Carmen Electra

Known for ActingBorn 1972-04-20 (age 54)Sharonville, Ohio, USA

Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra is a European-American/Native-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. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Fra Sydhavn til West Coast

Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 6 - In the Bedroom

Lit: All Access

Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 2 - Fit to Strip

Love in Hollywood

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

America or Busted

Dance Fever

Bikini Destinations

House

Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution

Eve

Hyperion Bay

The Last Dance

Rodman: For Better or Worse

Off Centre

Finding Sandler

E! True Hollywood Story

Jane the Virgin

The Eric Andre Show

Monk

The Simpsons

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

RuPaul's Drag Race

Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 7 - Vegas Strip

Malcolm & Eddie

Hollywood Squares

Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model

VH1 Divas

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Sunset Strip

King of the Hill

Franklin & Bash

Reno 911!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich

BattleBots

Stacked

Two Guys and a Girl

American Dad!

MADtv

'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave

Uptown Girls

That '90s Show

Playboy's Cheerleaders

Kocktails With Khloé

Dragula

Ridiculousness