Tera Wray

{{Short description|American pornographic actress (1982–2016)}} {{Infobox adult biography | name = Tera Wray | image = Tera Wray.jpg | caption = Wray in 2007 | birth_name = Tera Elizabeth Lents<ref>{{cite news|title=Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Static Found Dead|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/wayne-statics-widow-tera-wray-static-found-dead|access-date=January 15, 2016|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1982|4|14}}<ref name=lentz/> | birth_place = Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.<ref name=lentz/> | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2016|1|13|1982|4|14}} | death_place = Joshua Tree, California, U.S. | death_cause = Suicide | spouse = {{marriage|Wayne Static|2008|2014|reason=died}} | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}<ref name="iafd">{{cite web|title=Tera Wray biodata|publisher=IAFD.com|url=http://www.iafd.com/person.asp?perfid=TaraWray&gender=F|access-date=2008-01-10}}</ref> | other_names = Tera Wray Static }}

'''Tera Wray''' (born '''Tera Elizabeth Lents'''; April 14, 1982 – January 13, 2016) was an American pornographic actress. In his biography of Wray, performing arts researcher Harris M. Lentz III referred to her as "a star of alternative pornography".<ref name=lentz>{{cite book|chapter=Wray, Tera|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HYowDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT443|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HYowDwAAQBAJ|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2016|year=2017|first=Harris M. III|last=Lentz|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|pages=429–430|via=Google Books|access-date=2018-07-12|issn=1087-9617|isbn=9781476670317|format=Encyclopedia}}</ref>

==Early life== Wray was born in Owensboro, Kentucky.<ref>In at least one interview, she claimed to have been born in Louisville, Kentucky, but her Kentucky Birth Certificate, shows Tera Elizabeth Lents was born April 14, 1992, in Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, the daughter of Nancy nee Winsett.</ref>

==Performing arts career== Her name is derived from her real first name, Tera, and her best friend's middle name, Wray.<ref name="KSEX">{{cite web|title=Pleasure Productions Contract Girl Tera Wray Visits KSEX|publisher=adultfyi.com|url=http://www.adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=21912|last=Ross|first=Gene|date=February 17, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211083624/http://adultfyi.com/read.php?ID=21912|archivedate=December 11, 2007}}</ref>

