Carmen Electra

Biography

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. 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

Hot Girl

Bedtime Stories

Riley

Hot Tamale

Mistress Moira

Get Over It

Anne

Date Movie

Celebrity

Uptown Girls

Self - Host

Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution

Tina

My Boss's Daughter

Drew Decker

Scary Movie

Holly

Scary Movie 4

Honeysack (voice)

Lil' Pimp

Treasure

Sol Goode

Queen Margo

Meet the Spartans

Mystique

Epic Movie

Staci

Starsky & Hutch

Sarina Murtaugh

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Beautiful Assassin

Disaster Movie

Candy

I Want Candy

Ginger Peachum

Christmas in Wonderland

Self (archive footage)

Rodman: For Better or Worse

Esmeralda

Vacanze di Natale 2000

Simone

Perfume

Self

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

Sulka

An American Vampire Story

The Female

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

Self

Liebe in Hollywood

Michelle Lopez

Dirty Love

Lauren

Getting Played

Pauline

30 Days Until I'm Famous

Lani McKenzie

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

McKenna Ray / The Raven

The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven

Self

Mardi Gras: Spring Break

Carmen Electra

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

Carmen Electra

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

Anne Babish

2-Headed Shark Attack

Self

Monster Island

Self

Zac Efron's Pool Party

Self

Finding Sandler

Audrey

Rent Control

Roxanne

Good Burger 2

Cheerleader

Playboy's Cheerleaders

Judy

Back Nine

Self

Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds

Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 1 - Aerobic Striptease

Carmen Electra

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

Self - Hostess

Naked Women's Wrestling League

Lexus

Lap Dance

Self

Naked Movie

DJ

Chocolate City

Iona Shirley

Starstruck

Shania

Tungsten Grey is the Warmest Colour

Herself

Playboy's Celebrities

Herself

American Dreamz

Herself

Pledge This!

Laura

Whacked!

Roxanne (uncredited)

Good Burger

Iconic Beauty

Barry Munday

Prince: The Ryde Dyvine

Self/Narrator

Cleavage

Self

Sunset Strip

Carmen Electra

Welcome to Hollywood

Rebecca

Searching for Bobby D

Theodora

The Book of Fire

Self

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

Self

Lit: All Access

Bridget

With Friends Like These

Lisa

Dragula

Self (uncredited)

Mr. 3000

Manager (segment "At the Tone")

Erotic Confessions: Intimacy

Carmen Electra

Full of It

Sybil Williams

Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

Debbie

Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon

(archive footage)

Playboy's Best of College Girls