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Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

Birthday: 1972-04-20 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
Chocolate City

as    DJ

2014
Lap Dance

as    Lexus

2014
Dragula

as    Lisa

2012
2-Headed Shark Attack

as    Anne Babish

2012
Sunset Strip

as    Self

2011
Mardi Gras: Spring Break

as    Self

2010
Barry Munday

as    Iconic Beauty

2010
Back Nine

as    Judy

2010
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

as    Sybil Williams

2008
Disaster Movie

as    Beautiful Assassin

2008
I Want Candy

as    Candy

2008
Bedtime Stories

as    Hot Girl

2008
Meet the Spartans

as    Queen Margo

2007
Full of It

as    Carmen Electra

2007
Christmas in Wonderland

as    Ginger Peachum

2007
Epic Movie

as    Mystique

2006
Date Movie

as    Anne

2006
Scary Movie 4

as    Holly

2006
Hot Tamale

as    Riley

2005
Lil' Pimp

as    Honeysack (voice)

2005
Getting Played

as    Lauren

2005
Dirty Love

as    Michelle Lopez

2005
Cheaper by the Dozen 2

as    Sarina Murtaugh

2004
30 Days Until I'm Famous

as    Pauline

2004
Starsky & Hutch

as    Staci