In summer 2006, Pleasure Productions signed her as their first contract performer in two years.<ref name="runaway">{{cite web|title=Tera Wray Stars in Runaway Brat for Pleasure Productions|publisher=avn.com|url=http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectId=DB7BF463-D912-FB85-B64CBCE1A7F791EA|first=David|last=Sullivan|date=2006-12-28|access-date=2008-01-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118062730/http://www.avn.com/index.cfm?objectId=DB7BF463-D912-FB85-B64CBCE1A7F791EA|archivedate=2008-01-18}}</ref> Her first scene was with Lee Stone in ''Naughty Auditions'', the second of her films to be released. Her first film released was ''Sweet Smokin' Hotties'', on March 8, 2007. Her first lesbian scene was with Nicki Hunter.<ref name="qlimax">{{cite web|title=20 Question E-Mail Fun With: Tera Wray|publisher=qlimax.com|url=http://qlimax.com/tera-wray.php|date=March 7, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2008|archive-date=April 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404010348/http://www.qlimax.com/tera-wray.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Wray was a fan of heavy metal music, and hosted Matt Zane's<ref name=ZaneBros>Matt and Mark Zane are brothers.</ref> adult-oriented music series, ''Radium'', during which she interviewed bands and attended concerts, as well as performing in sex scenes.<ref name="Collide">{{cite web|title=Heavy Metal & Hardcore Sex Collide|publisher=thegauntlet.com|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1225/7753/.html|date=March 12, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref><ref name=MattZaneInterview>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/interviews/712/Society-1.html|title=Society 1 Interview with Matt Zane|publisher=The Gauntlet|access-date=October 22, 2007}}</ref> She traveled with Ozzy Osbourne's Ozzfest Summer Tour 2007 as a model for the tour's sponsors, ''Hustler'' Lingerie.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|title=Tera Wray Tours With Hustler Lingerie at Ozzfest|publisher=ainews.com|url=http://ainews.com/Archives/Story12134.phtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304173136/http://www.ainews.com/Archives/Story12134.phtml|url-status=usurped|archive-date=March 4, 2008|date=July 24, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Wayne Static's Widow Found Dead of Apparent Suicide|first=Gregory|last=Adams|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=July 14, 2018|quote=Tera Wray Static was born Tera Lents and had met Wayne Static during the 2007 Ozzfest. At the time, she had been modelling lingerie for Hustler, but she retired from the industry when she and Static were married in 2008.|magazine=Exclaim!|location=Toronto|publisher=1059434 Ontario|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/wayne_statics_widow_dies_at_33}}</ref> In 2009, she appeared in the music video for "Stingwray".<ref>{{Citation|title=Static-X "Stingwray" Official Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LMTfiL_oX0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_LMTfiL_oX0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|date=October 7, 2009|access-date=February 3, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== [[file:Elena Heiress, Tera Wray at PSK 20070925 1.jpg|thumb|Wray (center) alongside her husband Wayne Static and Elena Heiress (left), 2007]] During the 2007 Ozzfest tour, Wray began dating Static-X frontman Wayne Static.<ref name="MattZaneInterview" /><ref name="Static">{{cite web|title=Static-x Vocalist Drops By Metal Skool|publisher=thegauntlet.com|url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/422/10222/Static-x.html|date=September 26, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref><ref name="DatingTeraWray">On his [http://static-x.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6676083791/m/6911078842/p/4 blog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212145802/http://static-x.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6676083791/m/6911078842/p/4 |date=2012-02-12 }} on November 9, 2007, Static said: "I met Tera Wray during Ozzfest and we have been together since then."</ref> On January 10, 2008, the couple wed in Las Vegas.<ref name=married>The article [http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/422/11263/Static-x.html "Wayne Static Gets Hitched to Adult Starlet"], January 14, 2008, states: "The pair tied the knot in Las Vegas before the AVN Awards which took place on Saturday, Jan 12."</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.avn.com/performer/articles/3355.html|title=Tera Wray Weds Static-X Frontman|access-date=January 18, 2008|author=David Sullivan|date=January 17, 2008|magazine=AVN|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424103902/http://www.avn.com/performer/articles/3355.html|archivedate=April 24, 2008}}</ref> She announced her retirement from the industry in August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Performer Tera Wray Announces Retirement|publisher=XBIZ|author=Tod Hunter|url=http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=97888|access-date=August 14, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208171321/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=97888|archivedate=February 8, 2009}}</ref> Wray reported quitting drugs in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Porrstjärnan död efter tragedin med artisten|trans-title=Porn star dead after tragedy with artist|language=sv|first=Dante|last=Thomsen|url=https://expressen.se/noje/porrstjarnan-dod-efter-tragedin-med-artisten/|date=15 January 2016|access-date=14 July 2018|newspaper=Expressen|location=Stockholm|quote=Tera Wray har tidigare berättat att hon och Wayne Static brukade missbruka kokain och ecstasy men att de hade slutat använda droger 2009. [Tera Wray has previously reported that she and Wayne Static used to abuse cocaine and ecstasy but that they had stopped using drugs in 2009.]}}</ref> In 2009, Static-X released their sixth studio album, ''Cult of Static''. This album features two tracks relating to Wray: "Tera-Fied", a pun on Tera's name, and "Stingwray", a reference to her Corvette Stingray.

