Asia Carrera was born Jessica Steinhauser[4][5] in New York City to a German mother and Japanese father,[6] the oldest of four siblings.

[10] At 17 years old, Carrera ran away from home due to overwhelming parental pressures and attempted suicide several times.

[11] She received a full scholarship to Rutgers University, but dropped out after realizing she could make large sums of money dancing and modeling.

[2] Carrera lent her voice to several erotic hentai OVAs for publisher Pink Pineapple, such as Inmu (2001)[16] and Shusaku (1999).

[18] Carrera was also in the 2012 documentary After Porn Ends, which documents the lives of actors after they leave the adult film industry.

State law normally prohibits the wearing of hats in driver license photos, but there is an exception for religious headwear and Carerra's colander was worn in honor of the religion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[29] In 2015, she was arrested for DUI with "a reported blood alcohol content of .254 percent – more than three times Utah’s .08 legal limit."