Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra
Biography
Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, dancer and sex symbol. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie. Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. Carmen Electra also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District. She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry. Electra started her professional career in 1990 as a dancer at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio in the show "It’s Magic", one of the more popular shows in the park's history. In 1991, she moved to California and met Prince. Soon after meeting Prince, Electra signed a recording contract with Prince's Paisley Park Records and began a short-lived singing career.During her time at Paisley Park Records, she officially became known as Carmen Electra. Electra on June 3, 2008. In 1995, Electra started appearing in television programs. In May 1996 she was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including Baywatch (cast member from 1997–1998, as Leilani "Lani" McKenzie) and MTV's Singled Out. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. Electra was featured in Playboy four more times, with her second appearance in June 1997, third in December 2000, fourth in April 2003 and her fifth in the January 2009 anniversary issue. She was on the cover three times, in December 2000, April 2003 and on the 55th anniversary Issue in January 2009. Electra has appeared in films such as American Vampire (1997), Good Burger (1997), The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), the horror spoof Scary Movie (2000) and also appeared in Meet the Spartans (2008), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Date Movie (2006), Disaster Movie (2008), the remake of the 1970s TV show Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She won an MTV Movie Award (best kiss) for Starsky & Hutch. She also appeared in an episode of House in which she portrayed herself as an injured golfer and an injured farmer, playing out House's fantasy. In 1999, she appeared in the Bloodhound Gang's music video of "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope." In 2005, she joined the voice cast of the animated series Tripping the Rift, replacing Gina Gershon as the voice of the sexy android "Six". Also in 2005, she began the Naked Women's Wrestling League, acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion. In late 2006, Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell.
Known For
Actor
as Shania
as Bridget
as Self
as Roxanne
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as host
as Theodora
as DJ
as Lexus
as Lisa
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Anne Babish
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Carmen Electra
as Self
as Bridget Barnes
as Sybil Williams
as Judy
as Iconic Beauty
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Judge
as Hot Girl
as Beautiful Assassin
as Self
as Queen Margo
as Vesta
as Ginger Peachum
as Carmen Electra
as Carmen Electra
as Candy
as Carmen Electra
as Mystique
as Self
as Herself
as Riley
as Holly
as Herself
as Self
as Anne
as Self - Guest
as Sarina Murtaugh
as Lauren
as Self
as Michelle Lopez
as Rebecca
as Honeysack (voice)
as Self - Hostess
as Self - Guest
as Self - Restaurant Patron
as Carmen Electra
as Lisa Silver (voice)
as Self
as Debbie
as Self (uncredited)
as Pauline
as Self
as Staci
as Self
as Carmen Electra
as Self - Guest
as Carmen Electra
as Six of One (voice)
as Self
as Audrey
as Tina
as Celebrity
as Carmen Electra
as Carmen Electra
as Treasure
as Lani McKenzie
as Carmen
as Zan
as Self
as Herself - Carmen Electra
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self/Narrator
as Laura
as Chloe Blackburn
as Self
as Simone
as Herself
as Mistress Moira
as Drew Decker
as Self
as Esmeralda
as The Female
as Self - Guest
as Carmen Electra
as McKenna Ray / The Raven
as Iona Shirley
as Sarah Hicks
as Self -Performer
as Isabella
as Roxanne (uncredited)
as Sulka
as Self
as self
as Herself
as Angela (voice)
as Self
as Lani Mackenzie
as Manager (segment "At the Tone")
as Self - Guest Host
as Candy
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Carmen Electra (voice)
as Lani McKenzie
Creator
as Creator