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Carmen Electra Profile |
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Birth Date: April 20, 1972
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Birth Place: White Oak, Ohio, USA
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Birth Name: Nee Tara Leigh Patrick
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Nee Tara Leigh Patrick, Carmen Electra was born on April
20th, 1972 in White Oak, Ohio. Electra's talents were
evident when she was a child, as she attended the School for
Creative and Performing Arts at only 9 years old.
In school, Carmen began taking singing lessons and
practicing her vocal talents. By the time she was a
teenager, she was performing in musicals (as a dancer) and
doing her own choreographies. Her ultimate ambition was to
go to Los Angeles and sign a record deal. And by the tender
age of only 15, Carmen was on her way to realizing her
dream.
carmen from model to singer
Electra decided to relocate to Minneapolis, where she
resided with her sister and made a living as a model for
Target department stores. After four years, the aspiring
star moved to Los Angeles and only one week later ran into
musical genius Prince, who decided that she should change
her name to Carmen Electra.
Prince liked Carmen's look and style, and he signed her on
to his label, Paisley Park Records, in 1992. Unfortunately,
despite all of Prince's efforts in helping Carmen by
promoting her and her new album, her music career failed
miserably.
Her single "Go-Go Dancer" hardly got any airtime on MTV, and
when the single hit store shelves in 1992, it didn't sell
well at all.
electra singled out by mtv
Perhaps Electra's most noted move was posing for Hugh
Hefner's magazine in 1996. The following year, Electra was
chosen as the next host of MTV's Singled Out, as a
replacement for Jenny McCarthy. Although the deal was for 65
episodes, Carmen was not as popular Jenny and the show
eventually fizzled. But she did get another chance as the
host of Loveline, also on MTV.
But bigger things lay ahead for Electra -- namely, the role
of Lani McKenzie on Baywatch Hawaii, in the 1997 and 1998
seasons (in the post-Pamela Anderson days).
Since then, Carmen's fame has only gone uphill. She was
featured in a comic book, was the national spokesperson for
Budweiser, and appeared in the 2000 sleeper comedy hit of
the year, Scary Movie.
electra and rodman get married
And Carmen's relationship with Dennis Rodman certainly
didn't hurt her publicity. The two tied the knot in 1998 and
separated only nine days later -- with Rodman claiming that
he wasn't in the right state of mind at the time. The
marriage was eventually annulled.
With a failed marriage behind her, Carmen Electra found her
niche by taking on small film roles. In 2001, Carmen Electra
appeared in Get Over It, Perfume and Sol Goode, and the
following year, she was featured in Whacked! and Rent
Control. In 2002, she also became a ringside reporter for
Comedy Central's BattleBots and the host of Livin' Large.
carmen the pussycat doll
Electra's film career remained somewhat prolific in 2003,
with appearances in the made-for-TV movie Baywatch: Hawaiian
Wedding and the feature films Uptown Girls and My Boss's
Daughter. To the delight of men everywhere, Electra launched
the self-explanatory DVD workout series, Carmen Electra's
Aerobic Striptease. After all, she has surely been getting
quite a workout as a featured performer in the Pussycat
Dolls show.
carmen and dave's wedding
When MTV learned that Carmen was going to marry her
long-time beau, Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro,
they decided to give the pair the Carmen Electra and Nick
Lachey treatment. As a result, the network launched 'Til
Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave, a reality show about the
months of planning leading up to the couple's November 2003
wedding. The show debuted in January 2004.
Carmen is still keeping busy with film work: in 2004 she
appeared in the Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson comedy, Starsky
& Hutch, and lent her voice to the animated comedy, Lil'
Pimp. She can also add 2005's Getting Played, with Vivica A.
Fox and Stacey Dash, to her filmography. |
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Other
Information |
Her heritage is Irish, German, and Cherokee.
Attended Princeton High School in the Cincinnati suburb of
Sharonville (class of 1990).
Originally signed by Prince's Paisley Park record label as a
hot young talent. She had moderate success with a single
named "Go-Go Dancer"
Is the youngest of five children in her family.
Was a dancer at Kings Island Amusement Park in Ohio.
Worked with Prince on her self titled debut album that was
released in 1993.
Was ranked 10th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan
(2001).
Hosted VH1's 100 Greatests Artists of Hard Rock
Appears on the cover of the April 2003 issue of Playboy
magazine, with a nude pictorial inside. Howard Stern gave
the layout a thumbs up, and commented that Miss Electra
looks better today than she did 10 years ago.
On the "The New Tom Green Show" (2003) she announced that
she was planning to make a strip aerobics video.
Measurements: 36C-23-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Engaged to musician David M. Navarro. [August 2001]
Appears in Moby's music video "We Are All Made Of Stars"
Attended high school with Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees.
One of her favorite films is Showgirls (1995).
Attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
She married Dennis Rodman in the "Chapel of the Flowers" in
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ranked #59 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The
World" (2002)
Member of the infamous dancing show "The Pussycat Dolls"
Was discovered by Prince by the age of 18 |
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