1972-04-20 ( 52 years old ) in Sharonville, Ohio, USA
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.
Movies
Good Burger 2
2023-11-22
Finding Sandler
2022-12-07
Rodman: For Better or Worse
2019-09-01
The Book of Fire
2015-11-22
Chocolate City
2015-05-22
Lap Dance
2014-12-05
Dragula
2014-06-24
2-Headed Shark Attack
2012-06-26
Sunset Strip
2012-03-16
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
2011-09-23
Back Nine
2010-09-14
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010-06-18
Barry Munday
2010-03-13
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009-04-01
Bedtime Stories
2008-12-24
Disaster Movie
2008-08-29
Naked Movie
2008-02-24
Meet the Spartans
2008-01-24
Christmas in Wonderland
2007-12-27
I Want Candy
2007-03-23
Full of It
2007-03-01
Epic Movie
2007-01-25
Pledge This!
2006-12-01
Hot Tamale
2006-04-23
Scary Movie 4
2006-04-12
American Dreamz
2006-03-04
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
2006-02-24
Date Movie
2006-02-17
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005-12-21
Getting Played
2005-12-10
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2005-11-27
Dirty Love
2005-09-23
Searching for Bobby D
2005-05-14
Lil' Pimp
2005-01-11
Naked Women's Wrestling League
2005-01-01
Lit: All Access
2004-11-16
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004-11-10
Mr. 3000
2004-06-15
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004-05-07
Monster Island
2004-03-07
Starsky & Hutch
2004-03-05
Rent Control
2003-10-22
My Boss's Daughter
2003-08-21
Uptown Girls
2003-08-15
Sol Goode
2003-03-11
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
2003-02-28
Cleavage
2002-12-10
Whacked!
2002-03-01
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001-05-31
Perfume
2001-04-08
Playboy's Celebrities
2001-03-27
Get Over It
2001-03-08
Scary Movie
2000-07-07
Christmas Vacation 2000
1999-12-17
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
1999-09-03
Welcome to Hollywood
1998-10-01
The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven
1998-05-26
Starstruck
1998-04-18
Good Burger
1997-07-25
Playboy: Cheerleaders
1997-06-04
An American Vampire Story
1997-01-24
Love in Hollywood
1996-12-08
Erotic Confessions: Intimacy
1995-01-01
Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
1992-12-19
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