Gina-Raye Carter (born 1972), known professionally as Rayveness, is an American
pornographic
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and mainstream film
actress
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. She is an inductee of both the
AVN Hall of Fame
The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.XRCO Hall of Fame
The XRCO Hall of Fame lists well-known adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO Award
The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organizat ...
.
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
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. Rather than becoming a full-time pornographic performer right away, she sold flowers in nightclubs and worked as a waitress and a
stripper
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M ...
.
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
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'' and was in ''
Path to War
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'' as President
Lyndon B. Johnson
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's eldest daughter,
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People Arts and entertainment
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* Lynda Baron (1939–2022), British television actress
* L ...
. She returned to the adult industry in 2003 after the death of
John Frankenheimer
John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' (1962), ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (1 ...
, who was her primary connection to the mainstream industry.
In July 2009, Rayveness became the first contract star for the all-female studio
Girlfriends Films
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, although the contract allowed her to continue boy-girl work elsewhere.
She is a member of the
XRCO Hall of Fame
The XRCO Hall of Fame lists well-known adult entertainment works and workers. The list is managed by X-Rated Critics Organization and inducted annually during the XRCO Award
The XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organizat ...
Lisa Ann
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and Cory Chase in an episode of the
Showtime
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* ''Showtime'' (video), a 1995 live concert video by Blur
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Quaker
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faith and married a year before she left high school.
By 2000, she had divorced and remarried, this time to porn actor Tod Alexander. They divorced in 2003.
In 2004, she filed a petition with Congressman
Brad Sherman
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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."