Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra

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.

Good Burger 2
2023
Roxanne
Finding Sandler
2022
Self
Rodman: For Better or Worse
2019
Self (archive footage)
Chocolate City
2015
DJ
The Book of Fire
2015
Theodora
Lap Dance
2014
Lexus
Dragula
2014
Lisa
2-Headed Shark Attack
2012
Anne Babish
Sunset Strip
2012
Self
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
2011
Self
Barry Munday
2010
Iconic Beauty
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
2010
Sybil Williams
Zac Efron's Pool Party
2009
Self
Bedtime Stories
2008
Hot Girl
Meet the Spartans
2008
Queen Margo
Disaster Movie
2008
Beautiful Assassin
Naked Movie
2008
Self
Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution
2007
Self - Host
Epic Movie
2007
Mystique
I Want Candy
2007
Candy
Christmas in Wonderland
2007
Ginger Peachum
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 6 - In the Bedroom
2007
Carmen Electra
Pledge This!
2007
Herself
Full of It
2007
Carmen Electra
Hot Tamale
2006
Riley
Date Movie
2006
Anne
Scary Movie 4
2006
Holly
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
2006
Self
American Dreamz
2006
Herself
Lil' Pimp
2005
Honeysack (voice)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005
Sarina Murtaugh
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
2005
Self
Dirty Love
2005
Michelle Lopez
Getting Played
2005
Lauren
Searching for Bobby D
2005
Rebecca
Starsky & Hutch
2004
Staci
30 Days Until I'm Famous
2004
Pauline
Monster Island
2004
Self
Lit: All Access
2004
Self
Mr. 3000
2004
Self (uncredited)
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
2004
Debbie
Uptown Girls
2003
Celebrity
My Boss's Daughter
2003
Tina
Sol Goode
2003
Treasure
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
2003
Lani McKenzie
Rent Control
2003
Audrey
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 1 - Aerobic Striptease
2003
Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 2 - Fit to Strip
2003
Carmen Electra
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Whacked!
2002
Laura
Cleavage
2002
Self/Narrator
Get Over It
2001
Mistress Moira
Perfume
2001
Simone
Playboy's Celebrities
2001
Herself
Scary Movie
2000
Drew Decker
Starstruck
1998
Iona Shirley
Playboy: Cheerleaders
1997
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
Carmen Electra
Christmas Vacation 2000
1999
Esmeralda
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
1999
The Female
The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven
1998
McKenna Ray / The Raven
An American Vampire Story
1997
Sulka
Good Burger
1997
Roxanne (uncredited)
Love in Hollywood
1996
Self
Erotic Confessions: Intimacy
1995
Manager (segment "At the Tone")
Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
1992