Biography
- Full Name: Carmen Electra
- Birth Name: Tara Leigh Patrick
- Birth Place: Sharonville, Ohio, USA
- Birth Date: April 20, 1972
After moving to California she met singer Prince (a Minneapolis native), who persuaded her to change her name to Carmen Electra. She released a self-titled album for Prince's Paisley Park label in 1992. In 1995, Electra started appearing in various television programs. Then, in May of 1996 she appeared in Playboy magazine. This led to an increasing role as a television personality on various shows, including regular roles on “Baywatch” and MTV's “Singled Out.”
Electra has appeared in several films, such as “Good Burger” (1997), “The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human” (1999), the horror spoof “Scary Movie” (2000) and one of its sequels, “Scary Movie 4” (2006), and the remake of the 1970s TV show “Starsky & Hutch” (2004). She has also made cameo appearances as herself in “The Simpsons” episode “The Frying Game” and the 2006 comedy “American Dreamz.” She regularly performed with the exotic dance troupe The Pussycat Dolls. Electra also created the highly successful “Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease” series of DVDs, which combines classic stripping moves with a low impact workout. Her most recent movie appearance is as Eugene Levy's trophy wife in “Cheaper by the Dozen 2.”
Electra achieved considerable notoriety during her on-again, off-again marriage to basketball star Dennis Rodman from 1998 to 1999. The wedding to Rodman took place at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Later, she had a brief affair with Tommy Lee, the ex-husband of Pamela Anderson.
On November 22 2003, Electra married Dave Navarro, former lead guitarist for the rock band Jane's Addiction. The couple documented their courtship and marriage in an MTV celebreality show called “Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave.” In July of 2006 they announced the end of their marriage.
Carmen Electra (1503)
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Carmen Electra & Rob Patterson Engaged
Deep down Carmen Electra is a true romantic. How else do you explain the sexy actress getting engaged again for the third time? We wish nothing but... more
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Carmen Electra Records An Album, Dates Korn Guitarist
So THAT's where she has been? Did anyone else feel like Carmen Electra dropped off the radar? Perhaps into some vast Pussycat Dolls-induced trance?... more
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Carmen Electra on Jessica Simpson's Weight
"The Insider" was on the scene at the Sixth Annual Leather & Laces Super Bowl Party hosted by Kim Kardashian, Carmen Electra, and Jenny McCarthy. The... more
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Carmen Electra in Playboy!
" The Insider" is on the closed set of Carmen Electra 's private photo shoot for Playboy ! Carmen is taking it all off for the third time. She was... more
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Carmen Electra Sizes Up Jessica Simpson
The lovely Carmen Electra is weighing in on Jessica Simpson 's curvy controversy! “ She's a gorgeous girl," Carmen tells People.com of Jessica. "A... more
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Carmen Electra Heats up the Blackjack Tables
Carmen Electra takes on Las Vegas in her Playboy bunny suit! As the Celebrity Bunny Dealer, Carmen dealt hands of blackjack at the Playboy Club... more
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Carmen Electra & Kim Kardashian dazzle comics fans
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The line snaked through the Comic-Con floor. Hundreds of camera-toting fans jockeyed for position, barely able to contain their... more
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Carmen Electra Had A Great Fall
As if being the ex-wife of two guys who wear makeup isn' t bad enough, Carmen Electra hit the runway at the Max Factor Salutes Hollywood Fashion... more
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Hot Stuff: Carmen Electra's Pool Party!
Former " Baywatch" babe Carmen Electra hosted a star-studded Malibu beach party over the weekend, and we have all the scantily clad action. Celebs... more
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Kim Kardashian's 'Disaster Movie' Confessions
Kim Kardashian makes her big-screen debut in 'Disaster Movie,' in theaters Aug. 29, and the reality TV bombshell tells "The Insider" what it's like... more