Wray was widowed after Wayne Static died on November 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madmimi.com/p/56cc75/preview|title=Static-X Founder Wayne Static Passed Away At Age 49|work=Mad Mimi|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> She died by suicide at her home in Joshua Tree, California, on January 13, 2016.<ref name="death">{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/wayne-statics-widow-tera-wray-static-found-dead/#OTm4id8ZQHAETHiZ.99|title=Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Found Dead|work=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=January 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://loudwire.com/death-wayne-static-widow-tera-wray-ruled-suicide/ Death of Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Officially Ruled Suicide] LoudWire. January 28, 2016.</ref> Wray was 33 years old. Her roommate and friend, Jay'e Jones, discovered Wray's body at their home that evening. A note left by Wray instructed Jones to call Wray's mother, her attorney, and several others.<ref name="death"/>

==Awards== * 2008 F.A.M.E. Award Finalist – Favorite Rookie Starlet<ref name=fame08nom>{{cite magazine|title=2008 F.A.M.E. Awards Finalists Announced|magazine=AVN|url=http://business.avn.com/articles/29854.html|access-date=August 11, 2009|date=April 25, 2008|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918132808/http://business.avn.com/articles/29854.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2008 AVN Award nominee – Best New Starlet<ref>[https://avn.com/business/articles/video/tera-wray-quits-porn-for-normal-life-with-wayne-static-54210.html Tera Wray Quits Porn] 12 August 2008. AVN.</ref> * 2008 AVN Award nominee – Most Outrageous Sex Scene (''Tattooed & Tight'') with Mark Zane<ref name=Ouch>{{cite web|title=Ouch! Damn That Looks Like It Hurts!!!!|publisher=xcitement.com|url=http://www.xcitement.com/content/naked_truth/naked_truth_aug_13_17_07.html|first=Cindi|last=Loftus|date=August 15, 2007|access-date=January 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228042338/http://www.xcitement.com/content/naked_truth/naked_truth_aug_13_17_07.html|archivedate=December 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name=Tattooed>{{cite web|title=Tattooed & Tight|publisher=eros-la.com|url =http://www.eros-la.com/articles/2007-07-10/dvdreviews0710|first=Johnny|last=Homicide|access-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref><ref name=ZaneBros/><ref name=MattZaneInterview/><ref>{{cite web|title=AVN Award Nominees|url=http://www.avnawards.com/index.php?content=nominees|access-date=December 18, 2007}}</ref> * 2008 XBIZ Award nominee – New Starlet of the Year<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 XBIZ Awards Official Nominees Announced|publisher=xbiz.com|url=http://xbiz.com/news/web/88459|first=Steve|last=Javors|date=January 4, 2008|access-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref> * 2009 AVN Award nominee – Best All-Girl Couples Sex Scene (''The Orifice'') * 2009 AVN Award nominee – Most Outrageous Sex Scene (''Tattooed & Tight 3'')

==Filmography== [[file:Tera Wray at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Wray at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008]] * ''19 Year Old Cuties POV 2'' (2007) * ''19 Year Old Cuties POV 3'' (2007) * ''Asseaters Unanimous 15'' (2007) * ''Cone Alone'' (2007) * ''Desperate Housewives Confessions'' (2007) * ''For Once a Whore and Ever a Whore'' (2007) * ''House of Ass 5'' (2007) * ''Impassioned'' (2007) * ''Maya Hills Is the Runaway Brat'' (2007) * ''Naughty Auditions'' (2007) * ''Punkd Ur Ass 1'' (2007) * ''Punkd Ur Ass 2'' (2007) * ''Radium 1'' (2007) * ''Sweet Smokin' Hotties'' (2007) * ''Tattooed and Tight 1'' (2007) * ''Tattooed and Tight 2'' (2007) * ''Tera Wray Is the Runaway Brat'' (2007) * ''All Holes No Poles 1'' (2008) * ''Orifice'' (2008) * ''Radium 2'' (2008) * ''Strap-On Sally 23'' (2008) * ''Tattooed and Tight 3'' (2008) * ''Stingwray'' (music video, 2009) * ''There Will Be Cum 6'' (2009) * ''Passionate Pleasures'' (2011) * ''Pussy Smashin'' (2013) * ''Lesbian Slut Fest'' (2014)

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