="Miller 2010">{{cite magazine |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/RayVeness-Celebrates-20-Years-400978.html |title=RayVeness Celebrates 20 Years |magazine=Adult Video News |date=2010-06-22 |first=Dan |last=Miller |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701102836/http://business.avn.com/articles/RayVeness-Celebrates-20-Years-400978.html |archive-date=2016-07-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2000, she took a break from the adult film business to pursue acting in mainstream films. 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.<ref name="Miller 2010"/>
In July 2009, Rayveness became the first contract star for the all-female studio Girlfriends Films,{{r|Miller 2010}} although the contract allowed her to continue boy-girl work elsewhere.<ref name="Warren 2009">{{cite magazine |last=Warren |first=Peter |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/girlfriends-films-makes-rayveness-first-ever-contract-girl-352622.html |title=Girlfriends Films Makes RayVeness First-Ever Contract Girl |magazine=Adult Video News |date=2009-07-22 |access-date=2022-03-27}}</ref> She is a member of the XRCO Hall of Fame<ref name="Warren 2011">{{cite magazine |title=XRCO Announces 2011 Nominations |magazine=Adult Video News |first=Peter |last=Warren |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/xrco-announces-2011-nominations-426791.html |access-date=2011-02-26 |date=2011-02-22}}</ref> and the AVN Hall of Fame.<ref name="Blocks 2014">{{cite magazine |last=Blocks |first=Iris |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/class-of-2015-meet-the-avn-hall-of-fame-inductees-583141.html |title=Class of 2015: Meet the AVN Hall of Fame Inductees |access-date=2022-03-27 |author=<!--Staff writer; no byline--> |date=2014-12-24 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> In 2019, she appeared alongside fellow pornographic actresses Lisa Ann and Cory Chase in an episode of the Showtime series ''Billions'' titled "Infinite Game".<ref name="Collins 2019">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/arts/television/billions-recap.html |title=Billions' Season 4, Episode 7: Garbage People |access-date=June 27, 2020 |first=Sean T. |last=Collins |date=April 28, 2019 |magazine=The New York Times |url-access=limited}}</ref>
==Personal life== A native of Jamestown, North Carolina.{{r|Miller 2010}}, Rayveness grew up in the Quaker faith and married a year before she left high school.{{r|Kavanagh 2005}} By 2000, she had divorced and remarried, this time to porn actor Tod Alexander. They divorced in 2003.<ref name="RayVeness Returns">{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer; no byline--> |url=https://avn.com/business/articles/video/rayveness-returns-to-porn-31206.html |title=RayVeness Returns to Porn |access-date=2022-03-27 |date=2003-07-25 |magazine=Adult Video News}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Gallen 2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=2943 |title=RayVeness Petitions Congressman |first=Gretchen |last=Gallen |date=2004-04-20 |publisher=XBIZ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218041606/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=2943 |archive-date=2012-02-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Rayveness}} * {{IMDb name|0842454|Gina-Raye Carter}} * {{IMDb name|0713557|RayVeness}} * {{IAFD name|id=rayveness|gender=f|name=RayVeness}}
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Category:1972 births Category:American pornographic film actresses Category:Living people Category:Pornographic film actors from North Carolina Category:People from Jamestown, North Carolina Category:21st-century American women