Maria Tortuga

Maria Tortuga Biography

Maria Tortuga is a Hispanic American porn star and bondage model born in 1960. A slim Hispanic model, Tortuga is widely considered one of the first porn stars in the modern sense. Beginning in 1978, she began performing in shorts for short film loops. It was later that she starred in some of the first feature length stag films of the time. Altogether, Maria, was featured in close to 90 adult film titles.

In the 1980s, Maria began working in the resurgent bondage industry, most notably with photographer Sean Harper. Most sources say Tortuga retired from the adult industry in 1986 but she was featured in Harmony's magazine's BONDAGE PHOTO TREASURES #28 and BONDAGE GALLERY #13 as late as 1990. This can be attributed to a common belief that bondage work isn't actually pornographic, but closer to glamour modeling.