Prior to her porn debut, Erica Boyer worked at Mitchell brothers O'Farrell Theater in San Francisco dancing and doing live sex shows. She appeared in 184 features after starting her porn career with Beyond De Sade. After her retirement, she had her own massage therapy business in Cocoa Beach, Florida and did volunteer work as a clown and face painter.
Erica died in a traffic accident on New Year’s Eve, 2009, in Panama City Beach, FL, aged 53. At the time she was married to former NFL running back Derrick Jensen, whom she married in 1995, and the couple had a son, Davis, who was 12 years old at the time of her death. She reportedly died instantly when she was struck by an off-duty Florida Highway Patrol officer driving a 2001 4-door Hyundai.