McCray was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She began working as a webcam model when she was 16 years old and only lasted approximately four days before it was discovered that she was underage. She began nude modeling three days after her eighteenth birthday. She also worked as a stripper prior to her porn career. She entered the porn industry in 2007 at around 22 years old.
In 2010, McCray ranked thirty-nine on the list of the 50 Hottest Redheads of All Time, which was published by the magazine Complex.
Her first adult role was for Angel Face, a VCX feature film, where Marie had the leading role of a young girl that leaves her small town pursuing the Hollywood dream, and, for this movie, she received an AVN Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2013 she had the leading role in the feature film Revenge of the Petites. She has also appeared in magazines, including being a Hustler centerfold model.
