Mary Carey

Mary was born in 1980 to a schizophrenic mother and a father with cerebral palsy, and she was taken care of by her grandparents from the age of three months. After her parents divorced, her mother moved in with Carey and her grandparents. At seven years of age the family moved from Cleveland to Florida, and the next year Carey was legally adopted by her grandparents.After her grandfather's death, her grandmother's health worsened, so Carey took a job as an exotic dancer to help support the family financially. Upon noticing that the "feature dancers" made much more money, she asked an agent how she could become one too; the agent recommended that she become a porn star (the large fan base that successful porn stars gives them superior drawing power when they dance in-person at strip clubs). Carey traveled to Los Angeles and made the rounds of the adult-film producers and studios, eventually landing a job with Playboy TV.During the 2003 California recall election, Carey signed a contract with Kick Ass Pictures, and as a publicity stunt they came up with the idea that Carey should run for governor. She was an independent candidate (though she identifies as a Republican), placing tenth in a field of 135 candidates.